【题目】We all need friends and we always have.Our ancestors found that gaining the basic necessities of life was easier in a group.It’s estimated that the maximum number of people who lived in early communities of hunter-gatherers was 150.

Friends aren’t bound(受……限制)by blood or family bonds, employment contracts or legal obligations.Our circle of associates includes work colleagues and people we meet at parties, in the pub or on the train to work.Some associates are much more important than our family.We are capable of exchanging an email with these associates, and may have mutual acquaintances with a good number of them, providing common ground.We do things for one another because we want to.Whether writing an answer to a photo put on Facebook, sending a birthday card by post, or making a hospital visit, the efforts we have made for our friends are out of kindness.It is this nature of friendship which requires nothing in return that makes it beneficial and valuable.

Friendships take work, and they need to be nurtured, nourished and maintained.We feel good about helping our friends because we are friends.However, we often lose touch with our friends because of a lack of time and energy.When we are carrying a heavy load at work, involved in a serious relationship or raising children, it’s hard to spare time for friends.In these situations, we need to remind ourselves of what friends are for and why they can be so important in our lives.

In a survey of more than 2,000 married couples aged 55 or older, for both men and women, having friends was the best predictor of being satisfied in marriage possibly because they were more satisfied with their lives as a result of having friends.

Researchers suggest social relationships are the reason why women live longer than men, Social bonds reduce the risk of disease by reducing blood pressure, cholesterol(胆固醇)and heart rate.A lack of good friends is as harmful to your health as smoking or being overweight.Indeed, people without friends are more likely to die younger.Not only do friendships prolong(延长)our lives, they make us happier too.People who are socially active don’t feel so stressed or feel they can not enjoy anything easily they also tend to feel better about their lives and who they are.

【1】What makes friendship beneficial and valuable?

A.Its being not bound by blood or family bonds.

B.Its being easy to maintain.

C.The good we have done to our friends.

D.That we make efforts for friends out of kindness.

2What should we do when we have no time for friends?

A.Quit our jobs.

B.Give our friends calls.

C.Remind ourselves of what friends are for.

D.Turn to our friends for help.

3What can we infer from the survey in the fourth paragraph?

A.Having friends makes people satisfied in marriage.

B.The older people are, the more satisfied they are in marriage.

C.Married couples are more satisfied with their lives.

D.Married couples are easier to have friends.

4What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Friendships prolong our lives and make us happy.

B.Men should learn to be socially active.

C.Women live longer than men.

D.Women tend to be less stressed.

【题目】根据短文内容从短文后的选项中选出能 填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

TV is not only a convenient and cheap service of entertainment, but also a splendid mass medium of communication. People only have to pay once to buy the TV set, then they can sit at home enjoying the items on TV. 【1】 TV keeps us well informed about the current events at home and abroad and the latest development in science and technology. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into our room. On TV everything is much more living and much more real. 2 . Some people even say that life without television is not worth living.

3 They think the TV viewers need do nothing. The viewer does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote control. Many people are glued to seats to look at the movements on TV. 4 As a result, TV is taking up too much of a person’s life and making him lazy, not to mention its harmful influence upon him, such as the items of violence and pornography on television in some countries.

On the whole, there are more advantages than disadvantages in the use of TV. 5 But we must realize that television in itself is neither good nor bad. Its value to people and society depends on how we look at it.

A. A large number of TV sets are produced every year.

B. All they have to do is to push a button or turn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind.

C. Some people argue against TV.

D. Yet different people may have different attitude toward TV.

E. They become so dependent on its pictures that it begins to control their lives.

F. As a matter of fact, it has become so much a part of human life that a modern world without television is unimaginable.

G. Most people are couch potatoes.

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