题目内容：

Mass communication has been growing and affecting the way communities and people behave. At every stage of the development of communication, from the telegraph to the Internet, societies have had to adapt to its effects. But have the effects been more positive or negative?

The saying “Knowledge is power” has been an excellent motivator for people to improve their lives, but today the massive amount of information available through the Internet doesn’t always seem to to be helping people in the way we had hoped.Rather than improving people’s lives and bringing us closer together, the information age is making us more divided and irresponsible.

Nevertheless, many people find comfort in their virtual worlds and are happy to connect with real-life friends and online friends from the familiar surroundings of their living rooms.However,being able to reinvent themselves online and be whoever they want to be leads to the question of whether they are losing their identities by living in a virtual world. It’s not all bad news,however. Mass communication has helped change some attitudes for the better. Take our views on the environment for example. Internet campaigns by governments and other organizations have helped popularize the ideas of recycling, protecting wildlife and reducing pollution.

Modern electronic communication now influences every aspect of our lives-it is a powerful tool that has raised some concerns for society.However,it has also brought countless benefits to society. At the end of the day, it can be used both for good or evil, which largely relies on the morals and sense of responsibility of the individual or community involved. In short,it needs to be used with care.

1.According to the text, the information age today _______.

A. helps people improve their lives

B. fully shows “ knowledge is power”

C. makes people feel more connected to others

D. fails to achieve our expectations sometimes

2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A. People only connect with online friends.

B. Online friends can be comforting for all people.

C. Virtual lives can make people clear of who they are.

D. The Internet helps to raise our environmental awareness.

3.What can be known about electronic communication in the last paragraph?

A. It should be used in a cautious way.

B. It does more harm than good to society.

C. Its side effects can’t be handled by individuals.

D. It should be strictly controlled by the government.

4.What does the text mainly talk about?

A. The comfort of the virtual worlds.

B. The effects of mass communication.

C. The development of mass communication.

D. The way to use modern mass communication.