必修第一册 Unit 4 Friends forever（word练习）-【勤径学升】2025年高考英语一轮总复习课时检测训练（外研版）

课时检测训练4　必修第一册　Unit 4　Friends forever 对应学生用书P288 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2023·广东佛山教学质检一)It’s no secret now that the more time we spend on social media, the more we feel dissatisfied with ourselves. We tend to compare ourselves to influencers and celebrities—so it’s easy to understand how that can affect our confidence. But, how often have you found yourself comparing your life to your friends’? Engaging with social media shared by our friends can be more damaging than looking at contents shared by celebrities, new research has found. The study looking at how social media affects body image found that any social media engagement was significantly associated with lower “appearance satisfaction”. Additionally, it found that engaging with contents posted by people the participants knew was more than twice as damaging as looking at contents posted by strangers, including celebrities. Viren Swami, Professor of Social Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, believes this is partly because we know it’s hard to attain the lives of celebrities or influencers, but when we’re comparing ourselves to our friends, it feels like we should—or could—live the way they do. “One possible explanation is that people may perceive a post showing appearance as being much more attainable if it comes from someone they know, adding expectation or pressure on the person engaging in the post,” he said. “At the same time, people may be more critically engaged with posts by the likes of models and celebrities, and therefore perceive the images they share to be more unrealistic.” This isn’t just confined to body image though. We all have one area in our lives that triggers (触发) us. Maybe you’ve been searching for a new job for months and you find yourself on social media, envying your school friend who just landed their dream role. Maybe… All this is to state the obvious：We only see part of people’s lives—and if it’s getting you down, you’re probably comparing your insides to other people’s outsides. Ever