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阅读理解—社会现象类
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2.What did the author and Epley's study focus on?
The term "social distancing"has been at the center
A.How technologies impact means of communication.
of public conversation for a while.But it's not "social"
B.How social media choices affect feelings of connection.
distance we are trying to promote.It's physical separa-
C.Why maintaining social separation is bad for men-
tion.In fact,preserving social ties-even at a distance
tal health
-is essential for both mental and physical health.The
D.Why reconnecting with friends over the phone brings
results of an analytic review done in 2017 indicate that a
awkwardness.
lack of social support is on a par with(与…不相上3.What can we infer from the study results?
F)smoking cigarettes as a risk factor for health.
A.They changed the research objectives.
Given this fact,how might we best stay connected
B.They provided insights for future studies.
to others while maintaining physical distance?Would we
C.They confirmed researchers'expectations
be better off e-mailing a friend?Making a phone call?
D.They contradicted participants'predictions partly
Setting up a video chat?In our study,Nick Epley and I 4.What can be concluded from the text?
tested whether the media through which people interact
A.For stronger bonds,talk instead of typing.
affects their sense of connection -and how expecta-
B.Keeping in touch is key to a lasting friendship.
tions about certain technologies impact the communica-
C.Think before you consider contacting an old friend.
tion media they choose to use.
D.Text-based methods for communication cause dis-
In our experiment,we asked participants to recon-
comfort.
nect with someone that they hadn't interacted with re-
B
cently,either through e-mail or over the phone.Partici-
The word“robot”was coined in1920 by the
pants first made predictions about what it would be like
Czech playwright Karel Capek meaning fully functional
to get in touch if they reached out in these two ways.
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