(1)　　In these years, computer games have become more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy (1)_______ have changed into (2)_______ game houses in order to get more money. These places are always crowded with (3)______ especially young boys.

　　In the computer game houses, people (4)_______ a lot of money competing with the machines. It's (5)______ for one to win a computer, but one can make progress after (6)_______ again and again. People have a kind of gambling psychology ( 赌博心理) when they play computer games. The more they (7)_______, the more they want to win. For school boys, they have no (8)_______for their lessons. When class is over, they run to the nearby computer game houses. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. But some of them are not (9)_______ enough to get the money. They begin to take away other students' money and (10)_______ thieves.

( )1. A. rivers B. cities C. villages D. streets

( )2. A. small B. big C. computers D. sports

( )3. A. people B. person C. women D. girls

( )4. A. take B. win C. use D. spend

( )5. A. easy B. hard C. important D. beautiful

( )6. A. drive B. to make C. trying D. ran

( )7. A. hope B. lose C. do D. make

( )8. A. difference B. secret C. mind D. duty

( )9. A. bad B. angry C. difficult D. lucky

( )10.A. are B. look like C. become D. like

　　题解与分析：这是一篇报导，主要介绍的是这些年出现的电脑游戏对孩子们的危害。

　　1.D. 商店应该是沿街修建的，along给了我们很好的提示。

　　2.A. 由前面的"a lot of small shops"可知答案。

　　3.A. 电脑游戏厅里经常是有很多人在玩游戏，尤其是青少年居多，people是集体名词，本身是复数；person是单数名词，化复数时应该加上s；woman和girl分别表示“女人”和“女孩”。所以这里用people最佳。

　　4.D. 这是一个固定短语，spend…(in) doing…。