I’m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them — to be honest. We’d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange e-mails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden, they’re thrown in my face like TV commercials — unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm, and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he’s an unbearable, food-obsessed bore. He’d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man — and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won’t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he’s a CEO without a company to lull. So he plays Mafia Wars on Facebook. He’s doing well — level 731. Thanks to Facebook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you’ve run four companies — and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Facebook and once on Twitter.
In real life, I don’t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They’re nice, smart people. But face to Facebook, my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standards?
小題1:Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?
A．Fred.B．Andy.C．Liz.D．Chris.
小題2:What’s Andy probably busy in doing now?
A．He’s running his company.
B．He’s playing golf all day.
C．He’s looking for another job.
D．He’s playing computer games.
小題3:According to the text, Facebook tends to ______.
A．present another side of people
B．offer some food for free
C．show endless advertisements
D．get you to more parties
小題4:The text is developed mainly by ______.
A．giving examplesB．following the time order
C．listing figuresD．raising questions
小題5:The author focuses on the question of ______.
A．what is FacebookB．what happened to golf
C．who is my real friendD．who can help me

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：本文主要講述的就是我的很多朋友在日常生活中表現(xiàn)得很好，但是在Facebook中他們表現(xiàn)出了人性的另外一面，讓我對他們有了更深的了解。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it.說明C項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段第三行Thanks to Facebook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day.我知道了Andy每天花在游戲上的時間是很長的。故D正確。
小題3:A 推理題。根據(jù)1,2段But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden說明在Facebook上人們把他們另外一面都反映了出來。故A正確。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)本文中的Take Andy和Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm 和Take Liz.都說明本文用舉例說明的方法來組織全文。故A正確。
小題5:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standards？說明我現(xiàn)在很懷疑我的朋友到底是什么樣的人？我產(chǎn)生了很大的懷疑。故C項(xiàng)正確。
點(diǎn)評：本文講述的人的兩面性的話題。測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋�？忌紫纫屑�(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。
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小題5:
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小題6:A．Because    B．Before   C After          D．While
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閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D) 中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。
We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __1__ me to this spot in a small  town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __2__.
“Look __3__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __4__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __5__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __6__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __7__ one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. __8__ that day I had begged my mother to do __9__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __10__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __11__ as I said.
When I __12__ my father for help, he would not help. _13__, he brought me to this high tower to __14__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __15__.
At school the next day, I _16__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to _17__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __18__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __19__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __20__ me that there is more than one way to the square.
小題1:
A．takenB．sentC．broughtD．left
小題2:
A．thatB．whyC．whatD．how
小題3:
A．downB．upC．outD．a(chǎn)round
小題4:
A．strengthB．courageC．spiritD．bravery
小題5:
A．towerB．churchC．squareD．village
小題6:
A．SchoolB．SocietyC．FamilyD．Life
小題7:
A．inB．onC．byD．a(chǎn)t
小題8:
A．EarlierB．LaterC．AfterD．During
小題9:
A．her bestB．a(chǎn) favorC．somethingD．everything
小題10:
A．defendedB．refusedC．excusedD．a(chǎn)greed
小題11:
A．wellB．goodC．badD．usual
小題12:
A．belonged toB．turned toC．tried toD．led to
小題13:
A．ThereforeB．SoC．InsteadD．Anyway
小題14:
A．showB．makeC．prepareD．give
小題15:
A．planB．questionC．problemD．suggestion
小題16:
A．a(chǎn)ngrilyB．secretlyC．kindlyD．politely
小題17:
A．cookB．boilC．makeD．serve
小題18:
A．madeB．failedC．workedD．took
小題19:
A．if B．onceC．since D．until
小題20:
A．remindB．a(chǎn)pproveC．a(chǎn)ffectD．limit

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