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(Man) Uh… I’m not sure the exact amount of time is really the issue, but I think when it becomes something that really begins to affect other areas of your life … when for instance your work performance or your school performance … or relationships with other people. Uh, one of the problems I see with the Internet, especially the chat rooms, is that people start developing relationships over the Net and they are very different from relationships that you have on a face-to-face basis, and you start losing some of the skills that make relationships successful … so that’s certainly a warning signal. I think if people are beginning to say something to you like, “You seem to be spending a lot of time on-line,” that’s probably a good indicator as well. …
But I think, a real important thing is to examine what’s going on with you when you are not on the Net … if you are beginning to feel anxious or depressed or empty or lonely … and you know you really look forward to those times when you can be on-line to be connected with other people in that way … then, I think, a serious issue is starting to happen.
(Woman)
(Man) What about if you stop giving up other things, like going out for a walk? Is that a symptom?
Well, people have to make choices every day about the different activities that they’re going to do. I think it’s helpful to have some sort of balance on your life … if you can spend some time on the Internet and then go take a walk at a different time of the day. That’s not an issue. In fact, that’s one of the things that we suggest in the group is to somehow break the pattern. For example, set an alarm clock or something. When it rings, go out and take a walk, and then come back before you get back on-line.
Question No. 11.
According to the man, why is Internet addiction so common now?
Question No. 12.
What worries the interviewer about surfing on the Net?
Question No. 13.
What is the problem with chat rooms, according to the man?
Question No. 14.
The man says that several areas of a person’s life might be affected by Internet addiction. Which of the following is NOT one of these areas?
Question No. 15.
What does the man suggest that students do to remind themselves to get off-line and take a walk?
Question 16 to 20 are based on the following talk.
(Man) Pop Art is an artistic development that began in the late 1950s and became the most powerful art movement of the 1960s. Although it was a strong cultural force in Europe (especially in England), this lecture will concentrate on Pop Art in the United States. Pop artists were inspired by mass-produced visual media, such as television, magazines, comic books, billboards, and the design of common household objects, and used these things as the starting point for their art.
Pop Art differed from earlier art movements. To understand Pop Art, it is helpful to know a little bit about the artistic movement that immediately preceded it. This movement was called Abstract Expressionism. Jackson Pollock is an example of an Abstract Expressionist. If we look at Pollock’s painting entitled Autumn Rhythm, we see a dense field of overlapping lines that swirl and move all over the surface of the canvas. This painting refers to the process of making the painting more than it refers to anything in the actual world. Pollock believed that his intuitive approach to making paintings could show his inner self. He said, “Painting is a state of being … [and] self discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”
Abstract Expressionism was a highly personal art. It reflected the internal struggles of the individual artists. Pop Artists were not at all interested in this internal search. Instead, Pop Artists believed that art should have a more direct relationship to things in their world.
The economic growth that began in the United States after World II gained speed in the 1960s. At the same time, television became a primary source of information and entertainment for the American people. In the late 1940s, about 10 thousand Americans owned televisions; by 1957 over 40 million Americans owned them.
