35. What is Dr. Roberts's attitude towards the use of Facebook?

A. Positive.　　　 B. Casual.　　　　　　　　　　 C. Responsible.　　　　　　 D. Unsupportive.

[考点]考察文化教育类短文

[文章大意]本文中作者讲述了一个新的研究成果，发现网络上的facebook这样的网站对于我们与别人的交流并没有太大的作用，在交流中真正重要的是交流的质量而不是交流的数量。

34. What does the underlined sentence in the fifth paragraph probably suggest?

A. They are too excited to express themselves.

B. They limit their social circle to a small range.

C. They spread their information at a low speed.

D. They lack information to introduce themselves.

33. What is the idea of the fourth paragraph?

A. Most people contact each other online.

B. Keeping a friend for life is not easy.

C. The quality of communication is important.

D. Skype is better at understanding us than Facebook.

四．D

Facebook (脸谱网) friends cannot replace the real thing, say psychologists(心理学家).

People are happier and laugh 50% more when they talk face to face with friends or via webcam (web camera) than when they use social networking sites, a study has found.

Dr. Roberts, a famous lecture at the University of Chester, said such websites don't appear to help make true friendships. Based on two questionnaires(调查表), he found there was no link between Facebook use and people with larger groups of friends.

Dr. Roberts, whose work will be presented at the British Psychological Society conference in Harrogate, said, "The bottom lime conclusion is that our relationships are not dependent on the quantity of communication. They depend on quality, and even Skype(一种网络即时语音沟通工具) is better at increasing the quality of our communication than time on Facebook." Even talking on the phone or texting does not make people feel as good as sharing a smile, the research says. The studies suggest quality, not quantity, of communication is the most important for keeping friends for life.

People find the most satisfying relationships come from a small number of close friends, with an outer "ring" of 10 significant others. With these people, it doesn't matter what type of social media you use for communication. But people who want to "contact the world at large" using Facebook can be disappointed because they spread themselves too thinly, claim researchers.

In a third study, Dr. Roberts asked people to communicate with friends face to face or via Skype and keep a 14-day diary. This was compared with communicating via phone, text messages or social networking sites. People communicating face to face on Skype were 50% more likely to laugh, and they rated themselves as significantly happier.

32. Dr. Roberts's finding that there was no connection between Facebook use and people with many friends was 　　　　 .

A. based on questionnaires　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. based on conversations

C. through instant messages　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. through social media

2. Brenton is the smartest child in the school, so smart that even his parents and teachers have trouble keeping up with him.

[翻译]Brenton是学校里最聪明的孩子，他是如此聪明以至于父母亲和老师都很难跟得上他。

[发现]本句中含有一个固定句式so…that…；其中的that后面可以有两种情况，如果使用的是情态动词，那么就是一个目的状语从句，如果接一般时态就是一个结果状语从句。

1.What would you do if you were a fifth grader facing a huge homework load every night, and you found out that there was a machine that would do all the work for you?

[翻译]如果你是一个每天都要面对着很多家庭作业的五年级学生，你又发现有一个机器可以为你做所有的家庭作业的时候，你会怎么做？

[分析]本句中是一个虚拟语气，考察的是条件状语从句的中虚拟语气，if从句中使用一般过去时，前面的主句使用“情态动词+动词原形”。if的虚拟语气非常重要，简要概括如下：1、表示与现 在事实相反的情况，从句：If主语+过去时(Be动词用were)；主句：主语+should/would/could/might+do：　2、表示与过去事实相反的情况，从句：If主语+had+done；主句：主语+should/would/could/might+have done　3、表示对将来情况的主观推测，从句：①if+主语+were to do②if+主语+should+do ③if+主语+did（动词过去式）/were ；主句：主语+should/would/could/might+do　

27. [答案] B

[试题解析]推理题。本文是一篇书评，介绍了Gutman所写的一本书：The Home Machine.所以最可能是B项内容。

[长难句解析]

26. [答案] C

[试题解析]细节题。根据第三段最后一句Soon there's an even more frightening problem ― why can't the Homework Machine be turned off?可知这台机器无法停下来了。这让他们更加害怕了。故C正确。

25. [答案] D

[试题解析]推理题。根据第二都后4行Brenton is the smartest child in the school, so smart that even his parents and teachers have trouble keeping up with him.可知他很聪明。Brenton has made a time-saving gadget(装置) to do homework for him. While the boy is perfectly able to do his homework himself, Sam, Kelsey and Judy can use the help.这一部分里他设计了一个帮助做家庭作业的机器帮助他的朋友们做作业，说明他很乐于助人。故D项正确。

24. [答案] A

[试题解析]推理题。根据第二段1,2行The four children, all fifth graders in Miss Rasmussen's Grand Canyon School, are as different as any other 11-year-old child could be, but they have one thing in common — all are somewhat separated from their classmates.可知这4各孩子都有同样的问题：separated from their classmates也就是和他们的同学相处地不是很好，有点不合群。故A正确。