Question

    If 62 is the number in red on the top of your math test, for most of us, it's a total disaster. Your entire week is ruined, and 62 is what races through your head for the rest of the day. If 9 is the number of likes on that cute photo you posted the other day, many will feel rather disappointed.

Our lives have become a constant system of ranks, assessments, and numbers. The days of passing judgment on others based on personality are gone, and now we judge based on how good a person's numbers are. We compare ourselves to the numbers of others, such as how low another person's weight is how high their paycheck. Self-worth is no longer based on quality of character, but quantity of numbers.

In today's social media consumed society,it has never been easier for people to broadcast their numbers to the world.A simple click of a button can take you to a page where you can observe the number of friends or followers a person has. Teenagers have taken on this mentality that if you don't have a certain number of followers, then you aren't“cool”. Many feel they are not important if very few people are witnessing their status updates. This state of mind is harmful and not at all accurate.Twitter and Facebook can let the world witness your updates, but they will never let anyone see who you really are. In the end.self-worth should be based on what you think of yourself, not what the world thinks of you.

So next time you receive a failing grade or you lose a follower, remember that these things cannot and should not define(定义)you. You are not your numbers. You are a person-a3-D living and breathing person with ideas and creativity and love that the rigidity of numbers cannot represent. You are the things you love and the things you laugh at and the way you treat others.

1.How does the author sound in Paragraph 2?

A. Regretful. B. Conservative. C. Doubtful. D. Friendly.

2.According to the passage,teenagers believe it cool to         .

A. display their status updates B. post their daily doings online

C. win recognition on social media D. define their self-worth themselves

3.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Numbers make What You Are B. You Are More Than a Number

C. It's Your Number That Matters D. Let's Stop Sharing Our Numbers

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章揭示了一种社会现象：现在，人们的自我价值不再是以品质为基础，而是以数字为基础。人们往往根据数字去评判自己或别人。作者在文中通过论述得出结论：不能也不应该让数字定义一个人。人不是数字，人有呼吸，有生命力，有创造力，有爱。

1.推理判断题。根据第二段的叙述可知：我们的生活已经成为一个由等级，评估和数字构成的系统。现在我们往往根据数字来判断一个人。自我价值不再是以品质为基础的，而是以数字为基础。很显然，根据这一段的叙述可知，以数字来评判人显然是不合适的。由此可以推知，作者对于评判人的标准的变化感到遗憾。故A选项正确。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Teenagers have taken on this mentality that if you don't have a certain number of followers, then you aren't“cool”. Many feel they are not important if very few people are witnessing their status updates.”可知，很多青少年认为如果他们没有一定数量的“追随者”，他们就不够“酷”。他们认为，如果几乎没有人看他们（在社交网络上）的状态更新，他们就不重要。由此可以推知，在青少年看来，当他们在社交网络上得到很多人的关注时，他们才会感觉很“酷”。故C选项正确。

3.主旨大意题。作者在前两段中提到一种社会现象：现在，人们的自我价值不再是以品质为基础，而是以数字为基础。人们往往根据数字去评判自己或别人。在第三段中的，作者明确提出：自我价值应该基于你对自己的看法，而不是世人对你的看法。最后一段中，作者提出：不能也不应该让数字定义一个人。人不是数字，人有呼吸，有生命力，有创造力，有爱。总之一句话：你不只是一个数字。故B选项适合作文章标题。