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Nowadays people are not so excited by parties and social gatherings. This is not because of having no desire to socialize, but because of smartphones. When they are gathering together, more people are on their smartphones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation study, well over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it the moment they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too much of society is using smartphones while driving and as a result getting into car crashes. 34 percent of teens admit to text while driving, and they confirm t hat text messaging is their number one driving interruption. People's attachment to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others. Just as drivers ignore the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the significance of human interaction. When with their friends, some people pointlessly check or send text messages in the presence of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphone to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run. As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a text or mindlessly check their massages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is de-advancing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to interact (交流) face-to-face but it is also lowering society's ability to communicate. 8. The purpose of this text is to ______. A. express a concern about the overuse of the smartphone　 B. call for an end to use the smartphone while driving C. appeal to us to pay attention to communication skills D. advise us to be cautious about the addiction to the smartphone 9. The second paragraph is developed by ______. A. listing figures B. giving examples C. analyzing the effects D. comparing facts 10. The author advocates us to make new friends ______. A. under a free circumstance B. by using smartphones C. in different ways D. in a face-to-face way 11. Over dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that ______. 　A. parties and gatherings limit their social circle B. people are more and more narrow-minded C. people's communication skills are weakened D. face-to-face communication becomes less important 8-11ABDC