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雅思考试模拟试题及答案解析(1)

雅思考试模拟试题及答案解析(1)
雅思考试模拟试题及答案解析(1)

雅思考试模拟试题及答案解析(1)

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Complete the form below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. APPLICATION FORM

Years of Membership: Seven

Type of I.D.: 1

I.D. No.: 2

Family Name: Black

Other Names: Gavin Raymond

D.O.B.: 22/01/1973

I.D. Expiry Date: 3

Address: 4

Meadowbank

Class of Vehicle: 5

Endorsements: None

Convictions: 6 (1993)

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Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Membership Level Benefits

7 Bronze Silver Gold

Standard

Care —5% discount 7.5% discount 50% discount off

8

Insurance —$10 off fee $20 off fee Free

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Personal

Loans 0.25%

reduction* 0.5%

reduction* 10

reduction* 1.25%

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*on applicable rate

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Diners can eat inside the restaurant or in the ______.

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Visitors can put on their swim suits and play in the ______.

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The Cottage houses a museum, cinema room and ______.

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The Garden Nursery is the place to buy plants, pots, garden sculptures and ornaments including ______.

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The Wood Crafting Shed is a great place to buy wooden products, especially ______ for the children.

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The avocado fruit that is grown at Summerland is picked by ______.

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Label the plan below.

Choose your answers from the box below and write the letters A-H next to questions 17-20.

图片A. Avocado Packing Shed

B. Car Park

C. Carton Manufacturing Shed

D. Cool Room

E. Gift Shop

F. Garden Shop

G. Macadamia De-husking Shed

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Complete the summary below.

Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-N next to questions 21-26.

A wetland is an area where the soil is typically water-logged. Plants and animals living there depend on the wetness for their 1 . Draining swamps is a widespread occurrence which kills off wildlife and, consequently, wetlands are 2 worldwide. It is a feature of wetlands that

conditions vary according to 3 . Water-tolerant plants grow both in and out of the water and water levels are usually 4 . Wetlands naturally occur between land and water and become 5 for various wildlife during very dry periods. They also act as nurseries for different kinds of animal life. Wetlands are known to upgrade 6 by removing pollutants.

A. water quality

B. seasonal change

C. saturated soil

D. safe places

E. quite low

F. quite high

G. nutrients

H. nurseries

I. international recognition

J. farming activity

K. extinct

L. continued existence

M. commercial development

N. at risk

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Complete the diagram below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

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Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Someone in an anxiety state has worse ______ than normal.

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A phobia may stem from heredity or ______.

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The reason for the final breakdown is generally linked with ______ like the loss of a loved one or a health crisis.

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Match the phobic state in the box to the symptoms below.

Choose your answers from the box and write the letters A-D next to questions 34-40.

Phobic states

A. Single phobia

B. Agoraphobia

C. Claustrophobia

D. Social phobia

The sufferer:

Feels extremely shy in company

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Likes to sleep with the lights on

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Fears leaving the house

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Gets sweaty hands

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Fears a particular creature

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Fears small spaces

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Has difficulty speaking in front of other people

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(41~53/共13题)PASSAGE 1

HYBRID SOLAR LIGHTING

—Light the Interiors of Buildings with Sunlight!

Hybrid solar lighting is a system that captures sunlight on a roof top and uses optical fibres to channel it directly into a building. The only power needed to operate it is a 9-volt battery and the energy cost reduction, worker productivity and health benefits are immense.

It was originally developed by the US Department of Energy at its Oak Ridge National Laboratory and licensed to a company called Sunlight Direct. It has already been installed in a large number and a wide range of buildings in the USA including higher education institutions, museums, department stores and other specialty stores. Initial reports declare that retail sales increase by as much as 40% when the switch is made from fluorescent lighting to hybrid solar. Furthermore, there is a major improvement in the attention spans and academic attainment of undergraduates in classrooms or lecture theatres lit by hybrid solar. It is to be hoped that the technology can soon be made financially feasible for households as well as commercial buildings.

It has been suggested that 30% of the electricity used in the USA is just for lighting and, for retailers, the estimate increases to 45%. Obviously, that figure could decrease significantly if sunlight could be brought inside. Hybrid solar lighting is predicted not only to save millions of dollars in energy costs but it is attractive for its quality which is almost identical to daylight.

A solar collector consisting of a 1.2 metre parabolic primary mirror concentrates the light toward a secondary mirror which has a special multi-layer coating that reflects only the visible wavelengths which effectively strips off the ultra-violet and infra-red wavelengths from the reflected light. This is important to reduce heat in the fibre optics which would otherwise melt.

The visible light is focused from the secondary mirror towards a receiver module where it is homogenized to guarantee uniformity before it enters the fibre optic bundle which then passes into the building interior for lighting. The fibres are easily installed and replaced and unlike fluorescent lights that require energy, the hybrid solar system only needs one 9-volt battery %o power the solar tracking system for a week.

The solar tracker mechanism consists of two motors that are controlled by a GPS (global positioning system) micro processor situated beneath it. This computes the exact position of the sun (based on the latitude, longitude, date and time) to within point one degree. The light collected shines brightly. Just two of these fibres emit enough light to be equivalent to a 60 Watt light bulb and there are 127 of fibres in one bundle. What if it is cloudy or rainy outside? That's where the hybrid comes in. The lighting fixtures combine the sunlight with the artificial light from fluorescent or incandescent lamps to create a hybrid luminaire. A photo sensor in the room monitors the intensity and automatic adjustments are made in order to keep a constant level of illumination.

A room lit entirely by fluorescence has an orange glow which is not very natural. If the lighting is changed to 80% solar and 20% fluorescent, it is far more aesthetically appealing. It is estimated that hybrid solar lighting could reduce their energy bill of most retailers by 60%; and retail stores have been some of the first adopters of the new technology because of the health benefits gained from natural lighting. Studies have shown that 20% of workers under artificial light suffer symptoms of depression from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). In addition, retail stores with natural lighting sold 40% more merchandise than stores with artificial light. Research has shown that biological rhythms and circadian rhythms are the secret to having successful and productive employees. Bringing in the natural light helps regulate these biological processes.

The technology has made such an impression that other scientists are looking at alternative applications: utilizing the UV light energy for hot water heating, for example. There is one limitation to the technology, however: although the plastic optical fibres are very low cost, they also have very low transmittance and extend for only around 15 metres from the solar collector. This is why currently solar hybrid lighting is primarily focused on the top and main floors of a building.

Overall, the potential electricity savings and carbon dioxide reductions are enormous. The units are designed to last twenty years and, as volumes of sales increase, the price should come down considerably. It may be a while before individual households can enjoy hybrid solar lighting but, in the meantime, there is a substantial benefit in that it is making many work and study spaces as natural and comfortable for humans as possible.

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Complete the summary below with words taken from Reading Passage 1.

Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 1-3 on your answer sheet.

A hybrid solar lighting system has been developed that uses 1 to illuminate buildings. Numerous advantages have been described, such as a boost in 2 and increased 3 and educational achievement amongst students.

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Complete the diagram below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 4-8 on your answer sheet.

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Complete the notes below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet.

●127 fibres = 1 bundle

●2 fibres = 60 Watt bulb

●A 9 measures amount of light & a 10 mixes light from different sources to keep levels constant

●Higher % of natural light, more attractive and biologically advantageous—fluorescence contributes to feelings of 11 whereas natural or hybrid light gives rise to more productivity (& the sale of more 12 in shops) because it helps workers (& shoppers) feel good and maintain biological rhythms.

●Plastic fibres are cheap but length from the 13 is a limiting factor.

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(54~66/共13题)PASSAGE 2

Reading Passage 2 has six sections A-F.

Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.

Write the correct number i-ix in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet.

List of Headings

i. Uncertain future for academic freedom

ii. Low pay causes problems

iii. Tough life, worse prospects

iv. A safety net for intellectual risk-takers

v. The necessity for economic reform

vi. Educational standards decline

vii. Adverse effects on health of adjuncts

viii. Academic life: perception versus reality

ix. Exploitation of a stop-gap system

The Rise of Adjuncts

A. Academia is often thought of as an occupation with immense job security. The traditional image is one of a middle-aged professor with his own office, his own car park, and a cosy job with a middle-class salary that remains unaffected by upturns and downturns in the 'real' business

economy. But in the United States today only a minority of professors have anything resembling this lifestyle. For the vast majority, the actual conditions of their employment are very different. They scrape by with low pay, short-term contracts and few or no employee benefits. Many even qualify for food stamps. This shift in employment conditions has far-reaching consequences not only for academics, but also for students and the quality of education they receive, and for academic freedom more generally.

B. Originally, almost all professors were in full-time positions and employed under a system known as 'life tenure'. Tenure all but guarantees professors a well-paid job until retirement; their position can only be terminated with 'just cause'. Proving just cause is a lengthy, difficult process that happens rarely—only around 50 of 280,000 tenured professors lose their status every year. The purpose of tenure is to provide shelter for researchers who dissent from dominant opinions, disagree with the authorities of universities, donors or political authorities, or choose to research topics that may have social importance but seem unimportant or unnecessary to others. In this way it seeks to keep intellectual pursuits 'pure' rather than at the whim of external interests. Without tenure, professors might prefer uncontroversial research on popular topics, and draw dishonest conclusions in a bid to please authorities and keep their jobs.

C. In an era of perpetual cost-cutting and budget-tightening, however, guaranteeing large numbers of academics lifetime employment with related benefits is increasing untenable. The proportion of university teachers with tenure has slid from 75 percent in 1960 to just 27 percent today. Rising in their place are 'professor adjuncts'. Adjuncts are temporary, part-time employees who were initially brought in only occasionally as special guest lecturers or to provide cover for tenured professors on parental or research leave. Adjuncts teach individual classes and have no research or administrative responsibilities, and their contracts typically run for a single semester, after which they might be renewed. Over the last few decades their use has been extended beyond these temporary exigencies, and adjuncts have become a permanent, institutionalised aspect of academic employment.

D. This has created several problems for adjunct professors, who are considered by some to make up a growing 'academic underclass'. Firstly, because contracts are always temporary, adjuncts rarely qualify for insurance and health benefits, such as time off with remuneration for illness, in the same way as tenured professors. Secondly, recompense for adjuncts is often very low. In order to make a living from their work, adjuncts typically need to win contracts with multiple universities. As a consequence of this high teaching workload—and the lack of paid research opportunities—adjuncts tend to find it hard to publish articles and win research grants, therefore making promotion increasingly unlikely with every year that passes (academic promotion is governed by what is known as a 'publish or perish' culture).

E. The culture of using adjuncts also has flow-on effects for the quality of teaching that students receive. Because adjuncts come in only for classes, they do not have offices or office hours on campus, and usually do not have the time to meet up with students in small groups or for one-on-one sessions. The disengagement between students and teachers can make it difficult for struggling students to find guidance outside of lectures. Adjuncts are also less 'tied' to the universities they teach at and fail to accumulate reputations over time in the same way as full-time professors. As such, they are not as personally invested in the quality and outcome of their teaching. Finally, it has been reported that many adjuncts practice grade inflation—raising grades higher than deserved—in order to maintain their job security by keeping students pleased.

These outcomes are not because adjuncts are malfeasant or incompetent professors, but rather because of the structural pressures this type of work involves—precisely what the tenure system sought to overcome.

F. The rising use of adjunct professors also has implications for the research and pedagogical autonomy of teachers. Because adjuncts do not have tenure, they can be fired with the simplest of explanations. Furthermore, administrators who do not want to give any reason at all can choose to simply not renew an adjunct's contract after the semester finishes. As such, there is immense pressure on adjuncts to teach in ways that please those who employ them. While only 50 tenured professors lose their jobs in the USA every year, reports emerge every day about adjuncts who have been fired or not had contracts renewed after disputes with faculty or administrators over course design, teaching, or employment issues. As the pool of growing numbers of adjuncts compete desperately for the shrinking amount of tenure-track positions, intellectual conformity can grow as candidates position themselves as safe, mainstream choices. As theoretical physicist Lee Smolin has written, "...it is practically career suicide for young theoretical physicists not to join the field of string theory..."

The rising use of adjunct professors is mainly rooted in a need for cost efficiency in education, but it has more diffuse effects on the wellbeing of academic professionals and students, the quality of the education they receive, and academic freedom in general. Everyone who is concerned about more than the fiscal 'bottom line' needs to follow this trend carefully.

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Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write your answers in boxes 20-22 on your answer sheet.

What was the motivation behind the tenure system?

A.To allow professors to pursue their research without outside influence.

B.To prevent academic positions from being used for research that is not useful.

C.To discipline professors who make claims that are not true.

D.To provide professors with a secure income so that they can focus on research.

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Which of the following is NOT a feature of adjunct employment?

A.Contracts that expire after a limited period

B.Paid sick leave

C.Lecturing responsibilities

D.Difficulty securing funding for research

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Why do adjuncts have low prospects for improving their academic position?

A.They are unable to receive medical care.

B.They do not have enough time for writing articles.

C.They work at more than one institution.

D.They are under-qualified.

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Complete the sentences below with words taken from Reading Passage 2.

Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 23-26 on your answer sheet.

Because adjuncts are paid only to teach, they cannot always provide support for ______.

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Adjuncts do not have the same bonds with one particular institution as permanent staff do so they do not ______ in the same way.

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Giving better marks than warranted enhances adjuncts' ______.

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Adjuncts do not deliver quality education, not because they are bad lecturers but as a result of ______.

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(67~80/共14题)PASSAGE 3

READING WARS

A. In many developed countries literacy skills are under siege. This is true even in societies where access to primary education is universal and governments invest heavily in education. New Zealand, for example, was leading the world in literacy rates in 1970, but tumbled to thirteenth place in 2001 and then again to twenty-fourth just a few years later. Test scores in the USA also slumped ten percent during the 1990s despite the country riding an economic boom for much of the decade. In some cases these statistics reverse trends that were in motion for over a century and a haft. The steady, gradual expansion of literacy across social groups and classes was one of the greatest successes of the period of industrialisation that began in the mid-1850s.

B. This reversal of fortunes has lead to widespread contention over the pedagogy of teaching literacy. What was once a dry and technical affair—the esoteric business of linguists and policy analysts—rapidly escalated into a series of skirmishes that were played out in high-visibility forums: Newspapers ran special features, columns and letters-to-the-editor on the literacy crisis; politicians successfully ran their national campaigns on improving reading test scores; and parents had their say by joining Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and lobby groups.

C. The arguments around reading pooled into two different classroom methodologies: constructivism and behaviourism. The constructivist methodology grew from a holistic conception of knowledge creation that understood reading and writing to be innate, humanistic and interpretative practices that suffered when they were spliced and formalised within rigid doctrines, strict rules and universal skill-sets. Constructivists associate words with meanings; each word might be thought of as a Chinese ideogram. Students are encouraged to learn individual words and skip over and guess words they do not understand, or learn to interpret those words

by situating them within the lexical infrastructure of the sentence and the story's wider narrative. These practices materialise as learning processes centred on guided group reading and independent reading of high-quality, culturally diverse literature or textual composition that emphasises pupils conveying their own thoughts and feelings for real purposes such as letters to pen pals or journal entries.

D. Behaviourism sees the pedagogical process in a less dialectical fashion—words are initially taught not lexically, as vehicles to convey meaning, but rather sub-lexically, as a combination of features that can be separated and learnt in a schematic process. The behaviourist approach does not focus on words at all in the early stages of learning. Rather, it is centred on a universally applicable method of teaching students to isolate graphemes and phonemes with the intention that students will eventually learn to synthesise these individual parts and make sense of spoken words textually. In this way, individual components are not equated with the strokes of a brush on a Chinese ideogram, but rather as the focal pieces of interpretation—as in, for example, learning to read musical notations or Morse Code. Because of its emphasis on universal rules, behaviourism is much more conducive to formal examination and the consolidation of results across regions and countries. The ability to master language is considered to rest in the acquisition of a set of skills that exist independently of individuals. Classroom learning is therefore based upon the transmission of knowledge from tutor to student, rather than seen as an internalised process that erupts within the students themselves.

E. So who comes out on top? It is not easy to say. Champions of behaviourism have claimed victory because constructivist learning took over in the late 1980s, just before test scores on literacy began sinking across the West. Constructivists, however, can make the valid claim that the behaviourist approach has a heavy methodological bias towards testing and examination, and that test results do not represent the ability of individuals to use and interpret language freely and creatively. Furthermore, different socio-economic groups respond in different ways to each method. Those from wealthier families tend to do well regardless of the method, but thrive on the constructivist approach implemented in the 1990s. Children from poorer families, however, are better served by behaviourism. These outcomes have ramped up levels of socio-economic based educational disparities in educational systems that have pushed the constructivist method.

F. It is unlikely that either constructivism or behaviourism will be permanently sidelined from curricula in the near future. Most teachers find it easier to incorporate aspects of each approach. Constructivism may ultimately hold the trump card because of its proven success with pupils who come from families where they are introduced to reading and writing in various forms from a young age—this process of 'living and learning' and immersing oneself in language is a sound principle. In a world rife with social inequities, households with illiterate parents and a scarcity of funding for education, however, the behaviourist approach may have the upper hand in teaching children to access the basic skiffs of literacy quickly and efficiently, even if some linguistic creativity is crushed in the process.

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Reading Passage 3 has six paragraphs, A-F.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 27-33 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

A reason why constructivism might increase inequalities in society

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Next Year Marks the EU's 50th Anniversary of the Treaty A. After a period of introversion and stunned self-disbelief,continental European governments will recover their enthusiasm for pan-European institution-building in . Whether the European public will welcome a return to what voters in two countries had rejected so short a time before is another matter. B. There are several reasons for Europe’s recovering self-confidence. For years European economies had been lagging dismally behind America (to say nothing of Asia), but in the large continental economies had one of their best years for a decade, briefly outstripping America in terms of growth. Since politics often reacts to economic change with a lag,’s improvement in economic growth will have its impact in , though the recovery may be ebbing by then. C. The coming year also marks a particular point in a political cycle so regular that it almost seems to amount to a natural law. Every four or five years, European countries take a large stride towards further integration by signing a new treaty: the Maastricht treaty in 1992, the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997, the Treaty of Nice in . And in they were supposed to ratify a European constitution, laying the ground for yet more integration—until the calm rhythm was rudely shattered by French and Dutch voters. But the political impetus to sign something every four or five years has only been interrupted,not immobilised, by this setback. D. In the European Union marks the 50th anniversary of another treaty—the Treaty of Rome, its founding charter. Government leaders have already agreed to celebrate it ceremoniously, restating their commitment to “ever closer union” and the basic ideals of European unity. By itself, and in normal circumstances, the EU’s 50th-birthday greeting to itself would be fairly meaningless, a routine expression of European good fellowship. But it does not take a Machiavelli to spot that once governments have signed the declaration (and it seems unlikely anyone would be so uncollegiate as to veto

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题目类别教育与科技提问方式利弊判断 考试题目 Some people say that playing computer games is bad for children in every aspect. Others say that playing computer games can have positive effects on the way children develop. Discuss both views and give your opinion. 分析:教育与科技、教育与媒体可谓是雅思考试的热点,而且这些话题跟广大考生们息息相关。平时对生活多一些思考,备考期间针对话题词汇和句型多写多练,这些都是理想分数的 保障。 文章结构:4段 首段:导入话题,表达立场。 主题段1:玩电脑游戏对孩子的各方面有害。 主题段2:玩电脑游戏对孩子的成长有利。 结尾段:总结上文,重申立场。 In recent years, the prevalence of computer games has exerted a significant effect on children’s life. As to whether they affect children negatively, there is an endless debate. Despite the fact that playing computer games is an effective way to relieve pressure, the problems associated with study and health cannot be neglected. Clearly, playing computer games is regarded as a main factor leading to poor academic performance. With the entertaining nature, computer games will easily distract children from their studious pursuits. With the passage of time, children will probably fall behind their peers in academic development. In addition, when children spend too much time playing computer games, they are less likely to participate in physical activities, which is one reason why many children suffer from obesity. As a result, these overweight children’s confidence may be undermined and their health may be negatively influence as well. Despite these disadvantages, the advantages can still not be ignored. First of all, the latest research shows that game-playing helps children to home their communication and interpersonal skills. In many cases, players work together in teams to achieve goals, competing against other players. Therefore, their social skills and teamwork spirit are put to the test. Also, computer games can have positive and therapeutic effects on players. Games provide an opportunity for children to decompress and tune out of strains and stresses of everyday life. Giving their time to rest is critical for emotional and mental well-being. In conclusion, it is not advisable for children to play computer games, for the reasons that it not only has a negative impact on their study, but also makes them lose confidence, although computer games provide a form of relaxation.

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