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Facebook is now used by 30 million people in the UK，about half the population．

Joanna Shields，vice president of Facebook Europe，made the announcement this morning at a media conference in London．

She said: "We can announce today that we have reached 30 million in the UK，which we are really excited about．"

Globally，Facebook has more than 500 million registered users，a milestone it hit last summer．Last July，it also revealed that it had 26 million registered UK users．In the last eight months，it has attracted four million extra UK users，bringing the UK total to 30 million，while in January 2009，Facebook had only 150 million registered users．

Last year，Zuckerberg，Facebook's founder，said it was "almost a guarantee" that the site would hit one billion users．He explained: "If we succeed in innovating，there is a good chance of bringing this to a billion people．．．it will be interesting to see how it comes true．"

One third of women aged 18 to 34 check Facebook when they first wake up，before even going to the toilet，according to research．Twenty-one per cent of women aged between 18 to 34 check Facebook in the middle of the night，while 42 per cent of the same group think it is fine to post drunken photos of themselves onto the social network，a study by Oxygen Media found．

Shields was speaking this morning at the Financial Times Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference about the power Facebook's referrals can bring to media sites，such as newspapers and TV services．

She explained that the average Facebook user has 130 friends who they share links to media sites with on a regular basis．"Media companies which take advantage of that are really seeing the benefits"，Shields said．

Shields refused to say whether Facebook would develop its own mobile phone operating system and also said it was "silly" that Google had recently disabled the feature（特点）which allowed Google users to sync their contacts with Facebook friends．

1.What is Joanna Shields content with?

A．the announcement

B．media conference

C．fast growing registered users

D．the benefits of Facebook

2.Zuckerberg，Facebook's founder，take a more view about the future of Facebook．

A．negative B．optimistic

C．cold D．pessimistic

3.What kind of people are more interested in Facebook according to the passage?

A．teenagers B．middle-aged people

C．old people D．young people

4.From the passage we know that ．

A．Facebook would develop its own mobile phone operating system

B．Google didn't allow its users to sync their contacts with Facebook friends

C．Shields refused to admit the power Facebook's referrals could bring

D．Google was always silly

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了Facebook的发展，用户量等。

1.C细节理解题。Facebook is now used by 30 million people in the UK，about half the population．Facebook 的用户达到了30 million, 这正是 Joanna Shields所激动的原因，故选C。

2.B推理判断题。根据第五段He explained: "If we succeed in innovating，there is a good chance of bringing this to a billion people可以判断出他对Facebook 很感兴趣，故选B。

3.D细节理解题。根据第六段第一句One third of women aged 18 to 34 check Facebook when they first wake up可知年轻人对Facebook 感兴趣，故选D。

4.sync their contacts with Facebook friends可知此题选B。

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