Contrary to common belief, social media websites such as Facebook do not weaken personal ties, they strengthen them in unique ways for different age groups, according to a new study．
The rapid spread of Facebook, which has more than 500 million users worldwide, has prompted concerns about its negative effects, but researchers at the University of Texas have reached a different conclusion．
"Our findings suggest that Facebook is not replacing face-to-face interactions between friends, family and colleagues," said S．Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV and film who headed the research team．
"In fact, we believe there is sufficient evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy and community．"
The researchers questioned 900 college students and recent graduates about how and with whom they interact on Facebook．
More than 60 percent of Facebook users said posting status updates was among the most popular activities, followed by 60 percent who wrote comments on their profile and 49 percent who posted messages and comments to friends．
The researchers also found that although about the same number of men and women use Facebook, they do so in different ways．
"There is a noteworthy difference in aims in how to use a tool like Facebook．We found that for women the content tends to be more affectionate, and （they） are especially interested in using it for connection," said Watkins．
"For men, it's more functional," he added．
Watkins pointed out that, for example, women are more likely to post pictures of social gatherings with friends, while men are more likely to post pictures of hobbies, or post a political or pop-culture related link．
1.What's the popular viewpoint of ordinary people about the function of social media websites? They think ____．
|
A．It is positive to personal ties |
|
B．It has negative effects on personal ties |
|
C．It makes no difference to personal ties |
|
D．It has both good and bad effects to personal ties |
2.What's the meaning of the underlined word in the second paragraph?
|
A．resulted from |
B．had |
C．showed |
D．produced |
3.What do Facebook users like to do mostly on Facebook? They like to ____．
|
A．create new expressions of friendship ' |
|
B．wrote comments on their profile |
|
C．update their personal statuses |
|
D．post messages and comments to friends |
4.According to the study, ____．
|
A．Men concentrate more on the functions of Facebook |
|
B．Much more men use Facebook than women |
|
C．Men and women use a tool like Facebook for the same aim |
|
D．Facebook is taking the place of face-to-face interactions between friends |
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the 31 ended.
I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was 32 and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t 33 her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.
One day, she invited me over and I said yes — I was too 34 to say no. Actually no one has invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest 35 , wanted to see me.
She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she 36 with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies（芭比娃娃）- which was my next 37 . I would have thought she’d outgrown them. I has never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we 38 crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s 39 we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wile 40 .
We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from 41 so much. She showed me her outfits, which had 42 come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her 43 a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes 44 .
Paris had the whole neighborhood 45 . The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free 46 and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was 47 in her magic world. We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being 48 .
Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me 49 the through teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your “worst enemy” can 50 to be your best friend.
|
1. |
|
|
2. |
|
|
3. |
|
|
4. |
|
|
5. |
|
|
6. |
|
|
7. |
|
|
8. |
|
|
9. |
|
|
10. |
|
|
11. |
|
|
12. |
|
|
13. |
|
|
14. |
|
|
15. |
|
|
16. |
|
|
17. |
|
|
18. |
|
|
19. |
|
|
20. |
|
I only intended to be there for a few days, but I ended up staying for a whole month.
|
A．fortunately |
B．actually |
C．naturally |
D．obviously |
By offering free access to a wide range of public facilities, out school now is a quite satisfying place for study, is poor accommodation.
|
A．apart from |
B．as well as |
C．in addition to |
D．because of |
None of them have regular and source of income and forced to live below poverty line.
|
A．safe |
B．legal |
C．secure |
D．diverse |
Although the educational systems have been a lot, the loads of the students are still very heavy.
|
A．transformed |
B．transported |
C．transferred |
D．transmitted |
