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　　Have you noticed that your attention span for doing things like reading a novel is extremely short? _(1)_ Recently, a top scientist stated that this generation has a short attention span and desires constant feedback on their lives. _(2)_ 
　　One of the biggest reasons Facebook is popular is that every single user is the star of their own real-life reality show. Some add friends as if it were a popularity contest or show off sexy pictures to get likes and people commentingon them. _(3)_ While this is not very nice, it does attract a lot of attention. 
　　Baroness Susan Greenfield, an Oxford University professor of pharmacology, believes that our brains are being rewired. She says that people who spend a lot of time on social networking sites or have most of their friends online are starting to lose their nonverbal skills. _(4)_ Also, Greenfield thinks what people post on Facebook and Twitter is mostly just nonsense. She says that a lot of people may be having some kind of identity crisis. She goes on to suggest some users strive to have lots of friends on Facebook or followers on Twitter to make themselves feel like mini-celebrities. _(5)_ Interaction with people in the real world counts a lot more than the number of times someone likes what you do on Facebook.

說明：　請依文意在所提供的 (A) 到 (F) 6 個選項中，選出最適當的 5 個選項。
(A) This fantasy indicates that they are living in a world that's not real.
(B) She believes the main culprits for this are Facebook and Twitter.
(C) For example, they may have a hard time looking people in the eyes when talking to them.
(D) Others even post links to controversial topics to make people upset on purpose.
(E) The more books you read, the more you want to read.
(F) Every two or three pages, you may get the burning urge to check your cell phone to see if anyone has text messaged you.

給我一個讚！
身處社群網路所支配的世界，我們的腦子發生了什麼事？
你有注意到自己在做一些事，像是看小說的時候，你的專注時間極為短暫嗎？每看 2、3 頁書，你可能就急著想拿起手機看有沒有人傳簡訊給你。最近有位頂尖科學家表示，這一代的人做事情專注的時間較短，而且不斷想獲得別人對他們生活的回應。而她認為這種情形的元兇是臉書及推特。
臉書之所以受歡迎的其中一個最大原因在於，每一個使用者在屬於他自己的真實生活情境秀中都是明星。有些人加好友就好像在做人氣競賽，或者會秀一些性感照片來吸引其他人按讚或留言。另外有些人會貼一些有爭議性的網站連結，故意讓人覺得不舒服。雖然這不是很好的做法，但確實可以吸引很多人的注意。
牛津大學藥理學教授巴洛妮斯‧蘇珊‧格林費德認為，我們的腦子被重整了。她說那些花很多時間在社群網站或是都在網路上交友的人，已經開始喪失他們非語言的溝通能力。舉例來說，他們和別人講話時可能很難直視對方。另外，格林費德教授認為，人們張貼在臉書或推特上的東西大都是廢話。她說很多人可能都有某些身分認同上的危機。她接著表示，有些用戶努力在臉書上加入很多好友、或是拼命在推特上爭取很多擁護者，讓自己感覺是小有名氣的人。這種幻想顯示他們活在一個不真實的世界。而在真實世界中，與人互動遠比有人在臉書上幫你按讚來得重要許多。

答案：1. (F)　2. (B)　3. (D)　4. (C)　5. (A)