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【题目】Facebook Is a Big Waster

During the first decade of the 21st century, a popular and new word has come into our vocabulary—Facebook. This is the most popular social networking website on the Internet. 【1】You can send messages to your friend’s electronic wall, put up a status saying something like “Going to the mall, I need to get a new pair of shoes” or “it’s finally the weekend! :)”.

In spite of the benefit it does on common people, it is true that this social network is a big waster. There are about 350 million active users on this website and 67% of them are between the ages of 13-25. More than 35 million users update their status every day. 【2】

The highest age group who use Facebook are teenagers. Most of them keep the website running whenever they are using the computer, if they aren’t in school or when they aren’t asleep. Facebook is just changing the new generation of youngsters unconsciously. The teenage life is one of the most important stages of life. 【3】 It is a distraction to their mind as well. Nowadays, when all their homework and research are on ICT(信息技术), they would easily switch to Facebook just to check if there was anything updated among their friends.

Facebook is also where people can see the gossip among their friends, virtual arguments, relationship status and updates, who is in whose “top friends”, you can become fan of anything, join groups, post pictures and videos, play childish games, invite friends to parties or events and a lot more. Generally, all these would just disturb people into living life to the fullest. It’s not just teens who become addicted, even grown-ups do. An average person spends about 55 minutes on Facebook. 【4】 Technology might be taking over people’s life. Furthermore, people who use Facebook through their mobile phones are 50% more active on Facebook than non-mobile phone users. This shows people using Facebook on their phones as well as computers just can’t stand being away from the website. Facebook is like crack to some folk.

【5】 This would make them think how life is like without saying what’s on their mind to all their friends on the Internet. A break would also make them more active, like socializing in person. This would finally help them focus better in school or in work. Although about 80% of people who take a break would come back to Facebook within days.

A. And 2.5 billion photos are added each month.

B. Wasting it on Facebook is not encouraging in any way.

C. This statistic isn’t that bad but some people spend about 3-5 hours.

D. It is time people should take a break from Facebook once in a while.

E. As a result, the average Facebook users have 130 friends who they share links with.

F.Usually, when people hear the words “social networking”, their brains automatically go to sites such as Twitter or Facebook.

G. The main idea of Facebook is that you can keep in touch with all your friends around the world who have Facebook.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】这是一篇讲述Facebook危害的议论文。从Facebook的流行说起，然后讲述了过度使用Facebook的危害，最后讲述适当离开Facebook的好处。

【1】空格位于You can send messages to your friend's electronic wall前，此段空格后讲述的都是与朋友联系。而G选项中keep in touch with all your friends正好与后文呼应。故选G。

【2】空格位于More than 35 million users update their status every day.后，G选项中2.5 billion photos are added each month正好承接上一句，并有and连接。讲的都是使用者在Facebook中的使用情况。故选A。

【3】空格在The teenage life is one of the most important stages of life（青少年时期是人生阶段最重要的时期）之后。而且在此空格前，也讲述了Facebook所造成的现状。而空格后的as well也说明前面说的是Facebook的坏处。B选项中的it指的是the teenage life。故选B。

【4】空格前讲述人们平均花费55分钟在Facebook中。根据常识，55分钟并不算长，而此段一直在讲使用者沉迷于Facebook中。通读选项，C选项正好讲述这项统计不坏，但是一些人花费3-5小时，带入后整体就显得很通顺了。并且C选项中的The statistic 与上句的数据相对应。故选C。

【5】空格后讲述了很多好处，说明此处空格应该讲的是不过度依赖于Facebook，通读选项，D选项很合适，并且与后文中的a break相呼应。故选D