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11.Is true friendship dying away?
Just as our daily life is becoming more technologically connected,we are losing other more meaningful relationship.
To anyone paying attention these days,it's clear that social media-whether Twitter,Facebook,or Iinkedln-are changing the way we conduct relationship.Face-to-face chatting is giving way to texting and messaging; people even prefer these electronic exchanges to,for instance,simply talking on a phone.Among these smaller trends,growing research suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire concept of friendship.Where is all this leading modern-day society?Perhaps to a dark place,a lonelier society where electronic craze slowly replaces the joys of human contact.
Typically,the pressures of urban life are blamed.Witness crowded bars and restaurants after work:We have plenty of acquaintances,though perhaps few individuals we can turn to and share close relationships.American sociologists have tracked related trends on a broader scale,well beyond the urban jungle.According to work published in the American Sociological Review,the average American has only two close friends,and a quarter don't have any.
While social networking sites and the like have grown dramatically,the crucial element is the quality of the connections they establish.A connection may only be a click away,but establishing a good friendship takes more.It seems common sense to conclude that"friending"online brings about shallow relationships as the term"friending"itself implies.
No single person is at fault,of course.The pressures on friendship today are broad.They arise from the demands of work,or a general busyness that means we have less quality time for others.How many individuals would say that friendship is the most important thing in their lives,only to move thousands of miles across the continent to take up a better-paid job?
Of course,we learn how to make friends or not in our childhood.Recent studies on childhood and how the contemporary life of the child affects friendships are illuminating (启示).A central conclusion often reached relates to a lack of what is called"unstructured time".Structured time results from the way an average day is arranged for our kids-time for school,time for homework,time for music practice,even time for play.Yet too often today,no period is left unstructured.After all,who these days lets his child just wander off down the street?We simply"hang out",with no tasks,no deadlines and no pressures.It is in those moments that children and adults alike can get to know others for who they are in themselves.
Aristotle had an attractive expression to capture the thought:close friends,he observed,"share salt together."It's not just that they sit together,passing the salt across the meal table.It's that they sit with one another across the course of their lives,sharing its moments,bitter and sweet."The desire for friendship comes quickly; friendship does not."Aristotle also remarked.
If there is a secret to close friendship,that's it.Put down the device; engage the person.
Title:Is true friendship dying away?

分析 真正的友谊正在消失了吗?现代社会的发展使人和人之间的友谊正在消失并给出了建议.

解答 71.lost/disappearing 72.replaced 73.concept 74.share/establish/develop    75.shallow 76.busy/occupied     77.how       78.unstructured   79.Conclusion      80.key/answer/secret
71.lost/disappearing 考查动词.根据第一句Just as our daily life is becoming more technologically connected,we are losing other more meaningful relationship,随着现代化科技发展,友谊正在消失.
72.replaced 考查动词.根据第一段的介绍,面对面的交流正在被取代.
73.concept考查名词.Among these smaller trends,growing research suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire concept of friendship得出现代社会友谊的概念发生变化.
74.share/establish/develop    考查动词.随着城市生活压力的增大,没有人可以分享友谊.
75.shallow 考查形容词.shallow形容词浅的,肤浅的.
76.busy/occupied     考查形容词.we have less quality time for others可知,每天我们都很忙.
77.how      考查副词.Recent studies on childhood and how the contemporary life of the child affects friendships are illuminating 得出最近的对孩子的研究以及当代社会对孩子的影响使如何启示我们现代人.
78.unstructured   考查形容词.Structured time results from the way an average day is arranged for our kids-time for school,time for homework,time for music practice,even time for play这句话推出孩子和大人都可以维持好的友谊通过不设定框的时间.
79.Conclusion     考查名词.总结性的名词,根据全文conclusion总结.
80.key/answer/secret考查名词.最后一句 engage the person,a secret to close friendship.可知,结交好朋友的关键是与朋友建立亲密关系.

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