- 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 marriage relationships indicate that_____. - A 、exactly the same as bases for success apply for ordinary friendships
- B 、it is first of all necessary to limit prospective partners to people from similar backgrounds
- C 、opposites get on better than similar personalities
- D 、the most successful are those between people who are alike but not exactly
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参考答案【正确答案：D】
推断题。根据第三段第二、三句 the evidence seems to favor similarity rather than complementarity as an omen of successful relationship… a degree of complementarity seems to become desirable. 可知，D选项为最佳答案。
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