21世纪初,在伊拉克问题从危机向战争的演变过程中,欧盟国家法国和德国都是反对美国单方面解决伊拉克问题的主要力量。在伊拉克战后重建问题上,法国和德国都强调要加强联合国的作用。从中可以看出() A . 欧盟开始摆脱美国控制 B . 多极化政治格局已形成 C . 欧盟对美政策相对独立 D . 法德仍未摆脱冷战思维The Internet will open up new
vistas (前景),
create the global village——you can make new friends all
around the world. That, at least, is what it promised us. The difficulty is
that it did not take the human mind into account. The reality is that we cannot
keep relationships with more than a limited number of people. No matter how
hard the Internet tries to put you in communication, its best efforts will be
defeated by your mind.
The problem is twofold(双重的). First, there is a
limit on the number of people we can hold in mind and have a meaningful
relationship with. That number is about 150 and is set by the size of our
brain. Second, the quality of your relationships depends on the amount of time
you invest in then. We invest a lot in a small number of people and then
distribute what’s left among as many others as we
can. The problem is that if we invest little time in a person, our engagement
with that person will decline until eventually it dies into “someone I once knew”.
This is not, of course, to say
that the Internet doesn’t serve a socially valuable
function. Of course it does. But the question is not that it allows you to
increase the size of your social circle to include the rest of the world, but
that you can keep your relationships with your existing friends going even
though you have to move to the other side of the world.
In one sense, that’s a good thing. But it also has a disadvantage. If you continue
to invest in your old friends even though you can no longer see them, then
certainly you aren’t using your time to make new
friends where you now live. And I suspect that probably isn’t the best use of your time. Meaningful relationships are about
being able to communicate with each other, face to face. The Internet will slow
down the rate with which relationships end, but it won’t
stop that happening eventually.
1.The number of friends we can keep
relationships with is decided by__________.
A. the Internet B.
the time we have C. the place we live D. the mind
2.The underlined word “engagement” in the second paragraph probably means “__________”.
A. appointment
B. connection C. interview D. agreement
3.The author holds the view that___________.
A. the Internet helps to
keep in touch with friends far away
B. the Internet determines the
quality of social relationships
C. the Internet greatly increases
the size of social circles
D. the Internet is of no value in
social communication
4.What will the author encourage us to do?
A. To keep in touch with
old friends when we have moved away.
B. To chat with friends
often on the Internet.
C. To make more new
friends face to face.
D. To stop using the
Internet to make new friends.
5.What is the author’s
attitude towards the use of the Internet to strengthen relationships?
A. He thinks it
useless B. He is
hopeful of it.
C. He approves of
it. D. He
doubts it.