Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles (困扰) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa? Talking?

What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?

Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.

Researching this matter called friendship, Psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two

years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is“marked and unmistakable”.

More than two hirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three?quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress (感情危机).“Most women,” says Rubin,“identified (认定) at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”

“In general,” writes Rubin in her new book,“women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says, interactions (交往) between men are emotionally controlled—a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior”.

“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,”Rubin writes,“the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.”

1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that________.

A. he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B. women have so much to share

C. women show little interest in ballgames

D. he finds his wife difficult to talk to 

2.Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to_________.

A. a male friend     B. a female friend      C. her parents      D. her husband

3.According to the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A. Ending his marriage without good reason.

B. Spending too much time with his friends.

C. Complaining about his marriage trouble.

D. Going out to ballgames too often. 

4.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A. Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.

B. Women are more serious than men about marriage.

C. Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.

D. Women depend on others in making decisions. 

5.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around_________.

A. happy and successful marriages        

B. friendships of men and women

C. emotional problems in marriage         

D. interactions between men and women 

请阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先阅读以下学校各社团的介绍。

A.

Photography Club --- We are looking for artistically inclined students to join our new club. We plan to meet every Tuesday and Thursday evening after school from 6 to 8 pm. Each member must have their own equipment.
B.

Hiking Society --- Members meet every Saturday to discuss their hiking trips and twice a month, we arrange trips to different parts of the province for members to go on breathtaking scenic mountain walks. Get to understand our local geography, keep fit and have fun.
C.

Film Club --- The club is perfect for students who love artistic movies. Every Tuesday and Friday evening we hold a seminar in which a great new movie or a classic film is discussed and reviewed.
D.

Dancing Club --- We are the largest club in the university with over 400 members. Members are invited to dancing practice every Monday evening from 7 pm to 10 pm and we hold dance parties with students from other universities once a month. Perfect way to keep fit and meet new friends.
E.

English Society --- A new group organized by the University English Dept. gives all students on campus a chance to practice and improve their English. We plan to have regular foreign guests come to our weekly meetings every Wednesday evening at 7:30 and we show English language movies that can help you both practice your English and be entertained as well.
F.

Book Club --- Members meet each week to discuss and recommend books to each other. Meetings are lunch times on Fridays. Membership is free. All members qualify for a 20% discount on all books purchased from the Xinhua Book Store.
 
阅读以下学生的相关信息。匹配适合他们的社团。
【小题1】Cherry wants to join a club that will keep her fit and active but because she has a part-time job every workday evening she is only available to take part on the weekends.
【小题2】David is a new student at the university, whose major is English literature. He is a little shy so is hoping to join a club that can help him get to know new people and build his confidence.
【小题3】Bonnie is majoring in drama and wants to be a scriptwriter when she graduates. She is interested in discovering new stories that she may one day be able to turn into movies. As her home is far from the university she is only free during the day to take part.
【小题4】Betty is studying film making and one day hopes to become a director. But she thinks her ability to create beautiful visual images is not strong enough so she has recently purchased a camera to help her practice.
【小题5】Jack is a first year geography student who would like to learn more about the geography of the local area. He is also worried about passing the English test that all students must take at the end of their first year of study. He has to return to his home to help his parents every weekend so is only free during weekdays.

阅读下列材料,从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中,选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项,选项中有一项是多余选项。

注意:选E在答题卡上同时涂黑A和B,选F在答题卡上同时涂黑C和D。

首先阅读以下学校各社团的介绍。

A.    Photography Club --- We are looking for artistically inclined students to join our new club. We plan to meet every Tuesday and Thursday evening after school from 6 to 8 pm. Each member must have their own equipment.

B.    Hiking Society --- Members meet every Saturday to discuss their hiking trips and twice a month, we arrange trips to different parts of the province for members to go on breathtaking scenic mountain walks. Get to understand our local geography, keep fit and have fun.

C.    Film Club --- The club is perfect for students who love artistic movies. Every Tuesday and Friday evening we hold a seminar in which a great new movie or a classic film is discussed and reviewed.

D.    Dancing Club---We are the largest club in the university with over 400 members. Members are invited to dancing practice every Monday evening from 7 pm to 10 pm and we hold dance parties with students from other universities once a month. Perfect way to keep fit and meet new friends.

E.    English Society --- A new group organized by the University English Dept. gives all students on campus a chance to practice and improve their English. We plan to have regular foreign guests come to our weekly meetings every Wednesday evening at 7:30 and we show English language movies that can help you both practice your English and be entertained as well.

F.    Book Club --- Members meet each week to discuss and recommend books to each other. Meetings are lunch times on Fridays. Membership is free. All members qualify for a 20% discount on all books purchased from the Xinhua Book Store.

  阅读以下学生的相关信息。匹配适合他们的社团。

1.Cherry wants to join a club that will keep her fit and active but because she has a part-time job every workday evening she is only available to take part on the weekends.

2.David is a new student at the university, whose major is English literature. He is a little shy so is hoping to join a club that can help him get to know new people and build his confidence.

3.Bonnie is majoring in drama and wants to be a scriptwriter when she graduates. She is interested in discovering new stories that she may one day be able to turn into movies. As her home is far from the university she is only free during the day to take part.

4.Betty is studying film making and one day hopes to become a director. But she thinks her ability to create beautiful visual images is not strong enough so she has recently purchased a camera to help her practice.

5.Jack is a first year geography student who would like to learn more about the geography of the local area. He is also worried about passing the English test that all students must take at the end of their first year of study. He has to return to his home to help his parents every weekend so is only free during weekdays.

 

When you get in your car, you reach for it. When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it. When you get into a lift, you play with it.

Cigarette? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modem life, the cell phone. And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.

The costs are becoming more and more evident, and I don't mean just the monthly bill. Dr. Chris Knippers, a counselor at the Betty ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality. Sounds extreme, but we' ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him. Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell - phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation. He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with. Despite the growing use of phones, e - mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don't have as many friends as our parents.  " Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends," he says.

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it's because it has become very widespread. Consider that in 1987, there were only l million cell phones in use.  Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them. They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.

1. From the first two paragraphs, we can know________.

A.cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes

B.cell phone addiction is good for building personal relationships

C.people are longing to have their own cell phones

D.cell phones are the same as cigarettes

2.Cell phone addiction has caused the following effects EXCEPT________  .

A.a barrier to personal contact

B.fewer friends

C.an escape from reality

D.a serious illness

3. The underlined word "curb" in Paragraph 2 means “________. ”

A.ignore

B.control

C.develop

D.rescue

4.The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that________  .

A.women Use cell phones more often than men

B.talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

C.cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

D.cell phones make one - on - one personal contact easy

5.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Cell phones Are the New Cigarettes

B.Cell phones Are Harmful to the Society

C.The New Report about the Cell phone

D.The Disadvantages of the Cell phone

 

The differences between men and women's friendships

Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles (困扰) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa and talking?

What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that women have so much to share.

Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.

Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men. Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to a female friend.

"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other lie on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.”

“ Men keep their innermost(内心深处的) feelings to themselves. " Rubin writes, " Whereas(然而) a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage. However, a man by society doesn’t complain about his marriage trouble. it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa. "

1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ________.

A.he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B.women have so much to share.

C.women show little interest in ballgames

D.he find his wife difficult to talk to

2.Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _________.

A.a male friend

B.a female friend

C.her parents

D.her husband

3.What do women's friendships with each other lie on in general?

A.shared emotions

B.support

C.shared activities

D.shared emotions and support

4.According to the last paragraph, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A.Ending his marriage without good reason.

B.Spending too much time with his friends.

C.complaining about his marriage trouble.

D.going out to ballgames too often..

5.What is the article about? ________.

A.happy and successful marriages

B.friendships of men and women

C.emotional problems in marriage

D.interactions between men and women

 

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