单选题
"Those with a large social circle are actually less satisfied with their lives than those with a smaller group of friends who are close to them." This finding appears in a report released last week, which is a part of the product of a 1-year social research program. More than 1,000 persons are interviewed about their attitude and feeling for their friends. And those interviewed are diversified, from the perspective of gender, age, and occupation as well as marital statues. "Of course, we can not imagine a life without any friend", said Jeff, one of the researchers from the research program, "but when it comes to friends, it is definitely not a matter of the more, the better". He also pointed out that with our growing up, the life situation in front of us will become complicated, and some of the friends, especially those we made while doing business, will turn out to be more like a burden than a support, which may sound surprising to those who haven't put too much thought into this issue. If you are really busy, and some friendships seem to have nothing to offer you at the moment, maybe you can consider cooling the relationship for a while. When these friends invite you to a social gathering and you do not have the time to do so, decline such invitations politely. When they call you for a casual chat, and you are really having your hands full at that particular time, try to control that call to a time period acceptable for you. We use the term "to cool some friendship", because we are by no means indicating a utilitarianism attitude towards friendship--an attitude that the value of a friend would be determined by whether or not he/she is useful for us. We agree with the general belief that friendship should be kept as something pure and lasting. What we are suggesting here is how to find a balance between the quality and quantity of friends. So, for those friendships we cooled off for a while, if you don't want to cut them off completely, you can organize some gatherings with a few such friends on a quarterly or even yearly basis. By doing so, you can keep several friendships going on at once.
单选题
Which of the following factor is NOT mentioned when discussing the persons interviewed in the research?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】考查对原文细节的把握。“persons interviewed in the research”作为定位词可以带领我们回到原文的第一段的最后一句话，将选项和“from the perspective of gender，age，and occupation as well as marital statues”这句考查句进行对比，A项“what kind of job they are doing”对应于原文的occupation，B项“how old they are”对应于原文的age；D项“whether they are married or not”对应于原文的marital statues，所以按照题目中选择没有论及的因素，应该选择C项。
单选题
What is the author's purpose in quoting "Of course, we can not imagine a life without any friend"?
单选题
In paragraph 3, the author mentions friends' invitation to social gatherings and a phone for casual chat in order to.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】对例证功能与目的的考查。对这种问题要注意回到原文去查看段落的大意，第三段的主旨在“If you are really busy，and some friendships seem to have nothing to offer you at the moment，maybe you can consider cooling the relationship for a while．”这句话中体现了出来，所以后面举的例子自然是为了这个主旨服务的，D项为正确选项。B项就事论事，且与原文要表达的意义方向不同，A项和c项用生活常识进行迷惑设置，只要认真对照原文，不难排除。
单选题
What does the word "utilitarianism" (Para 4 Line 2) mean in the context?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】词义题。尽管名称叫词义题，但我们需要牢牢把握的是，词义是考查的方式，既然是阅读理解，考查的就是阅读理解的相关能力，不是考察考生在考试之前是否对考察的词汇的意义用法等有了明确的把握，而是应该回到原文中找到相应的支撑来推导出词汇的含义。回到原文，我们可以发现，“utilitarianism attitude towards friendship”后面的破折号所发挥的作用是解释说明的作用，通过对后面的句子“an attitude that the value of a friend would be determined by whether or not he/she is useful for us”的分析，对照选项，可以知道B为正确选项；其他选项的词义分别是 utmost，最多的；hostile，敌对的，不友好的；indifferent，漠不关心的。
单选题
What is the best title for this passage?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】主旨题。要求考生选择最佳标题的题目实质是主旨题，只是考查方式和一般的主旨题略微有些差异；主旨题的选择原则其实很简单：①全面；②准确。A项不符合全面的标准，是一种断章取义，不能以作者对某些朋友关系的描述来定义所有的友谊；B项偏离了文章的主题；D项的语气过重，作者的意思是“cool it off for a while”，而非D项所说的cut off这种程度。