Question

Betty and Harold have been married for years.But one thing still puzzles old Harold.How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa,talking,go out to a ballgame,come back three and a half hours later,and they’re still sitting on the sofa?Talking?

What in the world,Harold wonders,do they have to talk about?

Betty shrugs.Talk?We’re friends.

Researching this matter called friendship,psychologist Lilian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men.No matter what their age,their job,their sex,the results were completely clear:women have more friendships than men,and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable.”

More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend.Those who could were likely to name a woman.Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend,and almost always it was a woman.More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend,most trusted person,or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机).“Most women,”says Rubin,“identified at least one,usually more,trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment,and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”

“In general,”writes Rubin in her new book,“women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support,but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.”For the most part,Rubin says,interactions(交往)between men are emotionally controlled-a good fit with  the social requirements of “manly behavior.”

“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,”Robin writes,“the two share little about their innermost feelings.Whereas a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.”

1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that_____.

A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B．women show little interest in ballgames

C．women have so much to share

D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to

2.Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to  turn to _____.

A．a male friend

B．her parents

C．a female friend

D．her husband

3.According to the text,which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A．Ending his marriage without good reason.

B．Complaining about his marriage trouble.

C．Spending too much time with his friends.

D．Going out to ballgames too often.

4.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A．Women are more serious than men about marriage.

B．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.

C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.

D．Women depend on others in making decisions.

5.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around_____.

A．friendships of men and women

B．happy and successful marriages

C．emotional problems in marriage

D．interactions between men and women

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.A      

【解析】

1.C .细节理解题。从第一段可知，使Harold迷茫不解的是当他外出打球三个半小时后，发现妻子和她的朋友仍然坐在沙发上交谈。他不明白为什么女人会有那么多东西相互分享。2.C.细节理解题。从短文最后看出当一个女人发生感情危机时，她常常把这件事告诉自己的女性朋友。

3.B.这是一道细节理解题。从短文最后一句话可知一个男人如果不知道自己朋友的婚姻处于危机当

中很正常，这也从反面说明了在一般情况下，男人不向自己的朋友抱怨自己的婚姻危机。

4.B.细节理解题。第一句话可知男人几乎不和自己的朋友分享自己的内心世界。

5.A .概括题。通读全文可以得出结论，心理学家Rubin的研究中心，研究的是有关男人和女人的朋友关系问题。