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Americansaremoresociallyisolatedthantheywere20yearsagoandnearlyaquarterofpeoplesaidtheyhad“zero”closefriendswithwhomtodiscusspersonalmatters.Morethan50percentnamedtwoorfewerconfidants(密友)mo
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 Americansaremoresociallyisolatedthantheywere20yearsagoandnearlyaquarterofpeoplesaidtheyhad“zero”closefriendswithwhomtodiscusspersonalmatters.Morethan50percentnamedtwoorfewerconfidants(密友)mostoftenimmediatefamilymemberstheresearcherssaid.

 “Thisisabigsocialchangeanditshowssomethingthat’snotgoodforoursociety,”saidDukeUniversityProfessorLynnSmith.Shesaidthatitshowedtherewasasurprisingdropinthenumberofclosefriendspeoplehadsince1985.AtthattimeAmericansmostcommonlysaidtheyhadthreeclosefriendswhomtheyhadknownforalongtimesawoftenandwithwhomtheysharedanumberofinterests.Theywerealmostlikelytonamefourorfivefriendsandtherelationshipsoftensprangfromtheirneighborhoodsorcommunities(社区).

 Tiestoaclosenetworkoffriendscreateasocialsafetynetthatisgoodforsocietyandfortheindividual.Peoplewerenotaskedwhytheyhadfewerintimate(亲密的)tiesbutSmithsaidthatpartofthecausescouldbethatAmericansareworkingmoremarryinglaterhavingfewerchildrenandcommuting(往返上班)longerdistances.“It’sonethingtoknowsomeoneandexchangee-mailswithhim.It’sanotherthingtosay‘Willyougivemearideoutoftownwithallofmypossessionsandpets?’and‘CanIstaywithyouforacoupleorthreemonths?’”Smithsaid.“Worryingaboutsocialisolationisnotamatterofnostalgia(怀旧之情)forawarmandcomfortablepast.Realthingsarestronglyconnectedwiththat,”addedHarvardUniversityProfessorRobertPutnamauthorofBowlingAloneabookonthedeclineofAmericancommunities.HesuggestedflexibleworkscheduleswouldallowAmericanstotendbothpersonalandprofessionallives.

1.What’sthepassagemainlytalkingabout?

A.Americansocialisolation.

B.Americanshave“zero”closefriends.

C.Tiestoaclosenetworkoffriendsaregoodforsociety.

D.FlexibleworkscheduleschangeAmericans’lifestyle.

2.Fromthesecondparagraphwecanlearnthatpeopletendto____.

A.becloserthanbefore

B.belessclosethanbefore

C.havemorefriendsthanbefore

D.havemorefamilymembersthanbefore

3.WhichofthefollowingisthepossiblecauseofAmericansocialis

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