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The human desire for companionship may feel boundless, but research suggests

游客2023-06-22  19
问题    The human desire for companionship may feel boundless, but research suggests that our social capital is finite—we can handle only so many relationships at one time. Social scientists have used a number of ingenious (巧妙的) approaches to measure the size of people’s social networks; these have returned estimates ranging from about 250 to about 5,500 people. Looking more specifically at friendship, a study using the exchange of Christmas cards as an indicator for closeness put the average person’s friend group at about 121 people.
   However vast our networks may be, our inner circle tends to be much smaller. The average American trusts only 10 to 20 people. Moreover, that number may be shrinking: From 1985 to 2004, the average number of confidants that people reported having decreased from three to two. This is both sad and consequential, because people who have strong social relationships tend to live longer than those who don’t.
   So what should you do if your social life is lacking? To begin with, don’t dismiss the humble acquaintance. Even interacting with people with whom one has weak social ties has a meaningful influence on well-being. Beyond that, building deeper friendships may be largely a matter of putting in time. A recent study out of the University of Kansas found that it takes about 50 hours of socializing to go from an acquaintance to a casual friend, an additional 40 hours to become a "real" friend, and a total of 200 hours to become a close friend.
   If that sounds like too much effort, reviving dormant (休眠的) social ties can be especially rewarding. Reconnected friends can quickly recapture much of the trust they previously built.
   The academic literature is clear: Longing for closeness and connection is pervasive (无处不在的), which suggests that most of us are stumbling through the world looking for companionship that could be easily provided by the lonesome stumblers all around us. So set aside this article, turn to someone nearby, and try to make a friend. [br] What do strong social networks mean?
选项 A、Those who have more close friends are more likely to live longer.
B、People with strong social networks are happier.
C、Intimate friends build strong social relationships.
D、A strong social network is powerful.
答案 A
解析 事实细节题。由定位句可知，拥有强大社会关系的人往往比那些没有的人寿命更长，故答案为A)。B)“拥有强大社会关系的人更快乐”，文中没有提到相关内容，故排除；C)“亲密朋友构建强大的社会关系”，第三段最后一句提到了普通朋友、“真正的”朋友和亲密的朋友，可见并非只有亲密朋友才能构建强大的社会关系，故排除；D)“强大的社会关系所向无敌”，由定位句可知，拥有强大社会关系的人往往比那些没有的人寿命更长，而非所向无敌，故排除。
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