2022-2023学年上海市浦东新区建平中学高三（上）测评英语试卷（9月份）（附答案详解）.docxVIP

第 =page 1 1页，共 =sectionpages 1 1页 2022-2023学年上海市浦东新区建平中学高三（上）测评英语试卷（9月份） Agree to Disagree I am old enough to remember running through the whipping rain to find a phone booth，only (1) （ get） cut off in the middle of the call because I ran out of change.I remember having posted hand-written letters home from overseas that would take two weeks to arrive. In comparison，the world of social media is truly a miracle.Free of charge，you (2) contact anybody，anywhere，anytime.Social media enables us to debate with people the world over.And this is a good thing in some aspects.In the market-place of ideas，you get to try on other peoples shoes and see (3) the world looks like from their perspective.In the 90s，experts predicted an end to historical conflict because people would become more open-minded and tolerant.But this is sadly not turning out to be the case.As psychologist Johnathan Haidt said in his article The Codding of the American Mind， social media (4) （ create） people who are addicted to conflict and is driving polarization（极端化）. Because online disagreements are no longer being conducted between two people in an enclosed room，but are instead happening in a public space with thousands of onlookers，many debates have devolved into nothing more than a popularity contest—whoever walks away with the most likes (5) （ crown） the winner.People often say things they dont believe in order to get more likes. (6) sugar—the more likes you get，the better you feel. Meanwhile，social media algorithms （算法） reinforce an echo chamber （回音室）.By (7) （ expose） you to articles and videos similar in opinion to those youve clicked on before，they lure you down the rabbit hole (8) the media you consume is reinforcing the opinions you already have. Many of us have probably got (9) （ stick） in a heated debate over some controversial topic.This may not matter much if the conflict occurs between strangers.But when it comes to close family or friends，the result can be unpleasant.Many people fin