Question

    Fixing photos can hurt

Posting selfies (自拍) online can be a fun way to share your life with your friends and family. But some people take their photos a bit too seriously and spend a lot of time editing them. This not only presents a “fake” image (形象) of those people to the world, but can even make people feel worse about themselves.

Researchers in Australia did a study in which 130 women aged 18 to 30 were asked to look at a series of photos. Some of the photos showed thin women, while others showed average-sized women. Afterwards, the women were asked to take a selfie with an iPad and were then given 10 minutes to edit the selfie.

The women were also asked about their personal dissatisfaction with their bodies and faces several times during the experiment—before and after viewing their images, and after editing their selfies.

The researchers’ findings showed that the longer the women took to edit and post their selfies, the more likely they were to have negative (消极的) feelings about their own appearance. In addition, the more heavily edited the photos were, the more likely it was that the women were dissatisfied with their facial appearance.

People are often pressured to present the best version (版本) of themselves. This in turn creates greater stress as they edit their photos to “perfection”, while they themselves don’t actually change, according to Professor Marika Tiggemann, one of the researchers. The findings show the difficulties people face when using social media.

1.Why do some people spend plenty of time editing their photos?

A.Because they want to show people their fake image.

B.Because they want to make people feel worse about them.

C.Because they want to kill time.

D.Because they take their photos too seriously.

2.Which things were the women asked to do in the study?

①To look at given photos            ②To make their selfies

③To comment on given photos        ④To express their attitudes

⑤To edit their selfies

A.①②③④ B.①②④⑤ C.①②③⑤ D.②③④⑤

3.Which one of the following is NOT the research’s finding?

A.The longer one edits his selfies,the more likely he feels negative with his appearance.

B.The more heavily edited one’s selfies are,the more likely one dissatisfies with his face.

C.When people post online their best selfies, their stress may decrease.

D.Posting over—edited selfies online can make people feel worse about themselves.

4.What do Professor Marika Tiggemann’s words mean in last paragraph?

A.One’s stress with over-edited selfies actually results from pressure.

B.One’s stress with over-edited selfies is related to his appearance change.

C.One’s stress can lead to his photos’ perfection.

D.One can present his best version of himself under no pressure.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章阐述了人们过度的编辑自拍的照片会给自己带来压力，而这种压力来源于真实生活中对自己的不自信。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段关键句“But some people take their photos a bit too seriously and spend a lot of time editing them.”可知，有些人太重视他们的照片了，花费了大量时间来编辑它们。由此可推断出，有些人之所以花费了大量时间来编辑他们的照片，是因为他们太重视他们的照片了。故选D项。

2.

细节理解题。题目需要我们判断出，在研究中这些女性都被要求做了哪些事。根据第二段关键句“Researchers in Australia did a study in which 130 women aged 18 to 30 were asked to look at a series of photos.”可知，参加研究的女性被要求看一系列照片，与选项①To look at given photos表述一致。再根据第二段关键句“Afterwards, the women were asked to take a selfie with an iPad and were then given 10 minutes to edit the selfie.”可知，她们被要求自拍并被给予10分钟的时间去编辑自拍的照片，与选项②To make their selfies和⑤To edit their selfies的表述一致。根据第三段关键句“The women were also asked about their personal dissatisfaction with their bodies and faces several times during the experiment”可知，参加研究的女性还被问到了她们对自己的身体或长相有哪些不满意，也就是询问她们自己的态度，与选项④To express their attitudes的表述一致。综上所述，在研究中这些女性被要求做的事包含①②④⑤四项内容。故选B项。

3.

细节理解题。题目需要我们判断出以下哪一项不属于研究发现。根据最后一段关键句“This in turn creates greater stress as they edit their photos to “perfection”, while they themselves don’t actually change, according to Professor Marika Tiggemann, one of the researchers.”可知，当人们把他们的照片编辑的完美时，他们反而会产生更大的压力，因为实际上他们自己并没有改变。由此可推断出当人们在网上发布他们最好的自拍时，他们的压力会增加，而不是减少。C项When people post online their best selfies, their stress may decrease.与研究发现不符。故选C项。

4.

推理判断题。分析最后一段中Professor Marika Tiggemann的话“People are often pressured to present the best version (版本) of themselves. This in turn creates greater stress as they edit their photos to “perfection”, while they themselves don’t actually change, according to Professor Marika Tiggemann, one of the researchers.”可知，人们之所以会过度编辑自拍是源于生活中的压力，他们对自己的外貌、身材或其他方面感到不满意。然而过度编辑自拍并没有改变真实的自己，这反而会让他们的压力增加。由此可推断出Professor Marika Tiggemann认为一个人过度编辑自拍的压力是由生活中真正的压力造成的。故选A项。