Question

Love and Friendship

   They are both so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(柏拉图式的) friendship possible between persons of the opposite sex? _1. _

     What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friends will understand why we acted in a certain way. 2. The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.

    _3. _ In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above is taken for granted. But love transcends(超出) all this. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. __4. __ This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.

    Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend. _5. __ You will not feel totally lost, if you don’t meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.

A.What about love?

B.My answer is “Yes”.

C.Let us try and understand.

D.Friendship does not have that.

E.We need not explain anything to our very good friends.

F.You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend.

G.The physical element may include hand in hand while walking.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.E

3.A

4.D

5.F

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了爱情和友情有很大的关系，但是它们之间是有点不同的。友情是什么?友情如此深,关系如此牢,以致大多数事情可自动理解我们的朋友。爱情是什么?爱能超越了所有这一切。

1.考查上下文的语境理解能力。从空前的Is platonic(柏拉图式的) friendship possible between persons of the opposite sex?（柏拉图式的友谊可能在异性人之间发生吗？）判断下面应该是：让我们来试着理解一下。故选C。

2.考查上下文的语境理解能力。从空前的We are always sure that our friends will understand why we acted in a certain way. （我们总是确信朋友会理解我们在某些方面的行为。）和空后的 The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.（友谊如此深厚，关系如此亲密，以至于事情大多数时候都会被我们的朋友自动的理解。）得知E项（我们没必要向我们很要好的朋友解释什么。）放在这里最合适。

3.考查上下文的语境理解能力。 空后的 In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above is taken for granted. 意思是：在深爱的关系下，我们上面所讨论的所有的分享都被认为是想当然的。What about love?（爱情如何?）和后面的love相互照应， 所以A 项在这里最合适。

4.考查上下文的语境理解能力。由空前一句Love also involves a physical element. 意思是：爱还涉及身体因素。和空后一句This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. 意思是：这是一个极其重要的差异。大自然给了我们爱这样物种得以繁衍。判断D Friendship does not have that. 正好在说友谊与身体需要无关。最合适。

5.考查上下文的语境理解能力。空前一句Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend.意为：在你期待和朋友时你的心跳不会加快。空后一句You will not feel totally lost, if you don’t meet your friend for a few days. 你不会完全失魂落魄，如果你好几天不见朋友。都在说友谊和爱情的感觉不同。由此判断 F You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend.（你不会在夜里想念朋友而躺在床上睡不着觉。）在这里最佳。

考点：信息匹配。