Question

The Internet will open up new vistas (前景), create the global village——you can make new friends all around the world. That, at least, is what it promised us. The difficulty is that it did not take the human mind into account. The reality is that we cannot keep relationships with more than a limited number of people. No matter how hard the Internet tries to put you in communication, its best efforts will be defeated by your mind.

The problem is twofold（雙重的）. First, there is a limit on the number of people we can hold in mind and have a meaningful relationship with. That number is about 150 and is set by the size of our brain. Second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time you invest in then. We invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribute what’s left among as many others as we can. The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement with that person will decline until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”.

This is not, of course, to say that the Internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable function. Of course it does. But the question is not that it allows you to increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to move to the other side of the world.

In one sense, that’s a good thing. But it also has a disadvantage. If you continue to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see them, then certainly you aren’t using your time to make new friends where you now live. And I suspect that probably isn’t the best use of your time. Meaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face. The Internet will slow down the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t stop that happening eventually.

1.The number of friends we can keep relationships with is decided by__________.

A. the Internet   B. the time we have  C. the place we live  D. the mind

2.The underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “__________”.

A. appointment   B. connection   C. interview    D. agreement

3.The author holds the view that___________.

A. the Internet helps to keep in touch with friends far away

B. the Internet determines the quality of social relationships

C. the Internet greatly increases the size of social circles

D. the Internet is of no value in social communication

4.What will the author encourage us to do?

A. To keep in touch with old friends when we have moved away.

B. To chat with friends often on the Internet.

C. To make more new friends face to face.

D. To stop using the Internet to make new friends.

5.What is the author’s attitude towards the use of the Internet to strengthen relationships?

A. He thinks it useless           B. He is hopeful of it.

C. He approves of it.            D. He doubts it.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文為議論文。本文闡述了網絡將開創新局面，創建“地球村”。通過網絡人與人之間能夠進行交流、交友。然而受到大腦和時間投入的局限，人與人之間無法按網絡所承諾的那樣進行交友。為此，作者對網絡能夠加強人與人之間的關系表示懷疑。

1.事實細節題。根據文章第一段第三、四句可知，困難的是，網絡未考慮到人類的頭腦，實際上，我們不能保持超過某一限定數量的人與人之間的關系。所以正確答案為 D 項。

2.猜測詞義題。根據文章第二段內容及畫線句句意：問題在于如果我們沒有投入時間在他人身上，和那個人的關系將會減弱，直到最后逐漸變成“某人我曾經認識”，比較四個選項 B 項符合語境。

3.推理判斷題。根據文章第三段，but that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even though you have to move to the other side of the world.

可知作者支持的觀點：網絡在有助于和遙遠的朋友聯系。選A

4.事實細節題。從第四段的句子：Meaningful relationships are about being able to communicate with each other, face to face.可知作者鼓勵我們做面對面的交流。選C

5.推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段最后兩句話的內容：富有意義的關系是相互之間面對面的交流。網絡將減慢這種關系的結束，但它最終將無法阻止這種情況的發生�？芍�作者對網絡能夠加強人與人之間的關系表示懷疑。所以正確答案為 D 項。

考點：考查社會現象類短文

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