A relationship is defined as a state of connectedness between people. Although in today’s society with its crazy rhythm of everyday life, when people tend to live in thickly populated cities, spending most of their time in the office and hardly knowing their neighbor’s name, we still find ourselves in some kinds of relationships-with friends, family, or colleagues.
Family relationships are the first relationships people enter. Parents and relatives influence our emotional development by creating a model that we are sometimes bound to follow all our lives, often subconsciously （潜意识地）. In day-care, at school, then in the office we spend a lot of time among fellow students and co-workers. We learn to keep business relationships, to work in a team environment, then form smaller groups of like-minded people and finally select some of them as our friends.
What is a true friendship? How does it start? Are we destined to bee friends with certain people or can we actually plan whom to be friends with？
“Everybody‘s friend is nobody’s.” said Arthur Schopenhauer. Unlike a panionship based on belonging to the same team or group, friendship is a very personal and selective type of relationship. It calls for trust, sincerity, and emotional bonds.
Sociologists believe that most people are looking for similarities in views, social status, and interests when choosing friends. No wonder that our friends are often people of the same age, sex, and education. Another important factor is joint activity and solidarity. This is the reason why many of us befriend our colleagues and other people who work in the same field.
Most people would agree that a friend is someone who always listens and understands. Understanding in this context implies a lot of meanings-passion, sympathy, and emotional closeness. It’s a process in which your friend reads your emotional state, shares your feelings, identifies himself or herself with you.
【小题1】What is the best title of this passage？ A．Family and RelationshipsB．How to Make Friends with ColleaguesC．What is a True FriendshipD．People and Relationship【小题2】According to the passage, which of the following affects us most when choosing friends？A．Kindergarten.B．Family.C．School.D．Office.【小题3】 Why are our friends usually of the same age，sex，and education？A．Because they are clever and well-behaved.B．Because most of us are looking for similarities in views，social status, and interests when choosing friends.C．Because they help us with our work and share our happiness and sorrow.D．Because they cooperate with us well.【小题4】Which of the following statements is NOT true？A．A panionship is based on belonging to the same team or group.B．Friendship needs trust, sincerity, and emotional bonds.C．Relationships are friendships between people.D．Understanding is a process in which the friend reads our emotional state, shares our feelings, identifies himself / herself with us.D
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(答案→)D
解析：文章介绍人与人之间和家人的、朋友的，还有和同事的关系，阐述家庭关系的重要性，人们如何建立与朋友，同事的关系。
【小题1】主旨题：从第一段的句子、A relationship is defined as a state of connectedness between people. 可知这篇文章讲的是人和人际关系，选D
【小题2】细节题：从第二段的句子：Parents and relatives influence our emotional development by creating a model that we are sometimes bound to follow all our lives, often subconsciously （潜意识地）. 可知在选朋友的时候，家庭起着重要的作用，选B
【小题3】细节题：从第五段的句子：Sociologists believe that most people are looking for similarities in views, social status, and interests when choosing friends. No wonder that our friends are often people of the same age, sex, and education. 可知人们在寻找同样观点，社会地位和兴趣的人，选B
【小题4】细节题：从第一段的句子：we still find ourselves in some kinds of relationships-with friends, family, or colleagues.可知人们的关系有家人的朋友的，还有和同事的关系，不仅仅是朋友间的关系。选C