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 e­mail 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，co­workers from past and  present，and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. If I spent some time uploading old e­mail 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 on­screen 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 e­mail，the inability to schedule face-to-face meetings no longer means a  friendship must come to a close. But even with e­mail，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 crutch(拐杖)．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 helps people get in touch with old friends

C．it can send people a greeting of some kind

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．asked the friend to e­mail him

C．did get some information about the friend

D．would keep in touch with the friend forever

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．There are 35 people in the author's list of friends right now.

B．The author communicates with all the 35 friends by e­mails.

C．The list of 35 friends doesn't include the old e­mail addresses.

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

4.What does the author think of the convenience of communicating online?

A．The technology could not keep true friendship forever.

B．The social website of Facebook means nothing at all.

C．There will be no ways of making real friends online.

D．People will not lose friends with the help of the Facebook.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】网络是人们的交流更加简捷方便，而正是这种交流往往使真正的友谊不能长久。

1.B 细节题。根据文章第一段第二句话可知，此网站赢得声誉是因为帮助重新联系老朋友。

2.C 推断题。 根据第二段he was in a relationship and had a son我们可以推知，作者确实从网上得到了朋友的一些信息。

3.B 细节理解题。由第三段 My pool of friends consists of family members，college buddies，co­workers from past and  present，and friends of friends. There are 35 in all. 可知，作者提到了朋友、大学同学、同事、以及朋友的朋友共35人，但没有提及都跟他们联系。

4.A推理判断题。有最后两段特别是文章最后一句：Some things shouldn't be simplified. When it comes to friendship，there can be no shortcuts.

可知答案为A.