高考英語考前閱讀訓練原文

　　I deleted all 1,281 of my co­workers，second­grade classmates and people who I don't know at all.I shut down my account，completely.I'm 25，and I've been on Facebook since March of 2004，which makes me one of the website's earliest users.

　　At first，I used it obsessively.If I had a free moment，I'd log on to see whether my friends had updated their profiles.I'd sit alone scrolling through these updates and then run into someone at a coffee shop and have nothing to say because I already knew everything about them，and they knew everything about me.

　　In November，I went to my five­year high school reunion and was not pleasantly surprised.Lauren became a model，Josh went to law school，Dina was a teacher.I hadn't talked to any of them since graduation，but I knew exactly what they were doing，both now and last week.But lately，I'm overwhelmed(應接不暇).Facebook opened up to everyone，not just college students，and my co­workers started to join，which meant they now knew what I was doing when I wasn't at work.

　　And as a rule: you can NOT make friends with your coworkers because then they'll ask you the next day.But I thought we were friends.And you are friends but not the kind of friends who tell each other what they do outside of work.So now the people you work with can see what you did last night，and you're constantly worrying what people might say about what you did last night instead of actually doing anything tonight.

　　So I quit.I became a 25­year­old Luddite，a person who is strongly against technology development.I've retuned to how the world worked when I was 20，before I knew when my friends and co­workers were counting down the seconds to vacation or wistful(傷感的) or entering a complicated relationship.I'm hoping life will be a lot simpler now.People will be more mysterious now that I actually have to talk to them to find out their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神經癥).I don't know when my college roommate goes to the supermarket，and I think I'm a better person for not knowing.In fact，you could say getting off a social network was the best thing I've done this week.

　　高考英語考前閱讀訓練題目

　　1.We learn from the passage that commentator Melody Cramer ______.

　　A.had a 20­year membership of Facebook

　　B.used to be very attached to Facebook

　　C.was disappointed to meet her high school classmates

　　D.was one of the founders of Facebook

　　解析　細節理解題。根據第二段內容可知，Melody曾經對Facebook很著迷，故B項正確。

　　答案　B

　　2.Melody Cramer decided to quit Facebook mainly because ______.

　　A.she made so many strange friends online

　　B.she thought Facebook wasted her too much time

　　C.she thought Facebook made her real­world life less interesting

　　D.she was tired of chatting online with co­workers.

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據第三、四段內容可知，Melody Cramer經常在網上就已經知道了她朋友的一切，當他們真正碰面時卻又無話可說，所以她覺得Facebook使她的真實世界的生活很無趣，故C項正確。

　　答案　C

　　3.Which of the following about Melody Cramer is TRUE?

　　A.She has learnt a lot from Facebook on communication skills.

　　B.She wishes that she could be several years younger.

　　C.She no longer wants to know anything about her friends.

　　D.She would prefer to face her friends and co­workers in the real world.

　　解析　推理判斷題。通讀全文，特別是最后一段中的“I'm hoping life...their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神經癥).”可推知，她更喜歡在現實生活中去面對朋友和同事，故D項正確。

　　答案　D

　　4.From her own experience Melody Cramer is seemingly trying to tell us that ______.

　　A.staying online too often makes one overwhelmed and bored

　　B.it is unwise to make online friends with people one doesn't know

　　C.making online friends with co­workers affects one's personal life

　　D.it is necessary to keep one's friends at a distance to remain mysterious

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據倒數第二段可知，Melody Cramer以自己的親身經歷告訴我們：同事畢竟不是那種相互告知彼此下了班都做些什么的朋友，他們會影響你的正常生活，故C項正確。

　　答案　C