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  3. Alex Pang’s amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or computer. And

Alex Pang’s amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or computer. And

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问题     Alex Pang’s amusing new book The Distraction Addiction addresses those of us who feel panic without a cellphone or computer. And that, he claims, is pretty much all of us. When we’re not online, where we spend four months annually, we’re engaged in the stressful work of trying to get online.
    The Distraction Addiction is not framed as a self-help book. It’s a thoughtful examination of the dangers of our computing overdose and a historical overview of how technological advances change consciousness. A "professional futurist" , Pang urges an approach which he calls "contemplative (沉思的) computing. " He asks that you pay full attention to " how your mind and body interact with computers and how your attention and creativity are influenced by technology. "
    Pang’s first job is to free you from the common misconception that doing two things at once allows you to get more done. What is commonly called multitasking is, in fact, switch-tasking, and its harmful effects on productivity are well documented. Pang doesn’t advocate returning to a pre-Internet world. Instead, he asks you to " take a more ecological (生态的)view of your relationships with technologies and look for ways devices or media may be making specific tasks easier or faster but at the same time making your work and life harder. "
    The Distraction Addiction is particularly fascinating on how technologies have changed certain fields of labor—often for the worse. For architects, computer-aided design has become essential but in some ways has cheapened the design process. As one architect puts it, " Architecture is first and foremost about thinking... and drawing is a more productive way of thinking" than computer-aided design. Somewhat less amusing are Pang’s solutions for kicking the Internet habit. He recommends the usual behavior-modification approaches, familiar to anyone who has completed a quit-smoking program. Keep logs to study your online profile and decide what you can knock out, download a program like Freedom that locks you out of your browser, or take a " digital Sabbath (安息日)" . "Unless you’re a reporter or emergency-department doctor, you’ll discover that your world doesn’t fall apart when you go offline. "
What is Alex Pang’s recommendation for Internet users?
选项 A、They use the Internet as little as possible.
B、They keep a record of their computer use time.
C、They exercise self-control over their time online.
D、They entertain themselves online on off-days only.
答案C
解析 第四段中彭为戒除上网习惯提出了解决方法。他建议使用常见的行为矫正法——种为完成戒烟项目的人所熟知的方法，并提供了具体做法：研究网上资料并确定你所能剔除的内容，将其记录下来，下载一个类似“自由”的程序来锁住浏览器，或选择一个“数字安息日”。网民通过这些方法或者某些程序的帮助减少上网时间，即对上网时间进行自我控制，故答案为C。
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