单项选择题

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

In some countries video games are fast becoming a social problem. They are banned in the Philippines and Indonesia. In Japan, those who are under 15 years old are forbidden to use the public machines at night. City elders across the United States are campaigning (呼吁) to restrict their numbers, while the Hong Kong government is proposing to license (批准) their operation. These video games are causing children to waste their money on them. Even adults are lured (诱惑) into spending working hours playing them. In Singapore, the battle of man against the machines takes place in licensed amusement centers (娱乐中心), mostly located in shopping centers. According to one estimated, each establishment can make between $250 and $1,500 a day. The schoolchildren in uniforms there are not allowed into these centers. However, one cannot help noticing that the majority of those who are often found in these places are youngsters. Many of them are schoolchildren who have changed out of their uniforms. Some play for the fun of it, others have turned them into a form of gambling (赌博), and some are hopelessly addicted to (沉迷) them. Now kids and adults alike play these games in the privacy of their homes. Video game sets have invaded (进入) most homes. The question that must be asked is: Have they any education value

The speaker’s attitude towards video games is ______.