阅读表达Twitter is a social network that allows u...

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Twitter is a social network that allows users to send and receive short messages, which are called Tweets. Tweets can be up to 140 characters long. You can send Tweets from your computer or even from your mobile phone. While some social networking services like Facebook or MySpace are more complicated, Twitter is quite simple to use. To send or receive messages, you just have to create an account on Twitter. You can only send text to Twitter; images are not allowed.

Twitter users can follow what other people post. It makes you feel that you are a part of someone else’s life. In most cases, Twitter is made up of many small groups of people. Sometimes they can follow each other’s movements. You can post “Hey, I’m going to the pub”, and all of your friends can read it at once. Your messages on Twitter can be private, meaning only your friends can read them or you can make them public, meaning they can be seen by everyone.

Twitter is used for many things. You can post an upcoming event, organize group conversations of just telling the world what you’re doing at the moment. You can also use Twitter instead of sending many short messages to different people. Just post your messages on Twitter and everyone else can see them,

Many people update their Twitter status very often, sometimes even a couple of times an hour. Recently, Twitter has also been used in business. Companies use Twitter to inform people of new products or just to post something that is on sale. Twitter has become very popular. Since its birth in 2006, over one hundred million people around the world have been using it regularly.

1.What does the underlined word “complicated” most probably mean? (1 word)

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2. What does it mean if you make your messages public? (no more than 10 words)

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3.How can you make your messages known to different people by Twitter? (no more than 8 words)

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4.Why do companies also use Twitter? (no more than 15 words)

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5.What do you think of Twitter? Give your reasons. (no more than 20 words)

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阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

首先请阅读下列六个网站的相关介绍：

Friendster

This social networking website allows the users to make new friends, most often based on their preferences, and communicate with them. It also allows the users to share messages, videos, photos, etc. With more than a hundred million registered (注册的) users to its credit, Friendster is indeed one of the most popular social networking websites in the world.

B. Hi5

Hi5 is a social networking website which is quite popular, especially among youths. Other than helping you stay in touch with your friends, this website also allows you to play online games. More recently, Hi5 has developed into more of a social gaming website, with the intention of providing a platform for game developers.

C. Travellerspoint

Quite popular among travel and tourism enthusiasts, Travellerspoint allows its users to discuss their travel experiences through forums and blogs. Basically a travel guide, this website also allows its users to upload photos and maps of various tourist destinations in the world.

D. Twitter

What started out as microblogging website has quickly grown into a social messaging platform and one of the top social networks in the world. Twitter is a phenomenon that transcends (优于) social networking to provide an outlet for news, the buzz, and chat among many other uses.

E. Last.fm

Building itself as a social music site, Last.fm allows members to create their own radio station that learns what the person likes and recommends new music based on those interests. In addition to this, you can listen to the radio stations of friends and other Last.fm members.

F. LinkedIn

As one of the top social networking sites for business development, LinkedIn invites people to be “connections” instead of “friends”. LinkedIn is somewhat similar to a job search website which is built on a social networking platform. The best part of LinkedIn is that it allows people to develop more contacts in the same field, with the intention of spreading their business.

然后阅读下列人员的相关信息，把每个人与其感兴趣的网站匹配起来。

1.Carl is a 40-year-old businessman. Because of the rapid development of his company, he has to hire five more experienced people to work for him.

2.Edward has a strong curiosity about the current affairs at home and abroad. Also, he likes to make what happens around him public. He is interested in the latest trend as well.

3.Daisy is a lover of music. For her, nothing is more pleasant than staying home listening to her favorite songs in her spare time.

4.Joseph is a college student majoring in computer science in New York University. He prefers to play various games on the Internet when he has no class at night.

5.Lily and her parents intend to visit places of interest in Beijing during the Spring Festival. Because it’s the first time for them to come to Beijing, they want to get some information from other travelers.

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Women consistently lie on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to make their lives appear more exciting, a survey has found. The survey was asked to carried out by Pencourage, a new anonymous（匿名的）"diary-style" social media website.

Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or twisted what they are doing on social media once a month. The survey of 2000 women found they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone, and beautify about an exotic holiday or their job.

The most common reasons for women to write " fibs" included worrying their lives would seem “ boring", jealousy at seeing other people's more exciting posts and wanting to impress their friends and acquaintances.

Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to stay connected on social media, they can in fact be left more isolated. They also said that the more we try to make our lives seem perfect, the less perfect we feel. According to the OnePoll survey, one third of women surveyed admitted to dishonesty on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter at some stage. Almost one in four admitted to lying or exaggerating about key aspects of their life online between one and three times a month while almost one in 10 said they lied more than once a week. Nearly 30 percent of women lied about "doing something when I am home alone", almost a quarter overstated their alcohol consumption while one in five were not truthful about their holiday activities or their jobs. Almost one in five women even lied about their "relationship status".

"We work very hard presenting ourselves to the world online, pretending and attempting to be happy all the time which is exhausting and ultimately unfulfilling," said Dr Michael Sinclair, a leading British consultant psychologist. "Leaving out the less desirable imperfections of our lives from the conversations with our 'friends online leads to less opportunity to feel empathized(有同感的)with, resulting in a greater sense of disconnection from others. "

1.According to the passage, women tend to lie on social networking sites because________.

A. they have little fun in their daily lives

B. they are not satisfied with their present life

C. they want to entertain their friends and acquaintances

D. they don't want to go out and communicate with others

2.Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word in para. 3 ?

A. lies.          B. posts.        C. diaries.  D. impressions.

3.In the view of psychologists, people who attempt to stay connected on social media will

eventually________.

A. feel better about their life            B. become a regular liar in the future

C. get more isolated in life      D. drink more alcohol in their daily life

4.In Dr Michael Sinclair's opinion,________.

A. we don't have to feel empathized with our "friends" online

B. we cannot get satisfaction by lying on social networking sites

C. it is worthwhile to work hard presenting ourselves to the world online

D. the imperfections of our lives result in a sense of disconnection from others

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Unknown to most Facebook users, the social network actually offers a lot of privacy controls and security features which can help you lock your account, so you can speak freely. If it’s used properly, you’ll never have to worry about whether you will have to “friend” your boss or your mom. You can friend anyone you want while staying comfortable in the knowledge that not everyone gets to see everything you post.

The problem with carrying out these privacy options is that they’re just too confusing for most non-tech clever people to handle. And often, most people don’t want to bother to take the time to learn. To simplify the process, we’re offering one easy step you can take today to help make your Facebook experience safer, more secure, and more private.

Just make “Friend Lists”. Yes, it will take some time, especially if you’re connected to a couple of hundred friends already. But this step, while not the quickest, is fairly simple. And it will be one of the most useful things you can do on Facebook.

Friend lists, as the name suggests, are lists for classifying your friends into various groups. The nice thing about this feature is that once you set these lists up, you won’t have to do it again. We suggest that you put your work colleagues and professional acquaintances into a friend list named “Work”, personal friends you’re not very close with into a list called “Acquaintances”, and people you’re related to into a list called “Family”. Those three main categories will separate out the groups of “friends” who you may want to hide some information from.

To create a friend list, click on “Friends” at the top of the Facebook homepage. In the left-hand column, click “Friends” again under the “Lists” section. Now you’ll see a button at the top that says “Create New List”. Click it. In the pop-up that appears, you can name your list and pick members. If you’ve ever shared an application with your friends, the process of doing this will be very familiar.

When you’ve finished making lists, you’ll be able to use them when selecting who can see what (or who can’t!) when configuring (配置) the security settings described below.

1.What function isn’t understood by most people on Facebook?

A. Surfing the Internet.

B. Setting safety protection.

C. Sharing personal information.

D. Making foreign friends.

2.What can we learn about Facebook according to the text?

A. Its process of privacy-setting is too complex.

B. It displays everything people post.

C. It lacks privacy controls and security features.

D. Its post is designed for technical people.

3.What advantage can we get from making friend lists?

A. We can avoid our bosses adding us as friends.

B. We can share applications with friends.

C. We can separate acquaintances from family.

D. We can hide different information from different friends.

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Social networking is an important factor________ business success.

A. devoting to    B. appealing to     C. attaching to     D. leading to

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Social networking is an important factor _______ business success.

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Social networking is an important factor _______ business success.

A．devoting to         B．appealing to       C．attaching to       D．leading to

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Social networking is an important factor _______ business success.

A. devoting to               B. appealing to

C. attaching to              D. leading to

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Weixin, a new popular social networking application, especially ____ most young mobile users.

A. focuses on　　 B. appeals to　　 C. depends on　　 D. attracts to

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Facebook is one of the most popular websites that offer social networking today with more than l billion users around the world. Online social networking is just like-minded people coming together for some activities, forming groups, having discussions, sharing photographs, etc. Similarly, Facebook enables all these activities by various applications(运用程序) , for example, providing forums, photo sharing options. video updating, keeping a track on all the happenings in their formed communities, people they have approved to be linked to, etc. Online gaming is one of the biggest USPs(独特的卖点) of Facebook, and indeed, games like Farmville and Mafia Wars have attracted many users to the site. Facebook also offered a brilliant platform for business to reach out to their customers.

In the beginning, Facebook was just meant for Harvard University students to find and contact fellow students. It was meant to serve the purpose of keeping track of who was new to college to get in touch with each other for project purposes.　 It was an online directory(目录) , and was founded in 2004 0n the Harvard University campus. However, as soon as it was launched, almost two thirds of the total number of students registered themselves on Facebook. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, along with Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz. and Eduardo Saverin. helped in the launch of the site. To pursue this, Mark dropped out of Harvard and got into making Facebook a worldwide accessible site, and then to its current stand of being the top social networking site in the world.

Today, Facebook rules the social networking world, with one person in fourteen using it. It is also the second most popular site in the US, and is worth billions of dollars. And it has been a success story for the four co-founders, making them all accidental billionaires.

Title :　 Facebook-the most popular social networking site in the world

I . Definition :

*One popular website　　 　 1.　　

Ⅱ.　 　 2.　 :

* Enabling people to gather for 3.　　 　 0n it

* 　 4.　 　

* Offering a brilliant platform for businesses to reach out to their customers

Ⅲ　　 Birth :

* Time: in 2004

* Place: 　　 5.

lV. 　　 6.　　 :

* To help students contact each other

V.　 　 7.　　 :

* Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, along with Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin

VI. Popularity:

* As an　　 　 8.　 　　 : having almost two thirds of the students on it

* As the top social networking site :

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ruling　 the social networking ;

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 having over　　　 9.　　 　 in the world;

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 being 　　 10.　　 　 billions of dollars

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