Millions of Chinese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frog recently. You play as the “mother” of a frog who lives alone and enjoys traveling. You need to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send you postcards while he is away.
The game’s popularity may have something to do with how lonely people are these days, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Many players have said that the lonely frog is just like them. But playing with the frog helps them forget their loneliness for a short time.
Loneliness seems to be a common problem today. According to the Guardian, a British daily, about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely”, the Telegraph reported.
This might be why the UK government announced the country’s very first “Minister of Loneliness” (孤獨大臣) in January. The minister’s job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel less lonely. The minister’s office will provide more money for activities that connect people together.
This loneliness problem may be partly because of social media. When we see pictures of friends having fun or posting pictures on WeChat or Microblog, we may compare their “perfect” lives with our own and feel sad and lonely.
But we should remember that no one is born to be lonely. As UK poet John Donne once wrote, “No man is an island. Every man is a piece of the land, a part of the main.” Here are some tips to get rid of loneliness:
Sing your favorite songs.
Connect with a friend.
Do something creative, such as drawing a picture.
Imagine some place you’d like to visit, like a fun gathering or a sporting event.
1.What do players do while playing Travel Frog?
A. Build houses for their frogs. B. Write postcards to their frogs.
C. Choose places for their frogs to travel. D. Prepare food and tools for their frogs’ trips.
2.According to the passage, why is the game so popular?
A. Because the frog is lovely. B. Because it can be played on mobile phones.
C. Because it makes people feel less lonely. D. Because people have more spare time now.
3.To deal with the problem of loneliness, the UK government .
A. designed the game Travel Frog B. named the “Minister of Loneliness”
C. held parties for people to get together D. stopped people’s use of social media
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Everyone is connected with others. B. We should not compare ourselves to others.
C. It’s not fun to feel lonely. D. We should be away from social media.
1.D
2.C
3.B
4.A
【解析】本文主要談論現(xiàn)在社會人們普遍感到孤獨，產生的原因以及人們怎樣解決的，并給出了建議。有數以百萬計的中國人玩一款名為“旅行蛙”的手機游戲。很多玩家都說孤獨的青蛙就像他們一樣。但與青蛙玩耍有助于他們在短時間內忘掉孤獨。英國設立“孤獨部長”，部長的工作是尋找?guī)椭忻駵p少孤獨感的方法。這種孤獨的問題可能部分是因為社交媒體。當我們看到朋友們在...