Chat Rooms in the Smartphone Era
Chat rooms have become an integral aspect of people's lives in the smartphone era. People share news, thoughts, and feelings through lively phone messages. It is no exaggeration to say that every smartphone user belongs to at least one group chat room. Their chat room buddies are mostly family, friends, or people from work. The majority enjoy the casual chats while some occasionally complain about the constant messages from the workplace. Admittedly, chat rooms strengthen family ties and friendships though work-related chat rooms may bother some who care much about their after-work leisure.
To start with, smartphone chat rooms can help narrow emotional distance between family members who live together under the same roof. Words like "thank you" and "sorry" that can be heard frequently among colleagues and strangers are less often spoken among family members. Thanks to chat rooms, these emotions can now be shared through a wide selection of expressive emotions (表情符号). Specifically, chat rooms can serve as a helpful connection between parents and children, who may otherwise be out of touch with each other most of the time. Listening to their children and being aware of even little things going on in their lives through family chat rooms contribute to better parenting.
Are group chat rooms just as beneficial in the workplace? The answer is no. The chief reason is that employees have to be available 24/7. While a chat room keeps them informed, employees often feel harassed by messages from the boss, especially after work hours. For example, the boss may check an employee's work, giving more instructions, even long after office hours. If the employee does not reply to the message, it would be the same thing as ignoring the boss. Worse still, employees are not free to simply leave the chat room. They are afraid if they are not part of that online space, they will be left out of real-life interaction with their colleagues. That is why some people view the chat room as prison in the workplace.
In a word, while people appreciate the benefits of connecting and communicating with family members, friends and workmates, they may also suffer from the harassments of work messages in their leisure time. Yet, like it or not, chat rooms are here to stay.【正确答案】：
CHAT ROOMS ALSO CONNECT FRIENDS WHO LIVE FAR APART. IN A RECENT SURVEY, AN INTERVIEWEE SAID THAT SHE CHATTED WITH HER FRIENDS ALMOST EVERY DAY THANKS TO THE QUICKER, EASIER, AND SIMPLER WAY OF COMMUNICATION. SHE ADMITTED THAT SHE COULD WRITE "I MISS YOU" AND "I LOVE YOU" MORE OFTEN, WHEREAS THESE WORDS DID NOT COME SO EASILY TO HER ON THE PHONE. IN THE GROUP CHAT ROOMS, OLD SCHOOLMATES AND CHILDHOOD PALS HAVING MIGRATED TO OTHER COUNTRIES ARE BLESSED WITH A PLACE ONLINE FOR AN INSTANT REUNION. FRIENDS CAN COMMUNICATE FREELY WITHOUT MUCH LIMITATION OF TIME AND SPACE. 
【题目解析】：由文章的第一段可列出全文的提纲：Ⅰ. Admittedly, chat rooms strengthen family ties and friendships though work-related chat rooms may bother some who care much about their after-work leisure.（诚然，聊天室加强了家庭联系和友谊，尽管与工作相关的聊天室可能会让一些非常关心下班后休闲的人感到烦恼。）Ⅱ. Smartphone chat rooms can help narrow emotional distance between family members.（智能手机聊天室有助于缩小家庭成员之间的情感距离。）Ⅲ. Ⅳ. Group chat rooms are not as beneficial in the workplace.（小组聊天室在工作场所并不那么有益。）Ⅴ. Conclusion.（总结）由提纲可知，缺失的段落是关于聊天室是如何加强朋友之间的联系的，因此段落可以围绕这个点展开。Chat rooms also connect friends who live far apart. In a recent survey, an interviewee said that she chatted with her friends almost every day thanks to the quicker, easier, and simpler way of communication. She admitted that she could write "I miss you" and "I love you" more often, whereas these words did not come so easily to her on the phone. In the group chat rooms, old schoolmates and childhood pals having migrated to other countries are blessed with a place online for an instant reunion. Friends can communicate freely without much limitation of time and space.聊天室也连接了住得很远的朋友。在最近的一项调查中，一名受访者说，由于更快、更容易、更简单的沟通方式，她几乎每天都和朋友聊天。她承认，她可以更经常地写“我想你”和“我爱你”，而这些话在电话里对她来说并不那么容易。在群聊室里，移居他国的老同学和儿时伙伴们有幸在网上有了一个可以即时团聚的地方。朋友之间可以自由交流，没有太多时间和空间的限制。 ·