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第二部分Week Two人与自我(生活二)朋友@
Week Two
人与自我(生活二)朋友
Monday
◆答案P167
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朋友清单
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I'd been asked to go to an editor's office
1.Seeing the topic,the author
with the old program "We have a story we think
A.showed an interest in it
you'd be perfect for."Here was the topic:We
B.felt surprised and doubtful
want you to write about how middle-aged men
have no friends.Seeing that,I couldn't help
C.knew the editor was joking
thinking,"Excuse me?I have plenty of
D.thought it was perfect for him
friends."Then the editor told me there were all
2.What did the author realize as walking
sorts of evidence out there to show how men,as
back to the newsroom?
they age,let their close friendships go,and that
A.He had lost some best friends.
the fact can cause all sorts of problems and have
B.He wasn't popular with others.
a terrible impact on their health.
C.He had close friends in his life.
As I walked back to my desk in the
newsroom-a distance of maybe 100 yards-I
D.He hadn't made any true friends
quicklytook stock of my friend list.First of
3.How did the author keep his friendship?
all,there was my friend Mark.Wait,how often
A.By letters.
do we actually hang out?Maybe four or five
B.Through the Internet.
times a year?And then there was another best
C.By phoning each other.
friend from high school,Rory,and...I actually
could not remember the last time I'd seen him.
D.By getting together regularly.
There were all those other good friends
4.What do we know from the last paragraph?
who seemed as if they're still in my life because
A.The author was a good writer.
we follow one another via social media,but as I
B.The author liked making new friends.
ran down the list of those I considered real,
C.Others had more friends than the author.
true,lifelong friends,I realized that it had been
D.The author would attach importance to
years since I saw many of them,even decades
for a few.
friendship.
By the time I got back to my desk,I
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realized that