Question

Boys need friends, suffer when they don't believe they have any, and worry over the ups and downs of relationships. Many adults believe that somehow boys need friends less than girls do, in truth, though, no boy is an island; boys value their friends throughout childhood and adolescence and are happier and healthier when they have solid relationships with peers.

Despite the common belief that girls are better at relationships, most boys consider their friends a very important part of their lives, and boys may actually be better at keeping friendships than girls are. A recent study of 10 to 15­year­old boys and girls found that girls' friendships are actually more fragile. Girls tend to say and do hurtful things to each other more frequently than boys, and girls are more hurt by the end of a friendship.

Boys are the living definition of the phrase “peer group”; they love games with rules, competition, and doing things together. Boys seem to enjoy, even need the opportunity to test themselves against others, and many lasting friendships begin in karate (空手道) class or on the basketball court. Competence and skill are widely respected; being picked last for a team or left out altogether is an experience that can haunt (縈繞心頭) a boy for years.

As boys mature, the friendship becomes even more important, and it frequently widens to include girls. During the teen years, friends can become the most important part of a boy's life—and a part in which his parents are not included. The confusion of being a teenager leads boys to form close bonds with friends. There is the sense for many boys that a friend is someone who is “always there for me”， someone he can trust. They may be partners in crime or partners in study, but the friendship of adolescent boys can run surprisingly deep.

1.According to the text, boys' friendship________.

A. is usually built around active play                 

B. tends to be in small groups

C. can bear mutual hurt between friends              

D. doesn't suffer from failure

2.The author mentions the study in the second paragraph to prove ________.

A. many people believe girls are better at relationships

B. most boys consider their friends very important

C. boys may be better at keeping friendships than girls

D. boys may be more active in a friendship

3.As a boy gets older, he tends to________.

A. widen his circle of friends to include different kinds of people

B. shift his focus from his friends to himself

C. leave his parents out of his friendship

D. be confused about what a friendship is

4.What's the best title for the text?

A. Friendships between Boys and Girls         

B. Boys and Their Friendship

C. Childhood and Adolescent Friendship        

D. Tips on Making Friends with Boys

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：男孩子需要友誼，也非常看重友誼，當他們沒有得到友誼的時候會內(nèi)心痛苦。許多成年人認為女孩子比男孩子需要友誼，其實不然，沒有朋友的男孩子是一個孤零零的島嶼，獲得友誼的男孩子們在童年和少年是更為快樂的。為了孩子的健康成長，男孩子們需要友誼。

1.A推理判斷題。文章第三段講述了男孩子喜歡生活在群體中，他們喜歡參加運動，在運動中結(jié)交朋友，所以他們的友誼都是在玩耍時發(fā)展培養(yǎng)的，答案選A。

2.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中and boys may actually be better at keeping friendships than girls are.可以判斷男孩子比女孩子更擅長維持友誼，C選項正確。

3.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段friends can become the most important part of a boy's life—and a part in which his parents are not included.可以判斷孩子長大后，父母就被排除在了友誼的圈子外，答案選C。

4.B主旨大意題。本文通過與女孩子對比，圍繞男孩子友誼的培養(yǎng)以及發(fā)展展開行文，所以B選項能體現(xiàn)文章中心。

考點：考查教育類短文閱讀。