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英语时文悦读第三期ReadingForFun
高一英语组Passage1
Afriendofminerecentlysaidsomethingnicetome.“Thosesunglassesjustdon’tsuityou,”shetoldme.Whatwasnicewasn’ttheinsightintomysunglasses,butmyfriend’shonesty.Shewasn’tbeingcritical.Shewasn’ttryingtohurtme.Shereallywantedwhatwasbestforme,andsosheriskedcausingoffense(冒犯totellmewhatIneededtohear.
Itisrare,thiskindofhonesty.Andit’sgettingrarer.Weliveinanagewhensocialmediaischangingourinterpersonalcommunications.WeposthighlyconsideredstatusupdatesonFacebook.We“like”thepicturesofpeoplewemaynotlikeatall,andleavecommentsonotherpeople’spoststhatareinsincereandmeaningless.Weareforgettinghowtoberealwitheachother.Wechatwithanacquaintancewhohaslipstickonherteethandwepretendnottonotice.Weseeourfriendwearinganawfuloutfitandreassureherit’sfine.Weignorephonecalls,orpretendtobebusy,ratherthantellingsomeonewedon’twanttoseethem.Andwhenwegetourfeelingshurt,weswallowitdown,becauseit’sfarlessdifficultthanfacingthepersonwhohurtsus.
Andwedon’tjustrefrain(避免frombeinghonestwithourfriends;werefrainfrombeinghonestwithourselveswhenwearewiththem.Sure,wemightwriteaboutouremotionalproblems,butthat’sinretrospect(回想,oncethecrisis(危机isover.Wedon’ttalkabouttheseproblemswhilewe’redeepinthem,becausethey’rescaryandmakeusweak.Wekeepthefacade(假象upandthesmileswideandtheInstagramphotosnice.Andthenwhenthingsfallapart–whenweendupinhospital,ordivorced,orunemployed–ourfriendsareshocked,becausetheydidn’tseeitcoming.Wedidn’tletthemseeitcoming.
Honestyisdifficult,butwithoutit,wecan’tconnectwitheachother.Startsmall.Letsomeoneknowiftheyhavelipstickontheirteeth.Tellyourfriendthatno,theoutfitisn’tthebest,maybeconsidersomethingelse.Tellyouracquaintancethatregretfully,youwon’tbeatherparty,butyou
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wishherallthebest.Letyourlovedonesknowwhenthey’vehurtyou,andbepreparedtohearthesamefromthem.Bealittlemorerealonsocialmedia,foryoursakeasmuchasforeveryoneelse’s.
1.Whenherfriendsaidthathersunglassesdidn’tsuither,theauthor_______A.wasoffendedbyherhonesty.

B.wasstruckbyhersincerity.D.believeitwasnoneofherbusiness.
C.gottoknowmoreaboutsunglasses.
2.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingshowswearebeingdishonestaboutothers?A.Pretendingtobehappyonsocialmedia.problems.
C.Notstandinguptothosewhohurtus.
D.Leavingpositivecommentsonothers’posts.
B.Nottalkingaboutouremotional
3.Werefrainfrombeinghonestpartlybecause________.A.itsavesustrouble.
B.itisforthesakeofeveryone.C.itistheruleonsocialmedia.D.itcanwinusgreatpopularity.
4.Theauthorwrotethisarticlemainlyto________A.giveadviceonhowtobehonestaboutothers.B.showtheimportanceofconnectingwithothers.C.analyzehowsocialmediachangesourcommunications.D.encouragereaderstobesuretoothersandthemselves.
Passage2
Everytimewegetonaplane,we’reaskedtoeitherturnoffourphonesorchangethemtoflightmode–it’sfor“securityreasons”.ButaccordingtoTheConversationwebsite,havingtoturnourphonesoffonaplaneis“aserviceissue,notasafetyone”.
Whenwespeakonourphonesintheair,theycancauseinterference(干扰totheaircraft’sradios.Pilotscanhearthisinterferenceintheirheadphones.“It’sthesamenoiseyou’llbefamiliarwith,ifyouputyourmobiletooclosetoaspeaker,”theMirrornoted.“Itisnotsafetycritical(紧要
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