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【題目】

Before we upload a photo of ourselves to social media, like WeChat, we’ll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and give us longer eyelashes and fuller lips. With a couple of touches on our mobile phone, we’re able to get a quick fix and present the “best” pictures of ourselves to the world.

However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections away, we’re also changing the way we look at our ourselves. (1)

Last month, researchers from the US Boston University published an article Selfies-Living in the Era of Filtered (濾鏡) Photographs. The article listed the bad effects of photo editing on people and the possibility to cause appearance worries. (2)

The researchers think that these apps make it difficult to tell the lines between reality and fantasy. “These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty,” the article says. (3)

In the past, people may have compared their looks to those of celebrities who were famous that time. But for today’s young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media. “From birth, they are born into an age of social platforms, and their feelings are connected to how good they look,” a British doctor Escho told The Independent.

(4) “Now you’ve got the comparison of your real self to fake self that you present on social media,” Renee Engeln, a professor at Northwestern University, told the HuffPost website.

Engeln further pointed out that when people spend too much time making such comparisons, they may become “beauty sick” and find it difficult to accept what they actually look like.

So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn’t think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the Beauty Cam?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good, I have my health.”

【1】What may people do before they present the best of themselves on social media?

A. Smoothing their skin in the morning.B. Using apps to edit photos.

C. Wearing false eyelashes.D. Redding their lips before going out.

【2】Where should we put the sentence “This is why many young people suffer an appearance

worries when it comes to how they really look.”?

A. (4)B. (3)C. (2)D. (1)

【3】The fifth paragraph implies (暗示) that ___________ .

A. people today focus (關(guān)注) more on how good they look than in the past

B. in the past, people thought highly of those who are good at celebrating

C. social platforms help people learn about self-worth

D. self-worth is related purely on followers people have

【4】What did the writer write this passage for?

A. To call on people to care more about appearance

B. To call on people not to use apps on mobile phone

C. To call on people to learn something more important than appearance

D. To call on people not to spend too much time on comparison with others

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

本文講述了現(xiàn)在很多人把自己的照片用應(yīng)用程序編輯后，上傳到社交媒體上。但是在上面展示的照片和自己真實的樣子不一樣。作者寫這篇文章的目的是號召我們不只是了解自己的外貌，還可以了解我們的健康。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Before we upload a photo of ourselves to social media, like WeChat, we’ll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and give us longer eyelashes and fuller lips.可知，人們在社交媒體上展示自己最好的一面之前會使用應(yīng)用程序編輯照片，故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Now you’ve got the comparison of your real self to fake self that you present on social media,” Renee Engeln,可知，許多年輕人在社交媒體上展示的照片和自己真實的樣子不同，所以當提到自己真實的相貌如何，他們會擔心自己的外表，故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)But for today’s young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media.“但是對于今天的年輕人來說，美麗的標準很可能是由他們在社交媒體上看到的東西決定的。”可知，社交平臺幫人現(xiàn)在的年輕人了解自我價值。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn’t think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the Beauty Cam?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good, I have my health.”可知，作者寫這篇文章的目的是號召我們不只是了解自己的外貌，我們還可以了解自己的健康，故選C。

認真閱讀題干，根據(jù)題干要求，在文中尋找答案所在的語句或段落，進行分析理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和概括歸納，選出正確的選項。例如小題2，根據(jù)“Now you’ve got the comparison of your real self to fake self that you present on social media,” Renee Engeln,可知，許多年輕人在社交媒體上展示的照片和自己真實的樣子不同，所以當提到自己真實的相貌如何，他們會擔心自己的外表，故選A。