“Youcanchooseyourfriends，butyoucan’tchooseyourfamily.”
ThatlinecomesfromAmericanwriterHarperLee’sbookToKillaMockingbird.Nowcompareherwordstoanotherfamousexpression：“Bloodisthickerthanwater”．
However，ifforcedtochoosewhichismoreimportant，
Americanresearchersnowsayfriendshipismoreimportantthanfamily.Theirnewstudysuggeststhatfriendsmaybemoreimportantthanfamilymembers，especiallyasweage.
ThestudycomesfromresearchersatMichiganStateUniversity.Theyfoundtheimportanceoffriendshiponhealthandhappinessgrowsaspeoplegetolder.
WilliamChopikisanassistantprofessorofpsychologyatMichiganStateandwasoneoftheleadresearchersinthisstudy.Hesays，
“Friendshipbecomesevenmoreimportantasweage.Keepingafewreallygoodfriendsaroundcanmakeaworldofdifferenceforourhealthandwellbeing.”
Chopiknotesthatweneedtothinkoffriendshipasaninvestmentinourfuturehappiness.
TheMichiganStateresearchersconsideredinformationfromtwoseparatesurveys.Inthefirstgroup，bothfamilyandfriendshipsinfluencedoverallhealthandhappiness.However，inthesecond，researcherssaidthatfriendships“becameastrongerpredictorofhealthandhappiness”
aspeoplegotolder.Alsointhesecondgroup，
unhealthyfriendshipsledtoincreasedchronicconditions.Butwithsupportivefriends，
Chopiknoted，participantsreportedbeinghappier.
Onereasonisthatpeoplecankeepthefriendshipsthatmakethemfeelgoodandmoveonfromtheonesthatdon’t.Family，ontheotherhand，willalwaysbewithyou.Theycanbehelpfulandenjoyable，
butcanalsocausetroubles.
Thismaybegoodnewsforpeoplewhodon’thavestrongtieswithfamilymembers.Notallofusarebornintothefamiliesweneed.Butweallhavetheabilitytochoosefriendsthatweneed.
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语篇解读 本文主要讲了良好的朋友关系对于人们健康和幸福感的影响。实验显示，随着人们年龄的增长，良好的友谊比家庭关系更有益于身体健康和幸福感的建立。
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1．Whatshouldweinvesttogetlaterwellbeingaccordingtotheresearchers?
A．Goodfriendties.
B．Easyhealthexercises.
C．Commonfamilyrelations.
D．Personalrelationknowledge.
答案 A
解析 细节理解题。根据第四段第三句
“Keepingafewreallygoodfriendsaroundcanmakeaworldofdifferenceforourhealthandwellbeing.”可知，保持良好的朋友关系可以促进个人健康。故选A。
2．Howistheresearchcarriedout?
A．Bydoingtwoexperiments.
B．Byinterviewingallatonce.
C．Byconductingtwosurveys.
D．Bytakingpartinactivities.
答案 C
解析 细节理解题。根据第五段第一句
“TheMichiganStateresearchersconsideredinformationfromtwoseparatesurveys.”可知，研究人员是以做两个独立的调查的形式进行这个实验的。故选C。
3．Whatcanthepeoplewithweakfamilytiesdo?
A．Developstrongerfamilyrelations.
B．Makeasmanyfriendsaspossible.
C．Getmoresupportivefriends.
D．Staywithfamilymembers.
答案 C
解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句
“Thismaybegoodnewsforpeoplewhodon’thavestrongtieswithfamilymembers.”，再结合第五段最后一句“Butwithsupportivefriends，Chopiknoted，participantsreportedbeinghappier.”可知，对于和家人联系不多的人们来说有一个好消息，那就是多交几个支持你的朋友有助于建立幸福感。故选C。
4．Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?
A．Friendsandfamilymembersareequallyimportant.
B．Whenwegrowolder，friendshipmattersmore.
C．Asweage，familymembersaremorevaluable.
D．Wealwaysneedfriendsandfamilymembers.
答案 B
解析 主旨大意题。根据第二段最后一句
“Theirnewstudysuggeststhatfriendsmaybemoreimportantthanfamilymembers，especiallyasweage.”及全文内容可知，本文主要讲长期保持良好的友谊对人们的健康和幸福感有很好的促进作用，从这一层面讲，随着人们年龄的增长，友情比亲情更重要。故选B。
