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1、Unit3AlienationandtheInternetKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.BII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.T(RefertoParagraph1.)2.F(RefertoParagraph2.Whentheauthorsays"thismightsoundlikeanapparentc
2、ontradiction,"heimpliesthatthisisinfactnotacontradictionatall.Throughoutthewholeessay,theauthorexplainstheseeminglycontradictoryidea:ontheonehandtheInternetisresponsibleforglobalunification,andontheotheritalienatestheparticipants.)3.F(RefertoParagraph3,wheretheauthor,bysaying"Ihavenotknownthi
3、sfellowtobegiventoexaggeration?"actuallymeansthattothebestofhisknowledge,thisfriendofhishasneverexaggeratedanything.)4.T(RefertoParagraph4.Attheendofthisparagraph,theauthorarguesthatwhenpeoplespendmuchtimedevelopingon-linerelationshipswithfarawayfolks,theywillhavenotimetoparticipateincommunal
4、activities,whichunderminesthesenseofcommunity.)5.T(RefertoParagraph6.Inthisparagraph,theauthorarguesthatwhensurfingtheWebapersonmightbecognitivelyoverloadedandthatthecognitiveoverloadmightresultinadistortedsenseofreality.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.RefertoParagraph1.Astheauthorseesit,t
5、heInternetismostlikelytomakeourglobalvillageabetterplacetolivein.Itprovidesamiraculousforumfortheglobalizationofideas,whichcontributestotherealizationofhumanpotential.Furthermore,itisapowerfultoolfortheacquisitionandapplicationofknowledge.ThebenefitsoftheInternet,however,maybedarkenedbyitsneg
6、ativeconsequences.Itmaydeprivetheuserofhistimefornecessaryinteractionwithothersocietymemberssothatthewholeworldmaybefurtherfragmented.Inaddition,thereisareasonablelikelihoodthattheInternetpresentstoomuchinformation,whichgivestheuseraskewedsenseofrealitybymakinghimcognitivelyoverloaded.2.Refer
7、toParagraph3.HisfriendwasaddictedtotheInternet.Hewouldspendevenovertwenty-fourhoursnon-stopontheInternetsothathehadtoforcehimselftogooffline.Ashespentsomuchtimeincyberspace,hissenseofrealitymighthavebeencrooked.Moreover,withoutanyface-to-face