文章大意:本文介绍了人们在社交软件晒自己的照片之前,热衷于使用图片编辑软件编辑图片的现象,虽然修图可以让人更漂亮,但是作者希望人们不要过度关注自己的外貌、而应该关注比外表更重要的东西——健康。
Before we upload a photo of ourselves to social media, like WeChat, we’ll use an app to smooth our skin, make our eyes look bigger, and give us longer eyelashes and fuller lips. With a couple of touches on our mobile phone, we’re able to present the best pictures of ourselves to others. However, the problem is, when we simply edit our imperfections(瑕疵) away, we’re also changing the way we look at our ourselves. ①_________
Last month, researchers from the US Boston University published an article Selfies —Living in the Era of Filtered(滤镜) Photographs. The article listed the bad effects of photo editing on people and the possibility to cause appearance worries. ②_________ The researchers think that these apps make it difficult to tell between reality and fantasy(虚幻). “These apps allow one to change his or her appearance in minutes and follow an unrealistic standard of beauty,” the article says. ③_________
In the past, people might compare their looks to those who were famous that time. But for today’s young people, beauty standards are most likely set by what they see on social media. “From birth, they are born into an age of social platforms, and their feelings are connected to how good they look,” a British doctor Escho said.
④________ “Now you’ve got the comparison of your real self to fake self that you present on social media,” Renee Engeln, a professor at Northwestern University, told the Huff Post website. He further pointed out that when people spend too much time comparing with others, they may become “beauty sick” and find it difficult to accept what they actually look like.
So when we look in a real mirror, we shouldn’t think to ourselves, “Do I look as good as myself in the Beauty Cam(美颜)?” Instead, we should think, “I feel good, I have my health.”
43. What may people do before they present the best of themselves on social media?
A.Wearing false eyelashes. |
B.Redding their lips before going out. |
C.Using apps to edit photos. |
D.Smoothing their skin in the morning. |
44. Where should we put the sentence “This is why many young people suffer an appearance worries when it comes to how they really look.”?
45. Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A.Everybody looks as good as himself in the Beauty Cam. |
B.These apps make it easy to tell between reality and fantasy. |
C.The article listed the bad and good effects of photo editing on people. |
D.People today pay more attention on how good they look than in the past. |
46. What is the purpose of this passage?
A.To call on people to care more about appearance. |
B.To call on people not to use apps on mobile phones. |
C.To call on people to spend too much time comparing with others. |
D.To call on people to learn something more important than appearance. |
47. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?