It’s clear that social media like Twitter and Facebook are changing the way we live. Indeed, we might feel as if we are sudd

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问题     It’s clear that social media like Twitter and Facebook are changing the way we live.
    Indeed, we might feel as if we are suddenly【C1】______in friends. Yet, we’re also changing the way we【C2】______relationships. Face-to-face chatting is giving【C3】______to texting and messaging; people even prefer these electronic【C4】______to simply talking on a phone. Smaller circles of friends are being partially【C5】______by Facebook acquaintances routinely numbered in the hundreds. Growing research suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire【C6】______of friendship.
    Awareness of a possible problem【C7】______off just as the online world was emerging. In Britain, the Mental Health Foundation just published " The Lonely Society," which【C8】______that about half Brits believe they’re living in a lonelier society. One【C9】______three would like to live closer to their families, though social trends are forcing them to live farther【C10】______Two-fifths of respondents report that they face a prevailing【C11】______away from their closest friends. We have plenty of acquaintances,【C12】______perhaps few we can turn to and share deep intimacies. American sociologists have tracked related trends on a broader【C13】______. According to work published in the American Sociological Review, the average American has only two close friends, and a quarter don’t have any.
    Social scientists of the universities of Southern California and Toronto【C14】______refer to "some panic in the United States about a possible【C15】______in social connectivity." But notice their language: "social connectivity." That is not the same as intimate friendship. While social networking sites and the【C16】______have grown exponentially, the element that is crucial, and harder to investigate, is the【C17】______of the connections they nurture.
    Yet we know that less is more【C18】______it comes to deeper relationships. A connection may only be a click away, but【C19】______a good friendship takes more. It seems common sense to【C20】______that "friending" online nurtures shallow relationships—as the neologism "friending" itself implies.
【C8】

选项 A、issues
B、releases
C、subscribes
D、notes

答案D

解析 动词辨析题。空格所在句中which引导定语从句,空格处应该填入谓语动词;因关系代词which代指前面提到的“The Lonely Society”这份报告,而空格后的that宾语从句是关于这份报告的主要内容,因此判断所填谓语动词应该是表示“提出,提到;发现”之意。四个选项中,只有D)notes“提到”符合文意。A)issues作动词时表示“颁布,发出(命令等)”;B)releases“释放;发行(唱片等)”;C)subscribes表示“订阅(报纸等)”。
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