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

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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 can we infer from the academic literature?
选项 A、Strong social ties are easy to build.
B、Friendship is indispensable to people’s life.
C、Friendship is an essential part in people’s healthful life.
D、People around us are all potential friends.
答案 B
解析 推理判断题。根据定位句可知，渴望亲近和联系是无处不在的，这表明我们中的大多数人都在这世上磕磕绊绊地寻找朋友，而这种友谊可以从那些在我们身边孤独徘徊的人那里轻易获取，可知友谊对于人们的生活是不可或缺的，故答案为B)。A)“强大的社会关系很容易建立”，第三段第四句指出，建立更深层次的友谊可能面临时间投入问题，综合上下文可知强大的社会关系并非轻而易举就能建立，故排除；C)“友谊是人们健康生活的重要部分”，第二段最后一句指出，拥有强大社会关系的人往往比那些没有的人寿命更长，指出友谊对人们健康生活的重要性，但这并非学术文献记载，故排除该项；D)“我们身边的人都是潜在的朋友”，由定位句可知，我们可以从周围的人中寻找朋友，并非我们身边的人都是潜在朋友，该选项太过绝对化，故排除。
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