What are the hottest English words these years? “Selfie” may be one of them. It was even named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries(牛津词典) in 2013. The word was first used in an Australian online forum(论坛) in2002. Now, almost everybody knows it.
Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself. People usually take selfies with a smart phone and send them to a social media website. Nowadays, more and more people are taking selfies. From your best friend to your favorite pop star, selfies are taking over Renren and Sina Weibo.
What makes people love selfies? Selfies can help to remember what’s going on in their personal life. “Almost every day, I take a phone of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone. These phones record my happy and sad moments.” said Huang Xu, 16, from Hunan. Another usual reason for taking a selfie is to share online. They hope to make friends and share their feelings with others. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Wang Lin, 15, from Henan. “I’m too shy to ask someone to take pictures of me, but it’s easier to do it by myself.”
Although taking selfies is popular among young people around the world, they should be careful at the places where they take selfies. People are warned not to take light-hearted(轻松的) selfies in serious places, such as in some traffic accidents. In order to protect art works, selfie is banned in some museums and galleries(画廊), too.
【小题1】In Paragraph 3, the writer mentioned(提到) two young people to
.A.talk about their school lives | B.introduce the development of selfie |
C.help people take a clear and beautiful selfie | D.explain the different reasons why people love felfies |
【小题2】The underlined word “banned” means
in Paragraph 4.
A.Not visited | B.not stopped | C.not allowed | D.not watched |
【小题3】We probably see the passage in a(n)
.A.Science book | B.magazines for teenagers |
C.instruction book | D.English dictionary |