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【題目】 You may have heard the saying, women are from Venus(金星) and men are from Mars (火星). It's a nice way of saying how men and women are quite different from each other in many ways.

These differences can be seen everywhere, even in how we communicate with friends. A recent study by the University of Oxford suggested that men and women keep relationships with friends far away in different ways.

Researchers questioned 30 students about their friendships just before they left for college. They followed up the questions nine months, and then 18 months later Robin Dunbar, who headed the research, told that how long friendships among women last depended on whether they made an effort to talk more to each other on the phone. Men, on the other hand, tended to (傾向于) do things differently. They went through months of not being with friends by planning meet-ups (見面) sometimes. This was the biggest difference between men and women.

Of course, gender (性別)isn't the only thing that influences how we stay in touch. The way we keep our friendships also depends on the preference(偏好) of each person, and it can take a while to find your own way of making your friendships work. One thing that is pretty clear though is that friends who make the effort to keep in touch, even if it's only through Wechat(微信)once a week, do tend to stay friends, no matter how far it is.

【1】Did researchers question 30 high school students about their friendships?

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【2】How did women keep their friendships according to the research?

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【3】What's the passage mainly about?

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【4】Do you think it's a good way for teenagers to keep friendships by planning meet-ups often? Why or why not?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, they did.

【2】They kept their friendship by talking to each other on the phone.

【3】It’s about the differences between men and women, especially in communicating with friends.

【4】Yes, I think it is a good way，because planning meet-ups often plays an important in keeping friendship./ No, I don’t think it’s a good way, because teenagers are all very busy doing their own work.

【解析】

有人對高中學(xué)生進(jìn)行了調(diào)查，通過調(diào)查顯示，男生和女生維持友誼的方式是不同的，以此說明男生和女生在很多方面存在著很大的不同。

【1】根據(jù)文中Researchers questioned 30 students about their friendships just before they left for college. 研究人員在30名學(xué)生上大學(xué)前詢問了他們的友誼。這里提到上大學(xué)前，所以這些學(xué)生還是高中生，故此句應(yīng)該回答Yes, they did.

【2】根據(jù)文中 how long friendships among women last depended on whether they made an effort to talk more to each other on the phone.可知女性之間的友誼能維持多久，取決于她們是否努力在電話中多交流。故此句，回答They kept their friendship by talking to each other on the phone.

【3】根據(jù)文章第一段及第二段中的These differences can be seen everywhere, even in how we communicate with friends.所以本文主要講述了男人和女人之間的不同，尤其是在和朋友溝通方式上的不同。故回答It’s about the differences between men and women, especially in communicating with friends.

【4】本題答案不確定，可以回答Yes, I do. 說出自己的具體理由。也可以回答 No, I don’t. 加上具體的理由。例如Yes, I think it is a good way，because planning meet-ups often plays an important in keeping friendship./ No, I don’t think it’s a good way, because teenagers are all very busy doing their own work.