专题07阅读理解之议论文

九年级上学期英语期中复习

专题07 阅读理解之议论文

（2022秋·广东肇庆·九年级校考期中）Scientists found that people who have fewer friends in real life are happier than those who have plenty of friends.

Researchers from the University of Leeds, UK, studied data from two online surveys of nearly 1,500 people. Those who took part in the survey gave details (细节) about their ages, social interactions (社交活动), and how satisfied they were with their social lives. The researchers found that those who had a small number of close friends generally were happier than those who had a large number of superficial (表面的) friends.

“Loneliness has less to do with the number of friends you have, and more to do with how you feel about your friends,” said Wandi Bruine, one of the researchers.

Bruine found that older people had smaller social circles than young people, but the people in these circles were closer to them. Younger people, on the other hand, had bigger circles that were made up of “peripheral (次要的) others”—people who are not true friends, but just people they know. These so-called friends didn’t affect younger people’s happiness.

The results of the study showed that the stereotypes (偏见) society had about old people being sad and lonely might not be right.

“The research shows that older people’s smaller social circles didn’t have a bad effect on social satisfaction and happiness. In fact, older people had a better feeling of happiness than younger people,” said Brine.

Based on these results, the study believes that people should pay more attention to the ties with close friends instead of increasing the number of friends.

1．According to the study, people may be happier when they ________.

A．have a lot of followers on social media B．are satisfied with their work and lives

C．make friends with people who are older D．have a small circle of friends

2． The underlined word “affect” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.

A．matter B．hurt C．influence D．discover

3．What can we know from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A．Older people have closer friends than young people.

B．Young people don’t need to make peripheral friends.

C．Older people’s happiness has nothing to do with their friends.

D．Both old and young people find it hard to make friends.

4．According to the passage, Bruine thought the older people were ________.

A．nervous B．happy C．lonely D．sad

5．The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．different types of friends

B．changes in people’s happiness levels

C．the relationship between happiness and the number of friends

D．interactions between old and young people

（2022秋·广东佛山·九年级校考期中）Everyone lives in social groups from the day they were born. In the family, there are parents and relatives. In the school, there are teachers and classmates. At work, there are teammates and leaders. 

Often, some small things may lead to misunderstandings(误会). Then the relationship(关系) between each other may get worse and worse. However, if we can stand in others’ shoes, we may understand other people’s feelings, and then things will be solved. So how to treat and deal with the relationship correctly becomes more important. 

In society, understanding other people can help us see and understand situations in a different way. Learning some basic skills can help us understand each other better. Understanding others is influenced(被影响) by feelings. This means that if a person is happy, he’ll be more willing to help and understand others. But if a person feels angry, he is less likely to want to understand other people.

Listening is one of the best ways to understand others better. If someone is talking, listen carefully. This will make him or her feel good. He or she will be more likely to share the problems with you. Sometimes, we only care our individual opinions, so we think everything we say is correct. No matter what others say, we just refuse to listen. As a result, we won’t understand others.

No matter what kind of roles we are in society, when having different opinions or meeting difficulties, we should keep calm to think about the situation we’re facing. Every small act can build good social connections and make us have a better understanding of each other.

6．When a person feels ________, he will be more willing to help and understand others.

A． B． C． D．

7．Which is one of the best ways to understand others better?

A．Talking loudly. B．Communicating less.

C．Refusing directly. D．Listening carefully.

8．What does the underlined word “individual” probably mean?

A．Important. B．Personal. C．Interesting. D．Bad.

9．What can you learn from the passage?

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