One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its boarding houses, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them lonely and even suicidal.
Authorities at the best Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the Internet, said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs. The old dormitory culture of panionship and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion.
IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of seven IITs across India which are considered to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants. But their hard courses, tough petition and lonely campus lifestyle have taken an effect on students. Depressive and dysfunctional (不正常的) lifestyles are known to be mon among IIT students, and at least nine have mitted suicide in the past five years. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their boarding houses to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming.
Starting Monday, Internet access will be banned between 11 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbai's 13 boarding buildings to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their shells, Gopalan said. But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. Now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby (摇篮曲) to go to sleep, said Rajiv, an electronics student.
【小题1】Which of the following is not the possible effect of free Internet access on students?A．There has been a decline in students’ lessons.B．Participation in social activities has gone down. C．Some students feel lonely and even suicidal.D．Students don’t even know his classmates.【小题2】What measure has been taken in IIT- Mumbai?A．Students have unlimited free Internet access in their dormitories.B．Students are forbidden to surf the Internet.C．Internet access is unavailable in deep night. D．Students must go to bed before 11 p.m.【小题3】In the passage the students are told to . A．sleep through their lessonsB．break away from the InternetC．go to sleep along with musicD．stop surfing, make friends【小题4】 We may infer from the last paragraph that . A．the banning order causes some plaints among the studentsB．all electronics students hate the banning orderC．more students prefer listening to music to surfing the InternetD．there is no Internet access on the IIT campus even since.D
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(答案→)D
解析：这是一篇新闻类短文。本文报道的是：由于网络对学生的生活和学习产生了巨大的影响，印度工学院限制学生上网，鼓励学生走出宿舍，积极参加社会活动。
【小题1】考查细节理解。根据第一段和第二段内容“学生整日沉迷于上网、玩电脑游戏和写博客，影响了他们的学习成绩，并助长了他们内心的孤独感和自杀倾向。学生们不愿参加社交活动，很多人要么早上上课迟到，要么干脆在课堂上睡觉。”可知A、B、C三项都是上网对学生们产生的影响。D项与短文中“有的学生忙于上网，甚至不知道住在隔壁的同学是谁”不符。
【小题2】考查细节理解。根据短文第后一段内容“从周一开始，学校在校内的13个宿舍实施限制上网措施，每晚11点至12：30这一时段网络将被关闭，以此来鼓励学生早睡、并试图用这种办法促使他们走出宿舍。”可知C项正确。
【小题3】考查主旨大意。全文指出了网络对校内学生的影响，先前的“互助友爱的宿舍文化”已经一去不复返了。学校校内宿舍实施限制上网措施，来鼓励学生积极参加文体和社会活动、多与别人交往，消除内心的孤独感。
【小题4】推测题。短文最后一段提到：这一举措实施的并不顺利，学生们说他们不喜欢自己的生活受管制。其中电子系的学生拉吉维说：“现在我们得听着摇篮曲入睡了。”由此推测学生中有抱怨情绪。