12．Loneliness has been linked to depression（抑郁）and other health problems．Now，a study says it can also spread．A friend of a lonely person was fifty-two percent more likely to develop feelings of loneliness．And a friend of that friend was twenty-five percent more likely to do the same．
Earlier findings showed that happiness，obesity（肥胖） and the ability to stop smoking can also spread like infections within social groups．The findings all come from a major health study in the American town of Framingham，Massachusetts．
The study began in 1948to investigate the causes of heart disease．Since then，more tests have been added，including measures of loneliness and depression．
The new findings involved more than five thousand people in the second generation of the Framingham Heart Study．The researchers examined friendship histories and reports of loneliness．The results established a pattern that spread as people reported fewer close friends．
For example，loneliness can affect relationships between next-door neighbors．The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together．The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men．
The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about forty-eight days a year．The study found that having a lonely friend can add about seventeen days．But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by two and a half days．
Lonely people become less and less trusting of others．This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends-and more likely that society will reject（排斥）them．
John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago led the study．He says it is important to recognize and deal with loneliness．He says people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks．
59．As an average person，if you make 2more friends，how many days a year might you suffer from loneliness？B
A.48days． B.43days． C.65days． D.17days．
60．What can we infer （推斷）from the passage about lonely people？C
A．They can overcome loneliness themselves．
B．They will decrease loneliness day by day．
C．They need help to get back to normal social life．
D．They can help others to repair their social networks．
61．What's the best way to help lonely people according to this passage？B
A．Bring them together． B．Make friends with them．
C．Help them stop smoking． D．Help them loose weight．
62．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？A
A．Loneliness And Social Net Work B．Social Networks And Friendship
C．Loneliness And Diet D．Help A Lonely Person．
分析 孤獨與抑郁和其他健康問題有關(guān)，現(xiàn)在一項研究表明它也可以傳播．研究表明，一般人一年有48感到孤獨，但是每增加一個朋友都可以減少兩天半的孤獨感，因此多交朋友可以減少人們的孤獨．
解答 59．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段第一句The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about forty-eight days a year．一般人一年大約體驗四十八天孤獨感，和第三句But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by two and a half days．但是每增加一個朋友都可以減少兩天半的孤獨感．可知增加兩位普通朋友可讓一個人孤獨的時間減少5天．故選B．
60．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Lonely people become less and less trusting of others．This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends-and more likely that society will reject（排斥）them．孤獨的人會逐漸失去對人的信任．這使得他們交朋友越來越難，社會也好像更排斥他們．和最后一段的…people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks．被推到社會邊緣的人們應(yīng)該獲取幫助來修復(fù)他們的社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)．可知，孤獨的人需要幫助才能恢復(fù)正常的社會生活．因此可推知答案為C項．
3．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段最后一句But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by two and a half days．可知，每增加一個朋友都可以減少兩天半的孤獨感，所以幫助孤獨者最好的方法是與他們交朋友．故選B．
4．A 主旨大意題．第一段點明了本文的主題：孤獨影響朋友、鄰里等社會關(guān)系．故選A．
點評 本文是科教類閱讀，主要考查細節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題．在做細節(jié)理解題時，首先根據(jù)題目要求迅速在文章里找出相應(yīng)的段落、句子或短語．認真比較選項和文中細節(jié)的區(qū)別，在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
