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WeChat, China’s most popular mobile social app, used to be a place where people could connect with each other through sharing photos and texts, about their life in their friend circles, but now it is flooded with advertisements, showoffs, chicken-soup stories and even rumors (谣言).
In the age of social media, everyone is crazy about attention. When I first joined WeChat in 2011, like many people, I shared a lot of moments in my life. I felt like if I did not post something on my friend circle, I would feel less important in this world.
For years, I enjoyed it. It made me feel like I was more popular than I actually was in real life. However, when the number of my “friends” increased, it became a really bad dream.
WeChat’s friend circle has become such a sensitive (敏感的) place that it has started to make relationships among people become tense. One day when I called my high school friend and asked how she was doing, she was kind of upset that I did not pay much attention to her friend circle. “All my moments are listed there. You don’t even care about following me?” she questioned. Honestly, I had no interest in what everyone is doing every minute. But clearly, it is a big deal for some people.
“Why didn’t you like my post?” “Why can’t I see the moment you post? Did you keep me off?” “Why didn’t you reply to my comment?” “Can you please help me retweet (转发) this message?” These are the questions I always get.
I believe that the reason why WeChat is so widely used is that it shows the very Chinese way of social life —we are all connected in different social groups such as classmate groups, co-worker groups and neighborhood groups. In real life, many Chinese people are good at role playing in different groups, which is similar to WeChat. It is like the traditional face-changing in the Sichuan Opera. You have to say things differently in different groups.
It has been reported that more and more people are leaving the friend circle because they are annoyed. I finally left too. I need to start thinking of how to use social media by hiding myself just enough while my friends all stay interested in me at the same time.
【1】Which of the following is NOT what people used to do on WeChat?
A.Share photos. B.Share texts about life. C.Show off.
【2】What caused the writer to join WeChat in 2011?
A.The writer wanted to share something in his or her life.
B.The writer wanted to care about other people’s life.
C.The writer wanted to feel unimportant in this world.
【3】Why is WeChat so widely used according to the passage? Because ________.
A.the WeChat social groups can take the place of people’s real life.
B.it is a mini Chinese social life.
C.people feel happy all the time in WeChat.
【4】What does the writer think of the WeChat now?
A.Interesting B.Annoying C.Exciting
【5】What can you infer from the passage according to the writer?
A.WeChat is not very popular among people at all.
B.Some people are getting angry about the friend circle.
C.Many Chinese people are good at face-changing in Sichuan Opera.