Directions:
Read the texts from a magazine in which fire people voice their different opinions in response to an article an the issue of praising. For questions 1-5, match the name of each person to one of the statements (A-G) given below.
     Helen Smith:
     What better way to start off my senior year in high school than by reading something I am entirely familiar with? I couldn't have described this online revolution any better. The expansion of Facebook its continuing success make me more interested in the world of computers and web design and the career choices they offer. Thanks. Mark Zuckerberg, for "poking" me into Facebook.
     Kevin Stuart:
     Rather than seeing Facebook as the hottest connection tool, I think it's more like the latest way to make an already impersonal world even more impersonal. How sad that our society is so isolated that we nerd a computer to "connect" with others. No, thanks! I'm going to continue hanging out on the street corner, and hope someone builds a village square someday. Now, there's radical idea!
     Robert Meyer:
     Isn't it a contradiction that so many Americans criticize the government measures fornational security purposes as an invasion of privacy when many of these same people feel free to lay bare their private lives to public exposure on Facebook? Perhaps it reveals shallow minds or shallow lives. Or worse, does it reveal lack of concern about the security of our country? Sad indeed.
     James Brown:
     I eagerly returned from vacation so could see my nieces who were home from college, only to find them with their "faces" in Facebook almost all day. They no longer communicate much with others face to face. No more hanging out at someone's home. I wonder what effect this societal isolation will have on all of us. I hope this isn't a trend I remember all the fun face-to-face contact used to be.
     Laura Lee:
     I love email. I live and die by Google, but I will never understand the appeal of Facebook and its vast community of friends. In fact, I'm rather shocked. There are thousands out there who would like to he your friend and demand your time: they're called books. Pick one up. Life is short. Save your few real friendships for coffee over at Starbucks or invest yourself in a local cause that will form meaningful, lifelong relationships.
Now match the name of each person (36-40) to the appropriate statement.
Note there are extra statements.