According to Paul Booth, what major change has occurred in the way people communicate today?
Face-to-face interaction is being replaced by mediated communication.
Social media has reduced the total amount of communication.
People prefer writing letters over digital messages.
Phone calls have become more popular than texting.
What does Booth say about the nature of relationships formed through social media?
They develop at the same speed as offline relationships.
They tend to be weak ties and less personally connected.
They are stronger than face-to-face relationships.
They completely replace real-life friendships.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the key issues related to social media communication?
Social connections remain largely unchanged rather than deepening.
People tend to trust online communication partners and share more openly.
Users encounter fewer diverse viewpoints by following like-minded people.
Online relationships are often deepened through frequent interaction.
How does cyberbullying differ from traditional bullying, according to Nicholas David Bowman?
It can be easily escaped by going home.
It has completely different causes.
It is less harmful because it takes place online.
It allows for more persistent and more public contact.
What is described as the “second big concern” surrounding social media’s impact?
Lack of privacy
Internet addiction
Cyberbullying
Communication overload
The word “detriment” in Paragraph 11 is closest in meaning to ______.
influence
benefit
development
harm
According to the passage, Internet addiction is listed in the DSM-5 as a condition that includes all of the following symptoms EXCEPT ______.
lack of concentration
improved social skills
inability to feel emotions
withdrawal reactions
What does Booth say about privacy on social media?
Social networks are not searchable if users adjust their settings.
People today share less private information than in the past.
Personal information can still be found even with strict privacy settings.
High privacy settings make personal information completely safe.
What positive influence of social media is highlighted in the passage?
It guarantees stronger personal relationships.
It has made communication overload easier to manage.
It has made communication overload easier to handle.
It allows messages to travel farther and faster.
According to experts, clinicians should be aware that people may ______.
prefer weak online connections to strong face-to-face ties
stop using social media completely in daily life
refuse to share personal information on social media
prefer sending physical letters to using digital messages
What does Bowman predict about the future of social media?
It will only be used by younger generations.
It will replace all other forms of communication.
It will gradually disappear from daily life.
It will growingly become a routine part of life.
What is the overall tone of the passage regarding social media’s impact on interpersonal communication?
Balanced, acknowledging both concerns and positive effects
Overwhelmingly positive and optimistic about its influence.
Very critical and negative about its effects.
Completely neutral without any clear opinion
Health officials _______ the public to wash fruit thoroughly before eating it, because traces of dangerous poison had been discovered on samples from local markets.
triggered
cautioned
diagnosed
The effects of job losses in manufacturing were _______ by the creation of more jobs in the service industries.
countered
mediated
processed
hardpressed
He was like a person who had been somewhere that other people are not likely to go or had done something that others are not _______ do.
settle into
adjust to
apt to
tend to
The constitution must __________ new circumstances, draw on new experiences and affirm new achievements, so as to maintain ever-lasting vitality.
tend to
adjust to
settle into
apt to
I’m struggling to ____________a normal routine after studying day and night for a whole year preparing for the entrance examination.
tend to
adjust to
settle to
apt to
She updated her social media _____ to “preparing for an exam.”
status quo
status
New missions and tasks of the new era require us to develop new concepts, designs and strategies ______ technological innovation.
regardless
regarded
regarding
If you message the phrase “Happy Birthday!” in WeChat, you will _____ the birthday cake emoji to fly up the screen.
trigger
meidate
surface