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A study investigating detrimental internet use by adolescents has recently b

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问题     A study investigating detrimental internet use by adolescents has recently been conducted in Finland. Adolescents’ net use is a two-edged sword: while the consequences of【C1】________use are positive, the effects of compulsive use can be detrimental. Compulsive use【C2】________among other things, gaming addiction or the constant monitoring of likes on social media and comparisons to others.
    In the coronavirus period, loneliness has increased【C3】________among adolescents. They look for a sense of belonging from the internet. Lonely adolescents head to the internet and are at risk of becoming addicted. Internet addiction can further【C4】________their malaise (不适), such as depression.
    The risk of being drawn into problematic internet use was at its highest among 16-year-old adolescents, with the phenomenon being more common among boys. For some, the problem【C5】________into adulthood, but for others it eases up as they grow older. The【C6】________of problematic internet use is often associated with adolescent development where their self-regulation and control improve, their brains adapt and assignments related to education direct their attention.
    Fortunately, problematic internet use is adaptive and often changes in late adolescence and during the【C7】________to adulthood. It was found in the study that the household climate and parenting also matter; the children of distant parents have a higher risk of【C8】________into detrimental internet use. If parents are not very interested in the lives of their adolescents, the latter may have difficulty drawing the lines for their actions.
    In the study participants, compulsive internet use had a【C9】________to depression. Depression predicted problematic internet use, while problematic use further increased depressive symptoms. Additionally, problematic use was predictive of poorer academic success, which may be associated with the fact that internet use consumes a great deal of time and can disrupt adolescents’ sleep rhythm and recovery, consequently eating up the time【C10】________for academic effort and performance.
    A) aggravate   F) denotes   K) merging
    B) appropriate G) drifting  L) moderate
    C) available   H) impact    M) persists
    D) basically   I) link      N) reduction
    E) degenerates J) markedly  O) transition [br] 【C6】
选项
答案 N
解析 名词辨析题。根据空格前的定冠词the和空格后的of可推断，此处缺少一个名词。空格所在处的意思是：成问题的互联网使用的________往往与青少年的发展有关。由where引导的定语从句可知，这里“青少年的发展”是指青少年自我调节和控制能力的增强，由此可推断，随着青少年自我调节和控制能力的增强，成问题的互联网使用会减少，备选动词中的reduction“减少”符合句意，故N为答案。
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