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aragraph 3? . . . . can learn that the author . up writing her story at times housekeeping as her full job some unfair treats her book useful to all C A photograph that one has taken of oneself,typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website.This is the definition( 定義 ) of the word selfie in the Oxford English fact,it wasn39。t even in the dictionary until August, earned its place there because people are now so obsessed(著迷) with selfies— we take them when we try on a new hat,play with our pets or when we meet a friend whom we haven39。t seen in a while. But does this obsession actually make sense?Is there any scientific explanation for it?Well,you should probably ask James Kilner,a neuroscientist at University College London. Through our lifetime we bee experts at recognizing and interpreting other people39。s faces and facial contrast,according to Kilner,we have a very poor understanding of our own faces since we have little experience of looking at them— we just feel them most of the time. This has been proved in previous studies in which participants were shown images of themselves and asked to match their facial expressions in the most cases,they failed to accurately produce the same facial expressions without being able to see themselves in the mirror,according to BBC. To further test how we actually sense our own faces,Kilner carried out another showed people different versions(版本) of their own image— the original which had been edited to look less attractive and one that was made more attractive— and asked them to pick the version which they thought looked most like found that most people chose the more attractive suggests that we tend to think of ourselves as betterlooking than we actually are. But what does it say about selfies?Well,isn39。t that obvious?Selfies give us the power to create a photograph— by taking it from various angles,with different poses,using filters( 濾鏡) and so on— that better matches our expectations with our actual faces. You suddenly have control in a way that you don39。t have in nonvirtual( 非虛擬的 )interactions,Kilner told the Canadabased CTA allow you to keep taking pictures until you manage to take one you39。re happy with, he explained. to Kilner39。s studies,it can be learned that we . about our own faces well to recognize our own faces easily poor at reading others39。 facial expressions we have better images than we actually do does the underlined word it in paragraph 2 refer to? . obsession. history of selfie. rise of selfie. to Kilner,why do people like taking selfies? enables them to improve their skill of taking a photograph. meets their needs to know their own faces better. makes them possible to reach their expectation. offers them a way to control the virtual world. might be the best title of the passage? Is Selfie Beautify Yourself Do People Take Selfies Improve Your Confidence 第 二節(jié)(共 5 小題;每小題 2 分,滿分 10 分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填 入 空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 Your beliefs are very powerful and have the power to create or to destroy your you believe that you are loser,that you never get a break in life or that you can39。t acplish a