Question

Facebook means never having to say goodbye. The social media website has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends. Last week, a guy whom I hadn’t seen since my bachelor party five years ago sent me a friend request. I accepted and waited for “Easy E” to send me a greeting of some kind. He had sought me out, after all.

I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son. However, I’m pretty sure we won’t ever write wall-to-wall, let alone e-mail each other. But he’ll remain a friend of online until one of us makes a point of removing the other from his official list.

My pool of friends consists of family members, college buddies, co-workers from past and present, and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. If I spent some time uploading old e-mail addresses, I’m confident that I could increase my friend count actually.

A person could make a mission out of reconnecting with childhood friends, former classmates, distant cousins, and those one would like to get to know better. And some people can even handle hundreds of on-screen relationships, keeping up with the daily happenings of their small army of companions. After all, there are worse fates than having too many friends.

Thanks to e-mail, the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a friendship must come to a close. But even with e-mail, people will lose touch if one or both parties stop writing back. That’s normal. People move from school to school, job to job, city to city. You never have to feel guilty for breaking away.

Every day, the masterminds of Web 2.0 find new ways of making human communication easier. However, convenience can be a walking stick. Some things shouldn’t be simplified. When it comes to friendship, there can be no shortcuts.

1.According to Paragraph 1, the website is famous because       .

A．it has an interesting name of “Facebook”

B．it can send people a greeting of some kind

C．it helps people get in touch with old friends

D．it reminds people of events in the past

2.From the second paragraph we can learn that the writer       .

A．would write to the friend quite often

B．did get some information about the friend

C．asked the friend to e-mail him

D．would keep in touch with the friend forever

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e-mails.

B．There are 35 people in the author’s list of friends right now.

C．The list of 35 friends doesn’t include the old e-mail addresses.

D．It is not difficult for the author to increase his friend count.

4.What does the writer mean by saying “However, convenience can be a walking stick”？

A．The masterminds of Web 2.0 also sell walking sticks online.

B．Taking a walking stick is a new way of making friends online.

C．Convenience is dangerous for human communication.

D．Convenience is not really good for human communication.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍网站是让老朋友联系的，但是通过网上和e-mail和朋友联系并不能持久，也不是个好办法，便利不是人类交流的很好的方式。

1.细节题：从第一段的句子：The social media website has earned a reputation for reconnecting old friends. 可知这个网站是让老朋友联系的。选C

2.细节题：从第二段的句子：I learned from his profile that he was in a relationship and had a son.可知作者了解了一些朋友的信息。选B

3.推理题：从倒数第二段的句子：But even with e-mail, people will lose touch if one or both parties stop writing back. That’s normal.可知作者没有和所有的35个朋友用e-mail联系。选A

4.句意理解题：从后面的句子：Some things shouldn’t be simplified. When it comes to friendship, there can be no shortcuts.可知便利不是人类交流的很好的方式。选D

考点：考查社会现象类短文

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