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.
小題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.
小題2:What does the author suggest using Facebook to do?
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.
小題3:We can imply from the passage that by using Facebook we can ____.
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
小題4:The author writes the last paragraph to ____.
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

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析：本文講述了有部分人濫用Facebook而引起人們對(duì)Facebook的批判。作者認(rèn)為原因不是facebook，而是使用它的人。并在最后一段講述了如何使用facebook。
小題1:B 推理題。根據(jù)第二段2,3行it limits communication to typing and encourages people to spend far too much time with friends they have never met.說明Facebook讓人們和現(xiàn)實(shí)中的人的交流變少，會(huì)影響人那么的交際，故B項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段1,2行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說明人們利用Facebook來與以前失去聯(lián)系的人取得了聯(lián)系，故D正確。
小題3:A 推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段倒數(shù)第五行If you tire of my personal updates, ignore them說明我們以前經(jīng)常用更新Facebook上的信息。故A正確。
小題4:A 推理題。愛最后一段中作者告訴我們?nèi)绾握_使用facebook，不要被它所影響，你不想做的事情就不要做，不要在上面浪費(fèi)太多的時(shí)間。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了有部分人濫用Facebook而引起人們對(duì)Facebook的批判。作者認(rèn)為原因不是facebook，而是使用它的人。并在最后一段講述了如何使用facebook�？疾橥评頌橹鳎酝评眍}的考查為主，要求考生能夠根據(jù)文章的細(xì)節(jié)和上下文的語義串聯(lián)連接全文，做出合理的判斷和推理。
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