题目内容
Her lost eyesight was ________ by her sharp sense of hearing.
- A.made up for
- B.made out
- C.made up of
- D.made up
make up for“弥补”;make out“看出;辨认出”;be made up of“由……组成”;make up“构成;编造;化装”。句意为:“她那丧失的视力通过敏锐的听力得到了弥补”。
It seems some people have something bad to say about Facebook, the social media website that now has attracted more than 300 million members. To them I have only this to say: Stop please!
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal blamed Facebook’s ability to ruin friendships, saying that it limits communication to typing and encourages people to spend far too much time with friends they have never met.
Having used Facebook since its first year, I find these arguments false. The simple truth is that the problems are only a symptom of Facebook abuse. Like many things, it is only as harmful to your life and relationships as you allow it to be. Consider arguments against watching too much TV and overeating.
Try using Facebook to find friends who may have long ago changed their e-mail addresses and phone numbers, to find out what your old college friends are up to, to congratulate your friends on their latest birthdays, to share pictures and articles you find interesting, and to join in the discussion about them with your friends.
Sure, I had days when I wasted a little more time on Facebook than I should, but I’m not going to blame Facebook for my own laziness. If Facebook wasn’t there, I would have found something else to waste time on. To my “friends”: if you don’t feel like broadcasting your life stories on your Facebook, don’t. If you tire of my personal updates, ignore them. If you don’t want to join in the popular online games, don’t. It is a fun tool at your fingers that can be used for both good and bad. If you don’t like using Facebook, don’t.
I am now a consultant at the Department of State. I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, family, and colleagues who live and work all over the world.
【小题1】Why did the article in the Wall Street Journal blame Facebook?
A.Because it makes people spend too much time online. |
B.Because it can make people lose their real-life friends. |
C.Because it is as harmful to people’s lives as watching TV. |
D.Because it encourages people to make friends with strangers. |
A.To find out lost e-mail addresses and phone numbers. |
B.To arrange appointments with our old college friends. |
C.To collect interesting pictures and articles from our friends. |
D.To keep in touch with friends who we haven’t called for long. |
A.read other’s personal updates |
B.write our life stories online secretly |
C.decide who can read our life stories |
D.refuse to join in popular online games |
A.prove that Facebook can be well used |
B.gain support from the Department of State |
C.show that Facebook is used all around the world |
D.introduce how she uses Facebook in her work as a consultant |
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her soft voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. __【小题1】__ At that time, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. But instead of lying and telling the judges she had said the correct letter, she told the truth that she had said the wrong letter. __【小题2】__.
As the girl walked off the stage, the entire audience stood on their feet clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper wrote about this 11-year-old girl’s courage and honesty, even when it cost her the contest. __【小题3】__
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get caught.
This young girl could easily have lied, and nobody would have known it but her. But that’s just it: She would know she did wrong. __【小题4】__
This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own conscience and character more than the prize from a spelling contest. Her respect for herself was more important than any respect others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the choice she made at the moment. __【小题5】__
A.So she won the contest. |
B.As a result, she lost the contest. |
C.The judges wanted to give her another chance. |
D.But the fact is that she won the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character. |
F. They talked it over and finally decided to simply ask her what she had said.
G. It’s been said, “If you cheat, you make yourself cheap.”