The differences between men and women's friendships
Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles (困擾) 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 and talking?
What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that women have so much to share.
Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.
Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men. Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to a female friend.
"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other lie on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.”
“ Men keep their innermost(內(nèi)心深處的) feelings to themselves. " Rubin writes, " Whereas(然而) a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage. However, a man by society doesn’t complain about his marriage trouble. 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. "
小題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 have so much to share.
C．women show little interest in ballgames
D．he find his wife difficult to talk to
小題2:Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _________.
A．a(chǎn) male friendB．a(chǎn) female friend
C．her parentsD．her husband
小題3:What do women's friendships with each other lie on in general?
A．shared emotionsB．support
C．shared activitiesD．shared emotions and support
小題4:According to the last paragraph, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?
A．Ending his marriage without good reason.
B．Spending too much time with his friends.
C．complaining about his marriage trouble.
D．going out to ballgames too often..
小題5:What is the article about? ________.
A．happy and successful marriages
B．friendships of men and women
C．emotional problems in marriage
D．interactions between men and women

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B 

試題分析：小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that women have so much to share.可知答案是B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to a female friend.可知答案是B
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第五段的句子：women's friendships with each other lie on shared emotions and support,可知D正確。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子;However, a man by society doesn’t complain about his marriage trouble說明C正確
小題5:主旨題，文章的標(biāo)題：The differences between men and women's friendships告訴我們B項(xiàng)是主旨。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章介紹男女對(duì)友誼的不同態(tài)度，抓每一段的中心思想，找出男女的不同觀點(diǎn)，再進(jìn)行比較分析。
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