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必修一阅读理解专项训练
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Whatcanhelpyoumakeafortuneinthefuture?Graduatingfromatopuniversitymightnotbeenough.AnewstudyfromtheUniversityofEssexinBritainhasshownthatthemorefriendsyouhaveinschool,themoremoneyyou'llearnlater.
Theideathatpopularitycouldhaveaseriousimpactonone'searningpotentialshouldn'tcomeastoomuchofasurprise.Theresearchersnotedthatifyouwanttogetaheadinlife,socialskillsandnetworkingareeasilyaspowerfulastalentandhardwork.
“Ifapersonhaslotsoffriends,itmeansthatheorshehastheabilitytogetalongwithothersinallkindsofdifferentsituations，”saidXuYanchun,17,fromNantouHighSchoolinShenzhen,whototallyagreedwiththerecentfinding.“Also,friendsalwayshelpeachother.Theynotonlycreatewidersocialcirclesforyoubutliftyourmoodwhenyouoccasionallyfeeldepressed，”saidXu.Shebelievedthatallthishelpsyou“earnahighersalary”．
Maybethat'swhysomepeoplethinktheyoungergenerationsareintheageoffriendaholism(交友狂症).AwomanevencomplainedthatthenetworkingwebsiteFacebook's5,000­friendlimitwastoolowforherlargereserveofsocialcontacts.
Butwhatdoesafriendmean?Shouldfriendsberegardedasaformofcurrency?
“Callmeuncool,butIthinkofafriendasanactualpersonwithwhomIhaveanactualhistoryandwhomIenjoyactuallyseeing.Itseems,however,thatthisisnolongerthedefinition(定义)of‘friend’，”saidMeghanDaum,whoworkswithTheLosAngelesTimesintheUS.
Daumdespised(鄙视)theideathatquantitytrumps(胜过)qualityintheageoffriendaholism.Shethoughttheideaoffriendship,atleastamongthegrowingpopulationofInternetsocialnetworkers,wastogetasmanyofnot­really­friendsaspossible.Forexample,afriendmightbesomeoneyoumightknowpersonallybutwhocouldjustaseasilybethefriendofafriendofsomeotherFacebookfriendsyoudon'tactuallyknow.
1．What'sthemainideaofthepassage?
A．Makingfriendsisimportant.
B．Makingfriendsmakesyouearnmoremoney.
C．Friendsgiveyousuccess.
D．Socialskillsareimportant.
2．WhichofthefollowingsentencesisTRUE?
A．Itissurprisingthatmakingmoremoneyispopularwithpeople.
B．Ifyouwanttowininlife,socialskillsareasimportantastalentandhardwork.
C．Theyoungnowhavefriendaholism.
D．Frien