If you feel at present that you don’t have enough friends in your life，one reason may be that you have let yourself bee too busy to make time for the relationships you already have．Starting and keeping friendship requires effort and mitment．
Many of us let our lives bee so busy with work and other mitments that we don’t get around to scheduling time for pleasure and renewal（叙旧）with the friends，relatives and acquaintances we already have．
Making the effort to call your friends more regularly and to accept more of the invitations you receive from others can improve your social life in a hurry!
Are there any people you could call right now and be assured of a pleasant wele? Are there people that you could count on to help you in time of difficulty? Can you have close talks with them? Do you have fun when you are together? Are you happy to have them in your life?
If you haven’t seen much of them lately。is it because you have bee too busy? Have you grown apart? Was there an argument?
If the main reason you haven’t been getting together with the people you already know is that you have gotten too busy，take a good look at how you spend your time．Compare it with your real values and priorities（优先考虑的事）in life．Is your busy lifestyle really bringing you the quality of life that you want?
If you have bee too busy for friends，why has this happened? Are you seeking material toys in your life at the expense of relationships with other human beings? Have you allowed your time to be over．mitted because you never say“No”to anyone? Do you insist on doing things yourself that could be delegated to others? If so，why? Do you believe that everything depends on you?
Examine whether the way you are now spending your time accurately reflects your deepest values and priorities．Make sure that you schedule enough time for the things that are truly most important to you．
If you really want to keep friends in your lire，make a space in your schedule，and a space in your heart for them．
【小题1】In this passage the author mainly discusses ．A．how to balance friendship and workB．how to spend our spare timeC．whether we should keep friendshipD．whether we should invite friends to dinner【小题2】Which of the following doesn’t indicate a good relationship?A．You have someone to count on when you are in trouble．B．You have someone to have close talks with．C．You feel depressed with others in lifeD．You have fun when you are with someone【小题3】The underlined word“delegated”probably means“ ”．A．appointedB．replacedC．declinedD．handledA
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】主旨大意题，根据文章的首尾段和每段的第一句可知，作者分析了缺少朋友的原因并给出了建议，其中最重要的就是平衡友谊和工作。
【小题2】细节题，根据第四段可知A、B、D都是良好人际关系的表现，只有C项与之相反。
【小题3】词义猜测题，“Do you insist 0n doing things yourself that could be delegated to others?”由前后句的逻辑关系可知“be delegated to others”和“doing things yourself”是对立的，delegate是“委派”的意思，常与介词to连用。