I’m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them — to be honest. We’d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange e-mails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, they’re thrown in my face like TV mercials — unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm, and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he’s an unbearable, food-obsessed bore. He’d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man — and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won’t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he’s a CEO without a pany to lull. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. He’s doing well — level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you’ve run four panies — and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then es Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter.
In real life, I don’t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They’re nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standards?
【小题1】Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?A．Fred.B．Andy.C．Liz.D．Chris.【小题2】What’s Andy probably busy in doing now?A．He’s running his pany. B．He’s playing golf all day. C．He’s looking for another job. D．He’s playing puter games.【小题3】According to the text, Facebook tends to . A．present another side of peopleB．offer some food for freeC．show endless advertisementsD．get you to more parties【小题4】The text is developed mainly by . A．giving examplesB．following the time orderC．listing figuresD．raising questions【小题5】The author focuses on the question of . A．what is FacebookB．what happened to golfC．who is my real friendD．who can help meC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文主要讲述的就是我的很多朋友在日常生活中表现得很好，但是在Facebook中他们表现出了人性的另外一面，让我对他们有了更深的了解。
【小题1】C 细节题。根据文章倒数第三段Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it.说明C项正确。
【小题2】D 细节题。根据第三段第三行Thanks to Facebook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day.我知道了Andy每天花在游戏上的时间是很长的。故D正确。
【小题3】A 推理题。根据1,2段But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden说明在Facebook上人们把他们另外一面都反映了出来。故A正确。
【小题4】A 推理题。根据本文中的Take Andy和Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm 和Take Liz.都说明本文用举例说明的方法来组织全文。故A正确。
【小题5】C 推理题。根据文章最后一段I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standards？说明我现在很怀疑我的朋友到底是什么样的人？我产生了很大的怀疑。故C项正确。