Question

    My 16-year-old niece Jenny started using Facebook about half a year ago. At first, she loved using it very much because she could make so many new friends on it. However, as time went by, she used it___________ . You may wonder why. Well, it's because every time she used it, she became sad. It seemed to her that everyone using Facebook was living a perfect life___________ her. I don't think Jenny is the only one to have such a feeling.

In this day of social media, the whole "comparing thing" has gotten out of ___________. We are influenced daily by all kinds of things on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram where we see only the___________ parts of life. We see friends' baby pictures, beautiful new houses and "perfect" lives and we feel like we need to be farther along than ___________ we are. Just take a look at your social media account（账号）, and you see pictures of your coworker's "best vacation ever", your friend's "perfect" pictures___________ swimming clothes and a group of good friends all out, smiling, having the most amazing night. And then you compare your life to theirs.

But what you see is just a special second of their lives. Social media only gives us a look at them for a very short time. It ___________be lying and we never truly know the whole story.

We are so good at showing others on social media that everything is "fine", and we can never___________ judge what someone is dealing with just by looking at what they post on social media. Remember that someone who looks very well does not___________ that they are not dealing with something bigger under the surface.

You can never ______________ your inside with someone else's outside. So next time you find someone showing off something on social media, stopping feeling sad about yourself. It is important for us all to stay away from being fooled by such information. Perhaps all you see on it is just internet hoaxes(欺骗).

1.A.much B.more C.less D.fewer

2.A.without B.except C.beyond D.besides

3.A.control B.date C.reach D.fashion

4.A.busy B.important C.true D.happy

5.A.what B.where C.how D.who

6.A.wearing B.buying C.changing D.making

7.A.must B.should C.can D.will

8.A.simply B.luckily C.possibly D.correctly

9.A.know B.mean C.think D.hope

10.A.connect B.complete C.compare D.cover

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。在社交媒体盛行的今天，“攀比”已经失去了控制。很多人因为社交网络上别人展示的“美好”生活而感觉到自己的差距从而心理产生落差感到伤心。作者指出社交媒体上的显示具有欺骗性，不是真实的，倡导不要拿自己的内在和别人的外在比较。

1.句意：然而，随着时间流逝，她用得越来越少。

much多的；more更多；less更少；fewer更少的。根据前一句“using it very much”和此句however可知此句有转折，表达以前用得多，现在用得越来越少；此处修饰动词used用副词less。故选C。

2.句意：对她而言，每个使用Facebook的人看起来过着非常完美的生活，除了她。

without没有，表示伴随的否定；except除了……（将某人或某物排除）；beyond超过；besides除了……还（将某人或某物包括）。根据前一句的“she became sad”可知此句说的是要将她排除在外，表示“除了她，其他使用Facebook的人看起来都过着非常完美的生活”。故选B。

3.句意：在社交媒体盛行的今天，“攀比”已经失去了控制。

control控制；date日期；reach到达；fashion时尚。根据第二句“We are influenced daily by all kinds of things on Facebook”可知此句指的是在社交媒体上与他人各种相比较这种情况失去了控制，用短语out of control。故选A。

4.句意：在脸书，推特和图片墙网站上我们看到的只是生活中快乐的一部分，我们每天都被上面的各种事物影响着。

busy忙碌的；important重要的；true真实的；happy高兴的。根据后一句“sweet pictures, beautiful new houses and ‘perfect’ lives”可知社交媒体上展示的都是美好的一面。故选D。

5.句意：我们看到朋友们可爱的婴儿照片，漂亮的新房子和“完美”的生活，我们觉得我们需要比现在更遥远。

what什么；where 哪里；how怎样；who谁。根据“be farther along than”可知此处是把社交媒体上朋友发的美好生活与我们自己所拥有的生活进行比较，than后面用疑问词where构成宾语从句“where we are”。故选B。

6.句意：看一看你的社交账号，你能看到你的同事度过了最好的假期，穿着泳衣拍了最完美的照片，和一群朋友出去玩，微笑着一起度过了最迷人的夜晚。

wearing穿戴；buying购买；changing改变；making制作。根据picture和swimming clothes可知此处指的是穿着泳衣拍照，用wearing表示伴随状态。 故选A。

7.句意：它可能是在撒谎，我们永远不知道整个故事。

must必须，一定是；should应该；can能够，可能；will将。此处表示推测，表达“可能”，用can。故选C。

8.句意：我们永远无法仅仅通过看别人在社交媒体上发布的内容，来正确判断他们在处理什么。

simply仅仅；luckily幸运地；possibly可能；correctly正确地。根据上一段的lying可知社交媒体上发布的不一定真实，只是看到“everything is fine”做出的判断不是完全正确的，用副词correctly修饰动词judge。故选D。

9.句意：记住，那些看起来很好的人并不意味着他们没有在背后付出更多。

know知道；mean意味着；think思考，认为；hope希望。根据“someone who looks very well”和“they are not dealing with something bigger under surface”可知此处是在讲述表面的美好与背后的付出的关系，用动词mean表达“意味着”。故选B。

10.句意：你不要拿自己的内在和别人的外在比较。

connect联系,连接；complete完成；compare比较；cover覆盖。由第五段最后一句“someone who looks very well does not mean that they are not dealing with something bigger under surface ”看起来很好的人并不意味着他们没有在背后付出更多，外在的有时可能是欺骗，可以推断最后一段开头作者在倡导不要拿自己的内在和别人的外在比较，用“compare...with...”。故选C。