38. The same feature offered by both the standard
account and premium account is
________.
A. upload speed B. file size
C. file life time D. number of connections
(B)
Two
thirds of the singles looking for love in Britain turned to the Internet last
year, according to figures made in public yesterday. Special sites offer
introductions to smokers, to Roman Catholics, tall people,
beautiful people, frequent flyers and vegans (素食者). Technology has brought about a great change in the dating game.
A
survey by Parship, a British branch of Europe's largest dating service with
more than 1.5 million members, says that 65 percent of the 5.4 million Britons
looking for a relationship used online dating services last year.
A
spokeswoman for Relate, the relationship advisor, confirmed that a figure of
two third feel it all right.
“Doing it online allows people quite a lot of privacy, because they can do a
bit of quiet research and look around from the comfort of their own home. You
don’t have to meet a middleman or go to an actual dating agency office, which
takes a lot of courage,” she said.
There
are more than 100 independent online dating agencies
in Britain. Parship says that 50 per cent of single people believe they will
meet a suitable partner through the Internet, up from 35 per
cent six months ago.
Mary
Balfour, the founder, says that the Internet has changed the dating industry
completely. “It’s like a return to old-fashioned love letters,” she said. “You
don’t base your initial judgment on how someone looks or what his or her figure
is like. You e-mail or talk before you actually see each other. Everybody you know who is single these days has at least had a good look at a dating website, introduction
agency or personal ad. They have to, because all the old matchmaking
institutions have gone. People work harder, settle down later and live more
isolated lives. They’re much more likely to end the day with a DVD and a can of
beer than by going to a village dance.”