Упражнение 33 для подготовки к ЕГЭ по английскому языку.
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Facebook party that became a riot
It began as a plan for a very normal 16th birthday party. Merthe Weusthuis wanted a quiet celebration with a small group of friends in her family home in the small Dutch town of Haren. Like many teenagers, she decided to send out invitations via a social network site. But Merthe made one big mistake: she used open-access settings on Facebook, A ________, lots of strangers could too.
The number of invitation acceptances quickly snowballed into an avalanche. Not marking the event as ‘private’ meant the electronic invitation was eventually seen by 240,000 people, B ________. To make matters worse, an unauthorised campaign was launched to promote the party by means of a dedicated website and Twitter account, C ________. The party became known as ‘Project X Haren’ after the 2012 American film Project X D ________. Video trailers for Merthe’s party were produced, with scenes from Project X edited in, E ________. T-shirts featuring Merthe’s face were also made, all without her knowledge or consent.
However, Facebook was also involved in the clean-up effort in the days after the riot. A group called ‘Suspect-X Haren’ was created to help police identify and arrest the rioters by sharing photos and videos of the event.
A number of other ‘Facebook parties’ spiralled out of control,F ________. Bradley had not posted details of the event on the internet, but somehow the news leaked out and appeared on Blackberry Messenger as well as Facebook.
1. in which three high school students throw a birthday party that spins out of control
2. including the 16th birthday party of British teenager Bradley McAnulty in April 2016
3. of whom 30,000 confirmed online that they planned to attend
4. but were interrupted by the police
5. and they were posted on YouTube
6. so it wasn’t just her friends who could see details of the event
7. which received hundreds of thousands of hits
A-6; B-3; C-7; D-1; E-5; F-2
Facebook party that became a riot
It began as a plan for a very normal 16th birthday party. Merthe Weusthuis wanted a quiet celebration with a small group of friends in her family home in the small Dutch town of Haren. Like many teenagers, she decided to send out invitations via a social network site. But Merthe made one big mistake: she used open-access settings on Facebook, so it wasn’t just her friends who could see details of the event, lots of strangers could too.
The number of invitation acceptances quickly snowballed into an avalanche. Not marking the event as ‘private’ meant the electronic invitation was eventually seen by 240,000 people, of whom 30,000 confirmed online that they planned to attend. To make matters worse, an unauthorised campaign was launched to promote the party by means of a dedicated website and Twitter account, which received hundreds of thousands of hits. The party became known as ‘Project X Haren’ after the 2012 American film Project X in which three high school students throw a birthday party that spins out of control. Video trailers for Merthe’s party were produced, with scenes from Project X edited in, and they were posted on YouTube. T-shirts featuring Merthe’s face were also made, all without her knowledge or consent.
However, Facebook was also involved in the clean-up effort in the days after the riot. A group called ‘Suspect-X Haren’ was created to help police identify and arrest the rioters by sharing photos and videos of the event.
A number of other ‘Facebook parties’ spiralled out of control,including the 16th birthday party of British teenager Bradley McAnulty in April 2016. Bradley had not posted details of the event on the internet, but somehow the news leaked out and appeared on Blackberry Messenger as well as Facebook.
