Question

    You may have heard the saying, women are from Venus(金星) and men are from Mars (火星). It's a nice way of saying how men and women are quite different from each other in many ways.

These differences can be seen everywhere, even in how we communicate with friends. A recent study by the University of Oxford suggested that men and women keep relationships with friends far away in different ways.

Researchers questioned 30 students about their friendships just before they left for college. They followed up the questions nine months, and then 18 months later Robin Dunbar, who headed the research, told that how long friendships among women last depended on whether they made an effort to talk more to each other on the phone. Men, on the other hand, tended to (倾向于) do things differently. They went through months of not being with friends by planning meet-ups (见面) sometimes. This was the biggest difference between men and women.

Of course, gender (性别)isn't the only thing that influences how we stay in touch. The way we keep our friendships also depends on the preference(偏好) of each person, and it can take a while to find your own way of making your friendships work. One thing that is pretty clear though is that friends who make the effort to keep in touch, even if it's only through Wechat(微信)once a week, do tend to stay friends, no matter how far it is.

1.Did researchers question 30 high school students about their friendships?

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2.How did women keep their friendships according to the research?

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3.What's the passage mainly about?

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4.Do you think it's a good way for teenagers to keep friendships by planning meet-ups often? Why or why not?

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Answer

1.Yes, they did.

2.They kept their friendship by talking to each other on the phone.

3.It’s about the differences between men and women, especially in communicating with friends.

4.Yes, I think it is a good way，because planning meet-ups often plays an important in keeping friendship./ No, I don’t think it’s a good way, because teenagers are all very busy doing their own work.

【解析】

有人对高中学生进行了调查，通过调查显示，男生和女生维持友谊的方式是不同的，以此说明男生和女生在很多方面存在着很大的不同。

1.根据文中Researchers questioned 30 students about their friendships just before they left for college. 研究人员在30名学生上大学前询问了他们的友谊。这里提到上大学前，所以这些学生还是高中生，故此句应该回答Yes, they did.

2.根据文中 how long friendships among women last depended on whether they made an effort to talk more to each other on the phone.可知女性之间的友谊能维持多久，取决于她们是否努力在电话中多交流。故此句，回答They kept their friendship by talking to each other on the phone.

3.根据文章第一段及第二段中的These differences can be seen everywhere, even in how we communicate with friends.所以本文主要讲述了男人和女人之间的不同，尤其是在和朋友沟通方式上的不同。故回答It’s about the differences between men and women, especially in communicating with friends.

4.本题答案不确定，可以回答Yes, I do. 说出自己的具体理由。也可以回答 No, I don’t. 加上具体的理由。例如Yes, I think it is a good way，because planning meet-ups often plays an important in keeping friendship./ No, I don’t think it’s a good way, because teenagers are all very busy doing their own work.