“REMOVE from friends.”
This is no ordinary button. One click and I have the power to erase a person from my life.
In late fall, I had around 400 friends on Facebook. Today, I have 134.
Click. Make that 133.
When Facebook first entered my life in 2005, I panicked（恐慌、担心） that my friend count was too low. If I wasn’t properly connected, how would anyone see my clever quote(引语)? Who would wish me a happy birthday? I accepted and sent out friend requests without a second thought and soon accumulated 391 friends.
There is an appeal to being able to municate with someone or just “thumbs(拨动手指) up” a photo rather than make real conversation.
“It’s forting and it’s easy,” said Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University, who studies the way people municate online.” There’s a sense of belonging in it. It’s a sense of munity in a generation where munity has sort of (有点)disappeared.”
However, I don’t talk to half of these people in the online munity. There are some I would avoid if I met them on the street.
Click. 132.
I decided to rid my account of any “friend” that…well, wasn’t. Sound easy? You try it.
Look at who you’re dealing with: family, friends, classmates, crushes(爱恋的对象), acquaintances…
With every click of the “Remove from friends” button, you risk burning a bridge, losing a contact and missing an opportunity. So every time I go to click the button, my heart hurts.
However, I’m not the only one who has experienced a Faceboook friend refreshing. The New Oxford American Dictionary announces its “Word of the Year” each year, and last year, “unfriend” made the cut (入围) (though I’ll still stick with “defriend”).
When I started my mission(任务), a few friends joined. Most were surprised by how easily they could cut hundreds of connections without thinking twice.
“Oh my God, I defriended like 600 people today. I feel so good!” my friend Sarah messaged.
Dana, a close friend from high school, and I battled it out to see who could get our counts lower. She wins at 123.
To some, it’s poor “netiquette(网络礼仪)” to defriend. But to me, it’s the stage of life when we hold onto the people who count, the people who impact you.
【小题1】According to the article, what happens when you click the “Remove form friends” button?A．A message is sent out to your online friends. B．You accept someone as your online friend.C．You send out a friend request to people. D．The number of your online friends is reduced.【小题2】The writer worried about her friend count in 2005 because .A．no one would wish her a happy birthday B．it was the first time she had made friends onlineC．she had only 391 online friends at that timeD．she was eager to make connections【小题3】What is Larry Rosen’s opinion?A．People living in the same area are closely connected in everyday life.B．Communication online helps people feel they are members of a group.C．It’s easy for people to make and break new friendships online.D．Today’s young people spend nearly all their time municating online.【小题4】Which of the following is the best description of the underlined sentence?A．I made new friends online while I removed some old ones.B．Some friends cut the number of their online friends just like I did.C．We peted to see who could remove the most online friends.D．When someone removed me from a friends’ list, I removed him/her.D
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解析：文章讨论了减少Facebook朋友数量的问题。
【小题1】推理题。根据第四行Click. Make that 133.可知这个按钮是减少朋友的数量的。
【小题2】细节题。根据5,6行I panicked（恐慌、担心） that my friend count was too low. If I wasn’t properly connected, how would anyone see my clever quote(引语)?可知我担心朋友的数量太少是因为我想躲与别人联系。
【小题3】推理题。根据第7段There’s a sense of belonging in it. It’s a sense of munity in a generation where munity has sort of (有点)disappeared.”可知在网络上与别人交流可以增加人们的归属感，让他们感觉是团体的成员。
【小题4】猜测词义题。根据后一句Most were surprised by how easily they could cut hundreds of connections without thinking twice.可知有很多朋友和我一样减少了Facebook上朋友的数量。