brain health as we age.

"In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn't well realized, "said Rebecca, a professor at the University of North Carolina. "Friendship has a bigger effect on our psychological health than family relationships. "

While many friendship studies are about the close relationships of women, some researches show that it can do good to men, too. In a six-year study of 736 middle-aged men, having friendships reduces the risk of heart attack. Only smoking is as important a risk factor(因素)as having little social support.

Exactly why friendship has such a big effect isn't entirely clear. While friends can send a sick person to the hospital or pick up medicine, the advantages go well beyond physical help. Friendship clearly has a big psychological effect. "People with stronger friendships feel like there is someone they can turn to, "said Karen, a doctor. "The message of these studies is that friends make your life better. "

【语篇概述】文章主要介绍拥有好朋友对人们身心都有好处, 可以使我们生活地更健康。

10. The three studies in Paragraph 2 show that_______.

A. friends can help us lose weight

B. old people need friends the most

C. more friends make us healthier

D. friends are connected to health

【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段中的三个研究的内容可知, 朋友之间的这种社会关系对人们的身体健康有影响。故选C。

11. What do Rebecca's words in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. What people need most is a friend's care.

B. Friendship is more important to women than to men.

C. The value of friendship hasn't been fully understood.

D. Friendship is more important than family relationship.

【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第三段中Rebecca说"In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn't well realized, "可知, 人们对于友谊的作用还没有完全认识到位, 还没有完全理解。故选C。

12. What would be the best title of the text?

A. Friends lead to a longer life

B. Friends are the best medicine

C. Friendship makes people happy

D. Friends are as important as a family

【解析】选C。主旨大意题。根据最后一段中的"The message of these studies is that friends make your life better. "可知, 文章主要介绍拥有好朋友对人们身心都有好处, 可以使我们生活地更健康。故选C。

【补偿训练】Ⅰ. 阅读理解

　　George Bernard Shaw, the greatest and funniest British dramatist of the first half of the 20th century, was born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856. His early life was not happy. His father was a selfish man who drank too much and could not support his family properly. His mother was a disappointed, unhappy woman who found more pleasure in studying music than in her children. Bernard and his two sisters received little love and attention from their mother while they were young. At the age of ten Shaw entered school. At first he was the best student, but