- 阅读理解A
题干：Researchonfriendshiphasestablishedanumberoffacts,someinteresting,evenuseful.Didyouknowthattheaveragestudenthas5-6friends,orthatafriendwhowaspreviouslyanenemyislikedmorethanonewhohasalwaysbeenontherightside?Wouldyoubelievethatphysicallyattractiveindividualsarepreferredasfriendstothoselesscomely,andisitfairthatphysicallyattractivedefendantsarelesslikelytobefoundguiltyincourt?Unfortunately,suchtitbits(趣闻）donottellusmuchmoreaboutthenatureorthepurposeoffriendship.Infact，studiesoffriendshipseemtoimplicatemorecomplexfactors.Forexample，onefunctionfriendshipseemstofulfillisthatitsupportstheimagewehaveofourselves，andconfirmsthevalueoftheattitudeswehold.Certainlyweappeartoprojectourselvesontoourfriends；severalstudieshaveshownthatwejudgethemtobemorelikeusthanthey(objectively)are.Thissuggeststhatweoughttochoosefriendswhoaresimilartous(“birdsofafeather”)ratherthanthosewhowouldbecomplementary(“oppositesattract”).Inourexperiment，somedevelopingfriendshipsweremonitoredamongstfirst-yearstudentslivinginthesamehostel.Itwasfoundthatsimilarityofattitudes(towardspolitics，religionandethics，pastimesandaesthetics)wasagoodpredictorofwhatfriendshipswouldbeestablishedbytheendoffourmonths，thoughithadlesstodowithinitialalliances-notsurprisingly,sinceattitudesmaynotbeobviousonfirstinspection.Therehavealsobeenstudiesofpairings，bothvoluntary(marriedcouples)andforced(studentroommates)，toseewhichremainedtogetherandwhichsplitup.Again,theevidenceseemstofavorsimilarityratherthancomplementarityasanomenofasuccessfulrelationship，thoughthereisacomplication：wheremarriageisconcerned,oncethefieldhasbeennarroweddowntopotentialmateswhocomefromsimilarbackgroundsandshareabroadrangeofattitudesandvalues，adegreeofcomplementarityseemstobecomedesirable.Whenacouplearenotjustsimilarbutalmostidentical,somethingelseseemstobeneeded.Similaritycanbreedcontemptithasalsobeenfoundthatwhenwefindothersobnoxious,wedislikethemmoreiftheyarelikeusthanwhentheyaredissimilar.Thedifficultyoflinkingfriendshipwithsimilarityofpersonalityprobablyreflectsthecomplexityofourpersonalities：wehavemanyfacetsandthereforerequireadisparategroupoffriendstosupportus.Thisofcoursecanexplainwhywemayhavetwoclosefriendswhohavelittleincommonandindeeddislikeeachother.Byandlarge，though，itlooksasthoughwewoulddowelltochoosefriends(andspouses)whoresembleus.Ifthiswerenotso,computerdatingagencieswouldhavegoneoutofbusinessyearsago.
题目：Studies of friendship have indicated that in seeking friends we_____. - A 、are looking for sympathy
- B 、insist on them having similar attitudes to ourselves
- C 、think they resemble us more than they really do
- D 、want to be flattered
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
细节题。C选项的内容在第二段第三句的后半部分several studies have shown that we judgethem to be more like us than they (objectively) are 中出现’所以 C 选项正确。
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