Your
friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all
just a few clicks (点击)away. Life has changed for
millions of young people across the world who now make friends online. Whether
you use chat-rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are a member of this group.
“I
don’t often talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old
friends on QQ, ”said Fox’s Shadow, the online name used by a girl student in
China. “Most of my classmates use QQ after school. ”
QQ
is the biggest messaging service in China. A record from Tencent, the company
which developed QQ, shows that 4 million people used it one Saturday night in
October.
And
probably Fox’s Shadow was one of them. “I log in (登陆)on
Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel everything around me
boring. I usually spend about ten hours chatting (聊天)online
every week, ”she said. “But I never talk with stranger, especially boys or men.
”
Even
though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with stranger
online. “You don’t know who you’re talking to. You should always be careful
about whom you believe in online. ”
Many
people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to know someone
very well. Fox’s Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was
a girl who was a football fan like herself and they went to a football match
together.
A
16-year-old Beijing boy, named Bart Simon online, dislikes QQ users. “I used to
chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking about foolish things, ”he
said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. “I only chat online because
I’ve got friends in Japan, the US and Singapore, ”he said. “I want to learn
more about foreign cultures(文化).
”But he spends little time chatting on QQ as he sees it as a waste of time and
money.
“If
you are really addicted to (上瘾)it,
sometimes you can’t give your mind to your lessons, ”he said. “And friends in
your real life are always more important than those so-called friends you meet
online. ”
1. People
meet face to face offline when they think they ________.
A. have
known each other well B. have the same interest
C. have
enough free time D. have nothing to do
2. Fox’s
Shadow thinks QQ is ________.
A. the
biggest messaging service in China B. a good place to spend her boring
time C. a
safe place to chat with strangers
D. the best place to make friends
3. From
the passage, we know “… they are all just a few clicks away” means
“_______”.
A. it is wonderful to see your friends by clicking
B. it is
easy and fast to get in touch with your friends
C. it is
possible to live much closer to your friends
D. it is
popular to make friends online
4. Which
of the following sentence is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All
the people on QQ are talking about foolish things.
B.
Chatting online is a waste of time and money.
C. We
should be careful about boys or men online.
D.
We should think more of our friends in real life.