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"On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog," read the title of a famous Pet
"On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog," read the title of a famous Pet
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2023-11-10
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"On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog," read the title of a famous Peter Steiner cartoon, (1)_____ nowhere is it truer than Internet dating. The experience is by now familiar: the(2)_____ mate who seemed just your(3)_____ in a profile turns out to be a disappointment in person.
There may be ways, however, to(4)_____ a lying person before you find yourself(5)_____ from him or her at a table lit by candles. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison compared the(6)_____ heights, weights, and ages of 78 Internet dating participants to their profiles on four dating websites. They noticed several(7)_____ from people who were less than(8)_____. For example, they were less likely to(9)_____ to themselves as "I"; used indirect expressions,(10)_____ "not boring" instead of "exciting" to describe themselves; and stuck to(11)_____ descriptions.
"People do this because they want to(12)_____ themselves from their misleading statements," explained Catalina Toma, an author of the study, in a statement. Using these indications, the researchers(13)_____ identified liars about 65 percent of the time. People lied most frequently about their(14)______, with women slimming down, on average, by 8.5 pounds, and men by 1.5 pounds. At least half the subjects(15)_____ their height, and nearly 20 percent changed their age.
Despite the(16)_____ of lies, volunteers proved (17)_____ at catching them. Fortunately, Toma and the team’s research(18)_____ up the possibility of a software that could(19)_____ lies for you, though Internet dating participants should be careful what they wish for—nearly everyone in the study lied in some(20)_____ way. [br] (9)
选项
A、refer
B、confine
C、contribute
D、dedicate
答案
A
解析
下文的“I”是对自我的称呼,refer to…as...意为“把……叫做……”,代人空格,符合语义逻辑。confine sb.to“把……限制在……”:contributeto意为“促成”;dedicate“献身于”。
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