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Q: My problem is computer gaming. I do it day and night, averaging four hours of sleep. I can't control of this, and I don't know where to go for help. Do you?                            —Player
A: Dear Player,
You have an addiction. For some people playing video games releases dopamine, a powerful brain chemical that makes you feel good. You'd toss your cigarettes if you were ready to quit, right? To kick the habit, get help from a health professional. And don't look for help on line; that would be like an alcoholic going to the bar for advice.
Q: My brother's wife just had triplets(三胞胎). This is such a joy! Yet every time I share the news with co-workers, they ask me if she was on fertility pills. I think this is rude—or has society just become so talk-show numbed (麻木的)that you can ask anyone anything?                     —No Show Host
A: Dear Host,
Yes. Our society has become increasingly disrespectful of privacy. But don't blame it all on the talk-shows. Continue to celebrate and greet impolite questions with stony silence. Their fertility history is nobody's business but their own.
Q: I work at an amusement park, and my manager steals supplies. She has a catering business on the side, and we've seen her load up her van at the back gates. The big bosses think she is the best thing since buttered bread, and we're all afraid that if we say anything, we'll lose our jobs. What can we do?   —Righteous
A: Dear Righteous,
Be sure you're right. You must have evidence about what and why things are going out the back gates. Once you know for certain, it's time to go to the bosses and report what you have seen.
Q: My stepson's wife sometimes leaves their eight-year-old home alone for "a short run to the store." That may be an hour or so. I believe by law we should report it. What do you think?
—The In-laws
A: Dear Laws,
I don't know what the child-protection laws in your state are, but I do know that children need care and attention. This child may be able and unafraid, but kids aren't always careful. It also sounds like there is stress in your family relationship. One thing you can do to help this situation is offer to baby-sit when Mom needs to step out.
小題1:Which of the following statements is true?
A．Dopamine is a powerful brain chemical good to our health.
B．Looking for help on line is like getting help from a health professional.
C．Player is a video game addict who smokes and sleeps few hours.
D．Player is advised to stay clear of the screen.
小題2:According to the Q&A,        .
A．Host's colleagues are insensitive
B．The talk-show is to blame
C．Somebody's business is everybody's
D．Host's sister-in-law was on fertility pills
小題3:What we can infer from the Q&A is      .
A．The Mom is not to blame because she needs a short run to the store
B．Children need care and attention, though not for all of them
C．Laws, the old lady, wants to report what she sees to the child's father
D．Laskas doesn't seem to approve of Laws' trying to report what she sees
小題4:Which Q&A mentioned transport?
A．The firstB．The second.C．The third. D．None.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C

試題分析：當你生活中遇到困擾的時候，當你感覺不知如何應對的時候，你可以求助于ASK lASDAS這個你問我答欄目。在本文中作者列舉了一些在這個欄目中人們提出的問題以及主持人對此作出的解答。比如如何解決沉溺網(wǎng)絡游戲問題、如何對待別人窺探隱私的問題等等。
小題1:D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一個問題的回答中 You'd toss your cigarettes if you were ready to quit, right?如果你想戒煙的話，你得先扔掉香煙�？梢耘袛鄬τ赑layer的問題，欄目主持人建議他要遠離電腦。
小題2:A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二個問題中I think this is rude—or has society just become so talk-show numbed (麻木的)that you can ask anyone anything?以及回答Yes. Our society has become increasingly disrespectful of privacy.可以判斷他們都認為如今的人們對他人的感受都漠不關心了，所以A選項正確。
小題3:D推理判斷題。 根據(jù)第三個答復中Be sure you're right. You must have evidence about what and why things are going out the back gates.可知主持人認為必須有充足證據(jù)才可以去揭發(fā)別人，由此可以推斷主持人不贊同Laws去告發(fā)上司。
小題4:C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中and we've seen her load up her van at the back gates可知第三個問題中涉及到了交通工具，所以答案選C。
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B．in California.
C．by a marketing genius called Dick McDonald.
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