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

（投入）in them. We invest a lot in a small number of people and then distribution what’s left among as that person will decline（减弱）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.

72. What is stressed in the first paragraph?

A. The present situation of the internet.

B. The difficulty in communication on the internet.

C. The socially valuable function of the internet.

D. The role of the human mind in the internet communication.

答案：D 细节理解题。在第一段中有提到human mind。

73. The underlined word ―engagement‖ in the second paragraph probably means ―____‖.

A. appointment B. connection C. interview D. agreement

答案：B 词意猜测题。根据文中的relationship可以得出答案。

74. According to the passage, the author holds the view that____.

A. the internet fails to play so valuable a role in communication as it promised

B. the internet determines the quality of social relationships

C. the internet greatly increases the size of social circles

D. the internet communication is no less effective than the face-to-face talk

答案：A 细节理解题。从文中That, at least, is what it promised us. The difficulty is that it did not take the human mind into account.可以得出答案。

75. What is the author’s attitude towards the use of the internet to strengthen relationships?

A. He is uncertain about it. B. He is hopeful of it. C. He approves of it. D. He doubts it.

答案：D 观点态度题。从74题就可以得出答案。

2010年阅读理解：

A

F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an

American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy,

the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a

short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in

Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he

had to make some money to impress her.