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It’s a Friday night. Your girl friends are out at a bar and your boyfriend is playing soccer with his mates. Two text messages later, you’re eating pizza and watching action movies with three guy friends. Perfect.“Guy friends” have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can’t. For starters, they provide an insider’s perspective on how men think, feel and behave. When dealing with male relatives, coworkers and even boyfriends, another man’s point of view can be incredibly useful. Three hours spent analyzing a situation in a café with your girlfriends can’t compete with a quick chat to a guy friend.
Many women find that time spent with male friends can be a liberating and somewhat refreshing break from spending time with the girls. Without the judgmental gaze of other females, there is less pressure to dress up and compete for attention.
Traditionally, girl-guy friendships are seen as hard to maintain. Most relationships between males and females that we come across in our day-to-day lives, whether in movies or books, are romantic by nature. These cultural images make girl-guy friendships seem impossible.
Yet in reality, as gender roles loosen and equality becomes a norm in the workplace, it has become much more common for platonic friendships to blossom.
“The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for romance,” explains psychologist Linda Sapadin to Psychology Today magazine. “Now they work together and share sports interests and socialize together.”
“My boyfriend has met all of my guy friends so he’s quite accepting of me hanging out with them,” says Nellie. “Because we’ve been dating so long, there’s a level of trust where he knows I will make the right decision when choosing who to be friends with.
“He understands that the kind of time that I spend differs between guys and girls. When I’m out with the girls, we’re gossiping or talking about clothes but when I’m spending time with the guys, it’s different. I think their carefree and ‘whatever goes’ attitude can sometimes be exactly what I need.”
小题1: What is the best title of the passage?A．Platonic friendship can be fun and liberating.B．Platonic friendship can take the place of boy-or-girl friendship.C．Man friendship is far more exciting than woman friendship.D．Both man friendship and woman friendship are necessary forgirls.小题2: In writer’s opinion, girl-guy friendships_________A．are hard to maintain in modern society.B．are impossible for most boys and girls.C．are quite reasonable and thought highly of by most people.D．are quite interesting and accepted by more and more and moregirls.小题3: Why did people think men and women can’t be friends in the past?A．Becausemen were at home and women were in the workplace.B．Becauseboth men and women are too shy to make friends.C．Because they were hard to keep in touch and only bymarrying cantheystay in touch with each other.D．Becausewomen were at home and men were in the workplace, and the only way they could get together was for friendship.小题4: According to what Nellie said, _______A．Her boyfriend enjoys she and her guy friend stay together.B．When I’m out with the boys, we’re not gossiping or talking about clothes.C．Sometimes whatmy guy friends giveisjustwhatI need.D．My boyfriend trusts me so heaccepts my decision. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
解析
本文主要讲述了在现代生活里，男性和女性也会有很多的友谊的存在，这和以前有很大的差别，文章中分析了具体的原因。
小题1:A 主旨大意题。根据文章2,3段第一句Many women find that time spent with male friends can be a liberating and somewhat refreshing break from spending time with the girls.和“Guy friends” have the potential to enrich your life in ways that female friends and boyfriends just can’t.可知这样的友谊会很有趣，故A正确。
小题2:D 推理题。根据文章倒数第三段“The belief that men and women can’t be friends comes from another era in which women were at home and men were in the workplace说明男性和女性之间的友谊在现在是广泛存在，也已经被人们所接受。故D正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章第四段Traditionally, girl-guy friendships are seen as hard to maintain. Most relationships between males and females that we come across in our day-to-day lives, whether in movies or books, are romantic by nature. These cultural images make girl-guy friendships seem impossible.说明以前主要是因为男性和女性很难保持长时间的联系，除非是婚宴。而现在的情况不一样了。故C正确。
小题4:C 细节题。根据文章最后2行I’m spending time with the guys, it’s different. I think their carefree and ‘whatever goes’ attitude can sometimes be exactly what I need.”说明男性朋友给她很多的帮助，正是她所需要的东西。故C正确。
点评：本文主要讲述了在现代生活里，男性和女性也会有很多的友谊的存在，这和以前有很大的差别，文章中分析了具体的原因。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“It’s a Friday night......”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
