《2025年全品学练考高中英语必修第一册外研版》

B [2025·浙江省嘉兴八校高一期中]
If you feel that making friends as a kid is easy，you're right. “They have a break between lessons and gym classes. They have more time to get along with each other，”says Marisa G. Franco，an expert at the University of Maryland. However，it's not the case for adults. Even though they see their workmates every day，they still find it never easy to be friends with them.
In the US，for example，a 2021 study by the American Enterprise Institute，found that the number of adults who said they had no close friends had increased four times since 1990，going from 3 percent to 12 percent. “We've never been more disconnected，”says psychologist（心理学家）Jody Carrington. Although adults spend time together from 9：00 am to 6：00 pm and even late into the night，the busy work pattern means that communication is limited to the content of the work，and after work，they immediately go back home，leaving no extra energy to have unplanned communication to develop further friendship.
Research by Brigham Young University psychologist Julianne Holt - Lunstad has shown that loneliness is a big threat（威胁）to long life，the same as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being a heavy drinker. People who are lonely are more likely to have serious diseases. On the other side，healthy friendships can help us a lot，doing better with stress and living happier and longer. Besides，happiness is contagious. Harvard experts found that when a person becomes happy，his or her friends living within 1.6 kilometres are also 25 percent more likely to become happier.
So，making friends is more important than we think. You may think that making friends is an inborn skill and doesn't need to be taught. It's not the case. We can improve our ability to connect with others if we try. Some experts provide advice to make it easier to find connection.
（ D）5. What makes an adult difficult to be friends with others according to Paragraph 2?
A. Bad experiences in the past.
B. No breaks in the workplace.
C. Worry about being deeply hurt.
D. No chance for deeper friendship.
（ C）6. What does the author want to express in Paragraph 3?
A. The ways to lead a happy life.
B. The results of getting into bad habits.
C. The importance of staying connected.
D. The relationship between happiness and habits.
（ B）7. What does the underlined word “contagious”in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Confusing.
B. Powerful.
C. Awkward.
D. Unique.
（ C）8. What will be talked about in the following part of the passage?
A. Stories of successful friendships among workmates.
B. More research findings on the advantages of friendship.
C. Recommendations on improving skills for making friends.
D. The influence of different personalities on making friends.

答案： B
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文，主要分析了成年人不容易建立友谊的原因并讲述了交朋友的重要性。
5. D 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Although adults spend time together from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and even late into the night, the busy work ... after work, they immediately go back home, leaving no extra energy to have unplanned communication to develop further friendship.”可知，成年人在上班期间仅沟通工作内容，下班后会立即回家，没有多余的精力来发展友谊，由此可知，成年人没有机会来发展进一步的友谊。故选D。
6. C 推理判断题。根据第三段“...loneliness is a big threat(威胁) to long life, the same as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being a heavy drinker. People who are lonely are more likely to have serious diseases. On the other side, healthy friendships can help us a lot, doing better with stress and living happier and longer.”可知，孤独不利于长寿，而健康的友谊对人们有益，故作者想要表达的是与人建立联系非常重要。故选C。
7. B 词义猜测题。根据画线词后面一句“Harvard experts found that when a person becomes happy, his or her friends living within 1.6 kilometres are also 25 percent more likely to become happier.”可知，快乐可以传染别人，由此可推测出，contagious意为“有感染力的”，与powerful(有影响力的)意思接近。故选B。
8. C 推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句“Some experts provide advice to make it easier to find connection.”可知，文章最后提到一些专家提供了建立联系的建议，由此可推测出，接下来应该具体讲述提升交友技巧的建议。故选C。