《2025年课堂精练英语必修第二册北师大版》

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主题语境: 人与社会/科技发展　语篇类型: 说明文
With the development of technology and economy, social media is becoming one of the fastest - growing industries in today's world. A study conducted(执行) by the US Pew Research Centre showed that 92 percent of teenagers go online daily.
1. Changing relationships
High school student Elly Cooper from Illinois said social media often reduces face - to - face communication. “It makes face - to - face relationships harder because of people's attention given to their phones instead of their friends,” Cooper said.
2. Beth Kaplan from Illinois met her long - distance friend through social media. He currently lives in Scotland, but they're still able to communicate with each other often. “I can feel close to someone that I'm talking to via FaceTime,” Kaplan said.
3. Wanting to be “liked”
The 19 - year - old Essena O'Neill announced on the social networking service Instagram that she was leaving social media because it made her unable to stop thinking about appearing perfect online.
4. Teenagers who get negative comments(评论) can't help but feel hurt.
5. However, Armin Korsos, a student from Illinois, takes advantage of the comments he receives over social media to improve his videos on the social networking site YouTube. “Social media can help people show themselves and their talents to the world in a way that has never been possible before,” Korsos said.
A. Opening new doors
B. Teenagers’ opinion toward social media
C. Negative comments can also do great damage to a teenager's self - respect.
D. The wide spread of social media has changed nearly all parts of teenagers' lives.
E. However, the social media is not useful to long - distance friends.
F. The rise of social media has changed the way teenagers see themselves.
G. Yet, some think with social media, it's easier to start relationships with anyone from anywhere.

答案： 1. D 2. G 3. F 4. C 5. A