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Unit 4 Information Technology
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(2023春·江苏南京·高一统考期末)Technology has made online friendships possible. Online friends are people who have known each other through the Internet. Are online friendships as beneficial as face-to-face friendships?
When you use social networking websites and chat rooms, you can easily find people with similar interests and hobbies. Making friends on the Internet is especially good for shy people who feel uncomfortable in social situations. It’s often easier to share thoughts and feelings online. What’s more, online friends can make people feel less lonely and help them solve problems.
Although the Internet can encourage friendships, it has a major disadvantage. It’s much easier for some people to cheat others because they are not face to face. Online friends only tell you what they want you to know. They sometimes exaggerate their good qualities and hide the less positive ones, so you can’t be sure of what they really like.
Some feel as strongly about their online friends as they do about their offline friends. But it’s not unusual for online friends to become face-to-face friends. However, there are many people who believe that it’s not possible for people to have deep relationships with online friends.
People express different opinions about online friendships. However, most of them would agree that face-to-face friendships cannot be replaced by online friendships.
1.How can you make online friends?
A.By chatting with people personally.
B.By exploring social networking websites.
C.By finding people with different interests.
D.By sharing thoughts face to face.
2.What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.Some people may cheat others.
B.Disadvantages of online friendship.
C.Advantages of friendship in life.
D.Advantages of online friendship.
3.What does the underlined word “exaggerate” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Praise. B.Own. C.Enlarge. D.Lack.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Online friendships are dangerou