Owaish Batliwala, 10, from Mumbai, India, admitted spending three to four hours each day playing games on his tablet computer. When he started complaining about a neck pain, his mother Mehzabin became concerned.

“My son got a problem in his neck around June, July. The pain gradually spread to his hand and his back, this was the problem,” she explained. “He plays for hours on the iPad and mobile phone. He plays regularly for at least for two-three hours, that’s what caused the problem.”

Physical therapist Sadia Vanjara said the number of young children with chronic pain in upper extremities is on the rise. “They are not ageing, they haven't had an accident, their age is like, under 10, they are not complaining, the blood reports are fine, their X-rays are fine, their MRI's are fine, then where is the culprit? And that is the very common thing that is happening amongst all children and that is smart phones and the gadgets,” Vanjara said.

There are more smartphone users in India today. Networking technology giant Cisco estimates their numbers will increase from 140 million today to 651 million by the end of the decade.

Student Nida Jameel, 19, said she felt pain in her pinkie finger, where the weight of her smartphone rests most of the day. “As I use phone 24/7 like, so probably yeah, it was because of the phone, continuous usage and Snapchat, Whatsapp, more and more you know social media coming, so like phone is the center of everything,” she said.

With correct posture, pain can be prevented, so Vanjara also teaches children how to hold their gadgets correctly. “If you hold the phone up in front of you, your head will not be bent down to look at it and so your neck won’t get strained,” she said.

With the number of smartphones and other handheld devices constantly on the rise, Vanjara predicts we will see not only physical but also psychological and emotional ailments stemming from their excessive use.

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1.What problem did Owaish Batliwala have at the beginning?

A He felt pain in his pinkie finger.

B He felt pain in his back.

C He suffered from pain in his neck.

D He suffered from pain in his hand.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第1段When he started complaining about a neck pain可知，Owaish Batliwala一开始感到颈部疼痛。

2.What is the culprit causing many youngsters’ chronic pain according to Sadia Vanjara?

A Smart phones and the gadgets.

B Social media.

C Ageing.

D Blood problems.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据文章第3段that is smart phones and the gadgets可知，造成颈部、背部等慢性疼痛的元凶是智能手机和其它电玩。

3.What is Sadia Vanjara’s advice on preventing pain caused by using handheld devices?

A Lowering your head to look at the devices.

B Holding the gadgets up in front of you.

C Playing the smart phones for a regular time.

D Checking up X-rays or MRI’s at a regular time.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第6段If you hold the phone up in front of you, …your neck won’t get strained可知，Vanjara的建议是把手放在正前方，并握住手机，这样头就不会低得厉害，而造成颈部曲张。

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A More and more hand-held devices will be produced.

B Youngsters like playing games on tablet computers very much.

C Teenagers like computer games too much to care about the pain.

D Too much use of hand-held devices will cause more health problems.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据文章第7段we will see not only physical but also psychological and emotional ailments coming from their excessive use可以判断，过多使用手机等电玩会造成更多的健康问题。

5.What can be the best title of the passage?

A Indian Teenagers Like Playing Computer Games.

B Playing Hand-held Devices Causes Health Problems.

C Advice on Using Smartphones with Social Media.

D Correct Posture to Prevent Chronic Pain in Neck.

解析：选B。B 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了使用手机等电玩会引起健康问题，故选B 项。