【Afterhavingmorethanafewacquaintances(相识的人)onlineitmightcomeablowtokeensocialnetworkerslikeBarackObamaorevenFacebookfounderMarkZuckerberghimself.Accordingtoaresearchtheaveragepersonhasinfacttwi】
Afterhavingmorethanafewacquaintances(相识的人)onlineitmightcomeablowtokeensocialnetworkerslikeBarackObamaorevenFacebookfounderMarkZuckerberghimself.
Accordingtoaresearchtheaveragepersonhasinfacttwiceasmanyonlinefriendsasphysicalones.Usersofsocial-networkingsiteshaveonaverage121onlinefriendsascomparedwithphysicalones.Thestudyalsoclaimsthatpeopletendtobemoreopenconfidentandhonestwiththeirvirtualfriendsthantheir“real”ones.
“FormostpeopletheInternetisawayofkeepingintouchwithlovedonesandfriendsbutforpeoplewhoareisolated(隔离的)duetoillnessitplaysamorevitalroleandcanoftenactasalifeline.”saysHelenOxleyapsychologistatWythenshawehospital.
“PeoplewithillnessesoftenrelyontheInternettofacilitate(促进)friendshipssincetheyblogandusenetworkingsitesasawayofdealingwiththeirillness.Itcanfoster(培养)asenseofsocialconnectionforthosewhofrequentlyfeelisolatedwhichisimportanttopsychologicalwell-being.”
Inwidersocietythewaysinwhichfriendshipsareformedarechangingwithpeoplerecognizingthattheycandevelopdeepandmeaningfulconnectionswithothersthatthey’venevermetandmaynevermeet.Aboutonein10peoplehaseithermettheirbestfriendsonlineorbelievestheycanmakelifelongfriendsontheWeb.
Thefindingshighlighthowsocialintroductionsarealsochanging.Onlyfivepercentwouldaskforsomeone’sphonenumberwhile23percentarenowlikelytoaskforanemailaddressorafullnamewiththeintentionofaddingthepersontotheirsocialnetwork.
Atthesametimehoweveraquestionnairecompletedby4427suggeststhat20percentofparentsbelievetheirchildren’seducationisaffectedbysurfingtheNet.Theythinktheirchildrenaredoingpoorlyattheschoolduetotheamountoftimetheyspendonnon-educationalwebsites.
32.Theunderlinedword“it”inPara1mostprobablyrefersto________.
A.peoplespendingtoomuchtimesurfingtheNet
B.peoplehavingmorevirtualfriendsthanrealones
C.peoplerelyingontheInternettoconnectwithfriends
D.peoplemakingmeaningfulconnectionswithstrangers
33.Wecaninferfromthetextthat______