- 閱讀理解A
題干:Researchonfriendshiphasestablishedanumberoffacts,someinteresting,evenuseful.Didyouknowthattheaveragestudenthas5-6friends,orthatafriendwhowaspreviouslyanenemyislikedmorethanonewhohasalwaysbeenontherightside?Wouldyoubelievethatphysicallyattractiveindividualsarepreferredasfriendstothoselesscomely,andisitfairthatphysicallyattractivedefendantsarelesslikelytobefoundguiltyincourt?Unfortunately,suchtitbits(趣聞)donottellusmuchmoreaboutthenatureorthepurposeoffriendship.Infact,studiesoffriendshipseemtoimplicatemorecomplexfactors.Forexample,onefunctionfriendshipseemstofulfillisthatitsupportstheimagewehaveofourselves,andconfirmsthevalueoftheattitudeswehold.Certainlyweappeartoprojectourselvesontoourfriends;severalstudieshaveshownthatwejudgethemtobemorelikeusthanthey(objectively)are.Thissuggeststhatweoughttochoosefriendswhoaresimilartous(“birdsofafeather”)ratherthanthosewhowouldbecomplementary(“oppositesattract”).Inourexperiment,somedevelopingfriendshipsweremonitoredamongstfirst-yearstudentslivinginthesamehostel.Itwasfoundthatsimilarityofattitudes(towardspolitics,religionandethics,pastimesandaesthetics)wasagoodpredictorofwhatfriendshipswouldbeestablishedbytheendoffourmonths,thoughithadlesstodowithinitialalliances-notsurprisingly,sinceattitudesmaynotbeobviousonfirstinspection.Therehavealsobeenstudiesofpairings,bothvoluntary(marriedcouples)andforced(studentroommates),toseewhichremainedtogetherandwhichsplitup.Again,theevidenceseemstofavorsimilarityratherthancomplementarityasanomenofasuccessfulrelationship,thoughthereisacomplication:wheremarriageisconcerned,oncethefieldhasbeennarroweddowntopotentialmateswhocomefromsimilarbackgroundsandshareabroadrangeofattitudesandvalues,adegreeofcomplementarityseemstobecomedesirable.Whenacouplearenotjustsimilarbutalmostidentical,somethingelseseemstobeneeded.Similaritycanbreedcontemptithasalsobeenfoundthatwhenwefindothersobnoxious,wedislikethemmoreiftheyarelikeusthanwhentheyaredissimilar.Thedifficultyoflinkingfriendshipwithsimilarityofpersonalityprobablyreflectsthecomplexityofourpersonalities:wehavemanyfacetsandthereforerequireadisparategroupoffriendstosupportus.Thisofcoursecanexplainwhywemayhavetwoclosefriendswhohavelittleincommonandindeeddislikeeachother.Byandlarge,though,itlooksasthoughwewoulddowelltochoosefriends(andspouses)whoresembleus.Ifthiswerenotso,computerdatingagencieswouldhavegoneoutofbusinessyearsago.
題目:Studies of friendship have indicated that in seeking friends we_____. - A 、are looking for sympathy
- B 、insist on them having similar attitudes to ourselves
- C 、think they resemble us more than they really do
- D 、want to be flattered

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參考答案【正確答案:C】
細(xì)節(jié)題。C選項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容在第二段第三句的后半部分several studies have shown that we judgethem to be more like us than they (objectively) are 中出現(xiàn)’所以 C 選項(xiàng)正確。
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