of US social platform Twitter and 3,200 of their tweets. At the same time, about 434 participants were asked to complete a survey about their personality type.

　　The researchers wanted to find out if there was a 33 between personality traits--like openness, extroversion, and neuroticism--and a person's profile picture. According to the results, open people are more 34 to pose in an unusual way and use objects such as glasses or a guitar in their profile photo because they enjoy new and exciting experiences. Meanwhile, neurotic people often hold back their 35 emotions. They try to avoid showing their face; instead, they use an image of something like a pet, a car or a building. That's because neurotic people are strongly 36 by the "strong social norm against a very sad or angry appearance in profile pictures," Daniel Preoiuc-Pietro from the University of Pennsylvania wrote in the research paper.

Apart from the objects in profile pictures, the colors used in them also give us some

37 about the photo's owner. For example, extraverts were found to have the most colorful profile images, as they want to 38 their personality and show themselves off, the researchers wrote.

　　Although social media photos "usually represent an extension of one's self, they also allow a user to shape his or her own personality and 39 view," according to the researchers.

So, when choosing a profile photo, maybe we should ask ourselves first what kind of image

we'd like to convey. After all, first impressions always 40 .

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A