On WeChat, one of China’s most popular social media platforms, the “Moments” feature has become a daily part of people’s social lives. Yet a simple setting — “visible for three days only” — has sparked a quiet debate.

Li Jia, a 19-year-old college student, thinks the three-day limit is unnecessary. “Most people are too busy with their own lives to care much about others’ Moments,” she says. “Our daily life doesn’t have that many ‘audience members’. Keeping posts visible forever or just for three days makes no real difference to others.” For her, Moments is a place to record life’s little moments, not something to rush to “hide” after a short time.

Wang Min, a 24-year-old designer, holds the opposite view — she believes the three-day visibility is not just necessary but essential. “I often share work-in-progress sketches or casual thoughts on Moments, but many of them are temporary,” she explains. “Leaving all posts visible forever feels like leaving my ‘unpolished self’ exposed to everyone, including future clients or acquaintances I barely know. The three-day limit acts like a ‘filter’: it lets me share freely in the moment.” She adds that it also helps her avoid awkwardness from old posts that no longer reflect who she is now.

Chen Yu, a 20-year-old sociology student, argues that the core issue lies in the lack of flexible options. “The current ‘all open’ or ‘three-day only’ is too black-and-white,” she says. “What we really need is a custom visibility setting. For instance, I’d keep all posts open to my family and closest friends — they care about my daily life and old memories. But for new contacts, I’d set posts to three-day visibility, so they only see my recent updates without digging into my past. Even better, let users choose specific time frames, like ‘visible for a week’ for travel photos or ‘permanent’ for important life milestones like graduation. This way, we don’t have to compromise between sharing freely and protecting privacy.”

In the end, whether to choose three-day visibility or not is more than a personal preference — it’s a reflection of how young people navigate (成功应付) self-expression in the digital world.

1.1. What can we infer about Li Jia?

A She likes hiding posts.

B She values life records.

C She has few friends.

D She hates WeChat Moments.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。第二段提到李佳认为“Moments is a place to record life’s little moments”（朋友圈是记录生活点滴的地方），可推断她重视用朋友圈记录生活。A选项“她喜欢隐藏帖子” 与她认为“三天可见没必要”相悖；C选项“她朋友很少”、D选项“她讨厌微信朋友圈”均未在文中体现，故选 B。

2.2. Why does Wang Min support the three-day limit?

A It attracts clients.

B It hides her sketches.

C It avoids embarrassment.

D It shows her talent.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。第三段明确提到王敏认为三天可见“helps her avoid awkwardness from old posts that no longer reflect who she is now”（帮助她避免不符合当下自我形象的旧帖带来的尴尬），“avoid awkwardness”与选项C “avoids embarrassment”（避免尴尬）意思一致。A选项“吸引客户”、B选项“隐藏她的草图”、D选项“展示她的才华”均非她支持该设置的原因。故选C。

3.3. What does Chen Yu think of the current WeChat settings?

A Too inflexible.

B Very practical.

C Quite fair.

D Fully perfect.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。第四段中陈雨指出“core issue lies in the lack of flexible options”（核心问题在于缺乏灵活的选择），且认为当前“The current ‘all open’ or ‘three-day only’ is too black-and-white”（“全部开放”或“仅三天可见”的设置过于非黑即白），可推断她认为现有设置“不够灵活”。B选项“非常实用”、C选项“相当公平”、D选项“十分完美”均与她的观点相反。故选A。

4.4. What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A How to use WeChat Moments.

B Young people’s views on Moments’ visibility.

C Why WeChat is popular.

D How to protect privacy online.

解析：选B。B主旨大意题。文章开篇以“微信朋友圈仅三天可见引发争议”引出主题，随后分别阐述三位年轻人对朋友圈可见范围设置的不同观点，最后总结该选择反映年轻人的数字自我表达态度。A选项“如何使用微信朋友圈”、C选项“微信为何受欢迎”、D选项“如何在线保护隐私”均未涵盖文章核心——年轻人对朋友圈可见范围的看法。故选B。