How often do you use your mobile phone as a teenager? When I was a teenager, I received my first mobile phone at the age of thirteen. I quickly discovered the texting function (功能) and started to send texts daily to my friends.

I started to replace (替换) phone calls and in person socializing with texting. Texting made it easier for me to communicate with my family and friends whenever possible. It was a whole new method of communication for me. I could keep doing some other activities while sending messages. I was also more comfortable when I spoke my mind through these messages.

Now when I look back, I wonder if texting changed how I socialized as a teenager. Did I lose in person social skills? Now as a young adult in college, I find interpersonal communication is very important throughout my daily activities. I feel that teenagers are becoming too comfortable with texting and not practicing in-person social skills.

In today’s world, socially interactive (交互的) technologies have become part of our everyday lives, especially for teenagers. Teenagers in the US spend about 6 hours per day using mobile phones and they are the common heavy users in using the socially interactive technologies. I believe teenagers are replacing face-to-face interactions with the text messaging function of mobile phones. Texting gives a safety net for teenagers to communicate with each other. Teenagers can communicate what they want to say without the pressures (压力) of being face-to-face to each other.

It is a very important skill for teenagers to be able to improvise. As teenagers grow and continue their lives as young adults, they will need to use this skill in many situations. For example, in a job interview, you have no time to re-think and erase (清除) what you say. Besides, in face-to-face communication, teenagers can read body language and facial expressions.

【小题1】From Paragraph 2, we know that ________.

A．the writer found texting made other activities interesting

B．it was difficult for the writer to tell his ideas by texting

C．texting became part of the writer’s teenage life

D．making phone calls was new to the writer

【小题2】The writer may agree that ________.

A．teenagers should replace face-to-face interactions with texting

B．teenagers need to spend more time sending messages to their family

C．texting helps teenagers to change socially interactive technologies

D．texting gives teenagers less pressures than face-to-face communication

【小题3】The word “improvise” in Paragraph 5 probably means ________.

A．plan something for a long time	B．practice doing something slowly
C．repeat something for several times	D．do something without preparation

【小题4】What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A．To encourage teenagers to use socially interactive technologies.

B．To ask teenagers to have more face-to-face communication.

C．To tell the importance of texting for teenagers.

D．To explain why teenagers like to text messages.