НМТ. Use of English B1+/B2 (15)

Read the text below. Choose the correct answers.

Making new friends?

With the extensive use of social media, searching profiles of people we share (1) ____ characteristics with has become a popular way of making new acquaintances.

The first thing we notice is the user's profile picture. Just as in a face-to-face encounter, looks are what lead us to (2) ________ an interest in someone and proceed with a virtual friendship.

Once a person accepts our request for online friendship, we can begin sharing feelings, likes and dislikes and opinions. Emoticons are regularly used to show our virtual friends whether we are jumping for (3)        [temper, love, mood, joy] or feeling blue and whether we're fond (4)     [in, for, on, of] something or we can't stand it, but we can never be sure those are actually the feelings the other person is (5)              [experiencing, expecting, showing, sharing] at that moment, since we cannot see their body language. So, one has to wonder: how real can a friendship based on looks and emoticons be?