Women consistently lie on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to make their lives appear more exciting, a survey has found. The survey was asked to carried out by Pencourage, a new anonymous(匿名的)"diary-style" social media website.  
Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or twisted what they are doing on social media once a month. The survey of 2000 women found they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone, and beautify about an exotic holiday or their job.
The most common reasons for women to write " fibs" included worrying their lives would seem “ boring", jealousy at seeing other people's more exciting posts and wanting to impress their friends and acquaintances.
Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to stay connected on social media, they can in fact be left more isolated. They also said that the more we try to make our lives seem perfect, the less perfect we feel. According to the OnePoll survey, one third of women surveyed admitted to dishonesty on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter at some stage. Almost one in four admitted to lying or exaggerating about key aspects of their life online between one and three times a month while almost one in 10 said they lied more than once a week. Nearly 30 percent of women lied about "doing something when I am home alone", almost a quarter overstated their alcohol consumption while one in five were not truthful about their holiday activities or their jobs. Almost one in five women even lied about their "relationship status".
"We work very hard presenting ourselves to the world online, pretending and attempting to be happy all the time which is exhausting and ultimately unfulfilling," said Dr Michael Sinclair, a leading British consultant psychologist. "Leaving out the less desirable imperfections of our lives from the conversations with our 'friends online leads to less opportunity to feel empathized(有同感的)with, resulting in a greater sense of disconnection from others. "
【小題1】According to the passage, women tend to lie on social networking sites because        .

A.they have little fun in their daily lives
B.they are not satisfied with their present life
C.they want to entertain their friends and acquaintances
D.they don't want to go out and communicate with others
【小題2】Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word in para. 3 ?
A.lies. B.posts. C.diaries. D.impressions.
【小題3】In the view of psychologists, people who attempt to stay connected on social media will
eventually     .
A.feel better about their life B.become a regular liar in the future
C.get more isolated in life D.drink more alcohol in their daily life
【小題4】In Dr Michael Sinclair's opinion,     .
A.we don't have to feel empathized with our "friends" online
B.we cannot get satisfaction by lying on social networking sites
C.it is worthwhile to work hard presenting ourselves to the world online
D.the imperfections of our lives result in a sense of disconnection from others


【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B

解析試題分析:本文是一篇調(diào)查報(bào)告,報(bào)告說:一項(xiàng)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn),女性總愛在Facebook或Twitter這樣的社交網(wǎng)站上說謊,把自己的生活描述得比實(shí)際更精彩。英國知名心理學(xué)顧問邁克爾?辛克萊博士對(duì)此做出的評(píng)價(jià)是:人們努力地把自己呈現(xiàn)給網(wǎng)上的世界,假裝自己一直都很開心并盡力保持這一狀態(tài),這不但讓人精疲力竭,而且最終會(huì)讓人感到空虛。在和線上‘好友’的談話中,把生活中不那么如意的不完美部分省去,這會(huì)減少人們產(chǎn)生共鳴的機(jī)會(huì),從而導(dǎo)致與他人更大的隔絕感。
【小題1】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“女性愛在社交網(wǎng)站上編寫‘謊言’最常見的原因有擔(dān)心自己的生活看上去會(huì)顯得‘單調(diào)乏味’”可以推斷答案“女性在社交網(wǎng)站傾向于撒謊,是因?yàn)樗齻儗?duì)眼下的生活不滿意”。
【小題2】A 詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上題的提問就可以知道" fibs"是“謊言”的意思。我們還可以通過“Women consistently lie on social networking sites”和“they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone,”來推測(cè) " fibs"是“謊言”的意思。
【小題3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to stay connected on social media, they can in fact be left more isolated. 心理學(xué)家們指出,在人們?cè)噲D通過社交媒體‘保持聯(lián)系’的同時(shí),事實(shí)上他們反而會(huì)變得‘更孤立’”得出答案“在根據(jù)心理學(xué)家們看來,試圖通過社交媒體‘保持聯(lián)系’ 的人們最終會(huì)讓他們?cè)谏钪凶兊谩铝ⅰ薄?br />【小題4】B推理判斷題。其中英國知名心理學(xué)顧問邁克爾?辛克萊博士的話“我們努力地把自己呈現(xiàn)給網(wǎng)上的世界,假裝自己一直都很開心并盡力保持這一狀態(tài),這不但讓人精疲力竭,而且最終會(huì)讓人感到空虛!蔽覀兛梢酝瞥龃鸢窧:我們不可能依靠在社交網(wǎng)站上撒謊而獲得滿足感。
考點(diǎn):社會(huì)生活調(diào)查報(bào)告類閱讀理解。

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