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【題目】 "You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family." That line comes from American writer Harper Lee's book "To Kill a Mockingbird." Now compare her words to another famous expression: "Blood is thicker than water." This means that family will always be with you while other people with no blood connection may come and go.

However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchers now say friendship is more important than family. Their new study suggests that friends may be more important than family members, especially as we age.

The study comes from researchers at Michigan State University. They found the importance of friendship on health and happiness grows as people get older. William Chopik was one of the lead researchers in this study. He says, "keeping a few really good friends around can make a world of difference for our health and happiness. Family can be helpful and enjoyable, but can also cause trouble.”

The Michigan State researchers considered information from two separate surveys. In the first group, both family and friendship might be good for health and happiness. However, in the second, researchers said that friendship “became a stronger predictor of health and happiness” as people get older. Unhealthy friendship led to increased chronic conditions (慢性病).

But keeping a friendship takes time. "If a friendship can be through the test of time," Chopik said, "you know it must be a good one, a person you can turn to ask for help and advice and a person you want in your life.”

This may be good news for people who don’t have strong ties with family members. Not all of us are born into the families we need. But we all have the ability to choose friends that we need.

【1】The writer gives the underlined sentences in Paragraph 1 in order to .

A.introduce the book "To Kill a Mockingbird."B.lead the readers into the topic of this article

C.make people interested in the American writerD.help us know the important saying from the book

【2】According to the passage, people with weak family ties can .

A.stay with family membersB.develop stronger family relations

C.get more friends that they needD.never choose friends freely

【3】It can be learned from the passage that _____________.

A.friends are as important as family membersB.when we grow older, friendship matters more

C.as we age, family members are more valuableD.we always need friends and family members

【4】Where is this passage most probably taken from?

A.A magazine.B.A library guide.C.A storybook.D.A notice board.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要是講友誼更重要還是家人更重要，隨著人們年齡的增長，友誼“成為健康和幸福的更強預(yù)測者”，家人是誰我們無法選擇，但是可以選擇朋友。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)下文However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchers now say friendship is more important than family.然而，如果被迫選擇哪個更重要，美國研究人員現(xiàn)在說友誼比家庭更重要；可知劃線句子是為了引入話題，故答案選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)This may be good news for people who don’t have strong ties with family members. Not all of us are born into the families we need. But we all have the ability to choose friends that we need.對于與家人沒有密切聯(lián)系的人來說，這可能是個好消息；并非所有人都出生我們需要的家庭中，但我們都有能力選擇我們需要的朋友。故答案選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)However, in the second, researchers said that friendship “became a stronger predictor of health and happiness” as people get older.然而，在第二篇研究中，研究人員表示，隨著人們年齡的增長，友誼“成為健康和幸福的更強有力的預(yù)測因素”，故答案選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段大意，“你可以選擇你的朋友，但是你不能選擇你的家人�！边@條線來自美國作家Harper Lee的書“殺死一只知更鳥”�，F(xiàn)在將她的話語與另一個著名的表達(dá)方式進行比較：“血液比水還厚”。這意味著家人將永遠(yuǎn)和你在一起，而其他沒有血緣關(guān)系的人可能會來會走。由此可知這篇文章可能會出現(xiàn)在雜志上，故答案選A。