Question

Many women write to me perplexed(困惑的) about why they can't form close friendships.They try new approaches，put themselves in all the right places，see therapists，and read relevant self?help books.They consider themselves interesting，loyal，kind，and friend?worthy people.But for reasons unknown to them，they have a tough time forming intimate relationships.Many admit to not having even one close friend.

A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology offers some clues as to how both nature(personality) and nurture (experience) impact our friendships.Researchers at the University of Virginia and University of Toronto，Mississauga studied more than 7,000 American adults between the ages of 20 and 75 over a period of ten years，looking at the number of times these adults moved during childhood.Their study，like prior ones，showed a link between residential mobility and adult well?being：The more times participants moved as children，the poorer the quality of their adult social relationships.

But digging deeper，the researchers found that personality—specifically being introverted (內向的) or extroverted (外向的)—could either intensify or buffer (緩沖) the effect of moving to a new town or neighborhood during childhood.The negative impact of more moves during childhood was far greater for introverts compared to extroverts.

“Moving a lot makes it difficult for people to maintain long?term close relationships，” stated Dr.Shigehiro Oishi，the first author of the study，in a press release from the American Psychological Association，“This might not be a serious problem for outgoing people who can make friends quickly and easily.Less outgoing people have a harder time making new friends.”

Families often have to relocate—across town，across the country，or across the globe.Yet，in many cases，their kids and young adolescents haven't yet built up a bank of friendships.So the conventional wisdom is to try to minimize moves for the sake of your child，whenever possible，and to move at the end of the academic year.

1.The passage is written mainly to ________.

A．offer advice to women on how to form intimate relationships

B．explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships

C．explain how moves during childhood affect children

D．tell us how to help children make friends

2.Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?

A．People who moved less during childhood have better social relationships.

B．The more people moved during childhood，the more friends they have.

C．The more people moved during childhood，the better they adjust to society.

D．There is no link between residential mobility and adult well?being.

3.In order for children to maintain long?term close relationships，parents ________.

A．should not relocate their homes

B．should relocate their homes within the town

C．had better move at the end of the school year

D．had better move when their children couldn't build up a bank of friendships

4.We learn from the fourth paragraph that moves during childhood ________.

A．have a bigger impact on an introverted person compared to extroverts

B．have no impact on an outgoing person

C．are a big problem for both introverts and extroverts

D．help children better adapt to a new environment

5.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．our friendships are mainly affected by our nurture

B．we can move when children have made a lot of friends

C．the impact of moves will disappear when one reaches adulthood

D．there is some way to minimize the impact of moves during childhood on children

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.D

【解析】

　本文主要說明了人們的性格以及后天的經歷對人們交友的影響。

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2.2】解析　細節理解題。從第二段最后一句可知，人們童年時搬家次數越多，成年后的社會關系就越糟，反推可知A項正確。答案　A

3.3】解析　細節理解題。從最后兩段可知，為了孩子與伙伴能維持長期的親密友誼，父母最好在學期末搬家。答案　C

4.4】解析　細節理解題。從第四段可知，搬家對性格外向的人的影響要小于對性格內向的人的影響。答案　A

5.5】解析　推理判斷題。從最后一段最后一句可知，有辦法減少搬家對孩子造成的負面影響。答案　D