专题07 阅读理解之议论文-【好题汇编】备战2023-2024学年九年级英语上学期期中真题分类汇编（全国通用版）

专题07 阅读理解之议论文 （2022秋·广东肇庆·九年级校考期中）Scientists found that people who have fewer friends in real life are happier than those who have plenty of friends. Researchers from the University of Leeds, UK, studied data from two online surveys of nearly 1,500 people. Those who took part in the survey gave details (细节) about their ages, social interactions (社交活动), and how satisfied they were with their social lives. The researchers found that those who had a small number of close friends generally were happier than those who had a large number of superficial (表面的) friends. “Loneliness has less to do with the number of friends you have, and more to do with how you feel about your friends,” said Wandi Bruine, one of the researchers. Bruine found that older people had smaller social circles than young people, but the people in these circles were closer to them. Younger people, on the other hand, had bigger circles that were made up of “peripheral (次要的) others”—people who are not true friends, but just people they know. These so-called friends didn’t affect younger people’s happiness. The results of the study showed that the stereotypes (偏见) society had about old people being sad and lonely might not be right. “The research shows that older people’s smaller social circles didn’t have a bad effect on social satisfaction and happiness. In fact, older people had a better feeling of happiness than younger people,” said Brine. Based on these results, the study believes that people should pay more attention to the ties with close friends instead of increasing the number of friends. 1．According to the study, people may be happier when they ________. A．have a lot of followers on social media B．are satisfied with their work and lives C．make friends with people who are older D．have a small circle of friends 2．(新题型) The underlined word “affect” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________. A．matter B．hurt C．influence D．discover 3．What can we know from Paragraphs 4 and 5? A．Older people have close