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4.Is True Friendship Dying Away?
Just as our daily life is becoming more technologically connected,we are losing other more meaningful relationship.
To anyone paying attention these days,it's clear that social media-whether Twitter,Facebook,or Iinkedln-are changing the way we conduct relationship.Face-to-face chatting is giving way to texting and messaging; people even prefer these electronic exchanges to,for instance,simply talking on a phone.Among these smaller trends,growing research suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire concept of friendship.Where is all this leading modern-day society?Perhaps to a dark place,a lonelier society where electronic craze slowly replaces the joys of human contact.
Typically,the pressures of urban life are blamed.Witness crowded bars and restaurants after work:We have plenty of acquaintances,though perhaps few individuals we can turn to and share close relationships.American sociologists have tracked related trends on a broader scale,well beyond the urban jungle.According to work published in the American Sociological Review,the average American has only two close friends,and a quarter don't have any.
While social networking sites and the like have grown dramatically,the crucial element is the quality of the connections they establish.A connection may only be a click away,but establishing a good friendship takes more.It seems common sense to conclude that"friending"online brings about shallow relationships as the term"friending"itself implies.
No single person is at fault,of course.The pressures on friendship today are broad.They arise from the demands of work,or a general busyness that means we have less quality time for others.How many individuals would say that friendship is the most important thing in their lives,only to move thousands of miles across the continent to take up a better-paid job?
Of course,we learn how to make friends or not in our childhood.Recent studies on childhood and how the contemporary life of the child affects friendships are illuminating(启示).A central conclusion often reached relates to a lack of what is called"unstructured time".Structured time results from the way an average day is arranged for our kids-time for school,time for homework,time for music practice,even time for play.Yet too often today,no period is left unstructured.After all,who these days lets his child just wander off down the street?We simply"hang out",with no tasks,no deadlines and no pressures.It is in those moments that children and adults alike can get to know others for who they are in themselves.
Aristotle had an attractive expression to capture the thought:close friends,he observed,"share salt together."It's not just that they sit together,passing the salt across the meal table.It's that they sit with one another across the course of their lives,sharing its moments,bitter and sweet."The desire for friendship comes quickly; friendship does not."Aristotle also remarked.
If there is a secret to close friendship,that's it.Put down the device; engage the person.Title:Is True Friendship Dying Away?

分析 短文讲述了由于现在科技的发展,我们更多的使用电子交流,而缺乏面对面的交流,所导致的问题是人变得越来越孤独,以及我们所认为的友谊得到一种挑战,并分析了这种现象产生的原因,最后给出了几点与他人维持紧密联系的建议,简而言之,放下你的设备,多与人交流.

解答 71.lost/disappearing,由第一句Just as our daily life is becoming more technologically connected,we are losing other more meaningful relationship.可知我们的生活在科技上更加紧密联系,但我们也正失去一些更有意义的联系.  
72.replaced,根据句子Face-to-face chatting is giving way to texting and messaging; people even prefer these electronic exchanges to,for instance,simply talking on a phone. 可知面对面的交流正被电子交流所替代. 
73.concept,由句子Among these smaller trends,growing research suggests we could be entering a period of crisis for the entire concept of friendship. 可知我们可能进入对于友谊的整个概念的一个决定性时刻,也就是对于友谊的概念正面临挑战. 
74.share/establish/develop,由句子Witness crowded bars and restaurants after work:We have plenty of acquaintances,though perhaps few individuals we can turn to and share close relationships.可知我们会遇到很多人,但却没有什么人能和我们分享紧密的关系.
75.shallow,由句子It seems common sense to conclude that"friending"online brings about shallow relationships as the term"friending"itself implies. 可知网上容易建立的友谊都是浅浅的感情. 
76.busy/occupied,由句子They arise from the demands of work,or a general busyness that means we have less quality time for others.可知由于我们的繁忙使我们的友谊得到考验.
77.how,由句子Structured time results from the way an average day is arranged for our kids-time for school,time for homework,time for music practice,even time for play. 可知被安排好的时间就是小孩一天什么时候做什么事都被安排好,也就是他的一天是如何被安排的. 
78.unstructured,由句子Yet too often today,no period is left unstructured.After all,who these days lets his child just wander off down the street?We simply"hang out",with no tasks,no deadlines and no pressures.It is in those moments that children and adults alike can get to know others for who they are in themselves. 可知那些没有被安排的时间,我们才能深入了解他人并维持紧密的关系. 
79.Conclusion,文章最后一段是对短文的总结,因此此空填名词"总结"Conclusion.  
80.key/answer/secret,由最后一句If there is a secret to close friendship,that's it.Put down the device; engage the person.可知放下设备和他人深入了解才是维持友谊的关键之处.

点评 在做表格阅读时,首先需要快速的浏览全文,把握文章的主旨大意;其次要学会带着问题到文中相应的地方,通过细节阅读来寻找或概括答案;最后理清作者的写作思路也非常重要;做此类题时,要多注意一些关键词的提取,以及结构上的搭配.

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