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"A photograph that one has taken of oneself,typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website."This is the definition（定义）of the word "selfie" in the Oxford English Dictionary.In fact,it wasn't even in the dictionary until August,2013.It earned its place there because people are now so obsessed（着迷）with selfies—we take them when we try on a new hat,play with our pets or when we meet a friend whom we haven't seen in a while.

But does this obsession actually make sense?Is there any scientific explanation for it?Well,you should probably ask James Kilner,a neuroscientist at University College London.

Through our lifetime we become experts at recognizing and interpreting other people's faces and facial expressions.In contrast,according to Kilner,we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at them—we just feel them most of the time.

This has been proved in previous studies in which participants were shown images of themselves and asked to match their facial expressions in the pictures.In most cases,they failed to accurately produce the same facial expressions without being able to see themselves in the mirror,according to BBC.

To further test how we actually sense our own faces,Kilner carried out another study.He showed people different versions（版本）of their own image—the original which had been edited to look less attractive and one that was made more attractive—and asked them to pick the version which they thought looked most like them.Kilner found that most people chose the more attractive picture.This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are.

But what does it say about selfies?Well,isn't that obvious?Selfies give us the power to create a photograph—by taking it from various angles,with different poses,using filters（滤镜）and so on—that better matches our expectations with our actual faces.

"You suddenly have control in a way that you don't have in non-virtual（非虚拟的）interactions,"Kilner told the Canada-based CTA News.Selfies allow you "to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you're happy with", he explained.

1.According to Kilner's studies,it can be learned that we       .

A. know about our own faces well

B. tend to recognize our own faces easily

C. become poor at reading others' facial expressions

D. believe we have better images than we actually do

2.What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Selfie.    B. This obsession.

C. The history of selfie.    D. The rise of selfie.

3.According to Kilner,why do people like taking selfies?

A. It enables them to improve their skill of taking a photograph.

B. It meets their needs to know their own faces better.

C. It makes them possible to reach their expectation.

D. It offers them a way to control the virtual world.

4.What might be the best title of the passage?

A. What Is Selfie

B. Selfie Beautify Yourself

C. How Do People Take Selfies

D. Selfies Improve Your Confidence

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】文章主要介绍了自拍，由于人们尝试了新帽子、和宠物玩或者遇到了很久不见的朋友都会选择自拍，所以它在2013年8月刚刚加入到牛津词典中。在Kilner的研究中发现人们倾向于认为自己比实际上好看，而自拍可以让你一直拍照直到满意为止。

1.细节理解题。由第五段This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are.这表明我们倾向于认为自己比实际上更好看。故选D。

2.词义猜测题。But does this obsession actually make sense?Is there any scientific explanation for it?但是这种困扰有什么意义吗？对此有什么科学解释吗?所以it指的是obsession 故选B。

3.细节理解题。最后一段Selfies allow you "to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you're happy with", he explained.自拍允许你一直拍照直到你高兴为止，因此自拍更可能达到你的期望值，故选C。

4.主旨大意题。This suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as better-looking than we actually are.Selfies allow you "to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you're happy with人们总是倾向于认为自己比实际上更好看，而自拍更可能达到期望值，可以让你对拍出来的自拍满意，因此以Selfie Beautify Yourself最合适，用其他题目都太片面，不足以概括全文。故选B。

【名师点睛】指代题 ：
① 返回原文，找出出题的指代词。
② 向上搜索，找最近的名词、名词性短语或句子（先从最近点开始找，找不到再找次近的，一般答案不会离得太远）。
③ 将找到的词、词组或句子的意思代入替换该指代词，看其意思是否通顺。
④ 将找到的词、词组或句子与四个选项进行比较，找出最佳答案。

比如本阅读的第二小题返回原文：ut does this obsession actually make sense?Is there any scientific explanation for it?但是这种困扰有什么意义吗？对此有什么科学解释吗?找到名词obsession ，将其意思代入替换该指代词，意思通顺。所以it指的是obsession 然后将找到的词即obsession 和四个选项进行对比，故选B。