Friendsplayanimportantpartinourlives.Andwhilewemaygetalongwellwithanumberofpeople,wecanonlybefriendswithveryfew.Theaveragestudent,forexample,hasabout6friends.Mostpeoplespendtimewithotherstheylike,butstillthede

　　Friendsplayanimportantpartinourlives.Andwhilewemaygetalongwellwithanumberofpeople,wecanonlybefriendswithveryfew.Theaveragestudent,forexample,hasabout6friends.Mostpeoplespendtimewithotherstheylike,butstillthedegreeofintimacybetweenthemandthereasonsfortheirsharedinterestvaryenormously.Aswegettoknowpeople,wetakeintoaccountthingslikeage,race,economiccondition,socialposition,andintelligence.Althoughthesefactorsarenotofprimeimportance,itismoredifficulttogetalongwithpeoplewhenthereisamarkeddifferenceinageandbackground.Manyfriendsavoidargument.Itisusualforclosefriendstohavesimilarideasandbeliefs.Theyhaveattitudesandinterestsincommonthattheyoftentalkaboutandtheymightthinkofthemselvesbeing"onthesamewavelength".Itgenerallytakestimetoreachthispointhowever.Andthemoreintimatelyinvolvedpeoplebecome,themoretheyrelyononeanotherforfavorsandtokeeppromises.Also,friendshavetolearntoputupwithannoyinghabitsandtotoleratedifferencesofopinion.Incontrastwithmarriage,therearenofriendshipceremoniestostrengthentheassociationbetweentwopeople.Butthesupportingandunderstandingofeachotherthatresultsfromsharedexperiencesandemotionsdoesseemtocreateapowerfulbond,whichcanovercomedifferencesinbackground,andbreakdownbarriersofage,class,orrace.

　　1WhatisTrueaccordingtothefirstparagraph?A.Apersoncanonlyhaveafewrealfriends.B.Weshouldputthingssuchasage,race,economicconditions,socialpositions,andintelligenceinthefirstplacewhenmakingfriends.C.Peoplewhomwecangetalongwellwithareourfriends.D.Astudenthassixfriendsatmost.2.InParagraph3,"beingonthesamewavelength"means______.A.talkingasfastasothersB.havingthesametopicasothersC.havingattitudesandinterestsincommonD.havingthesameexperiencesandemotions3.Theword"intimately"inParagraph3perhapsmeans______.A.farawayB.closelyC.wellD.indistance4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Evenfriendsmayhavedifferenceofopinion.B.Friendsneverarguewitheachother.C.Ittakestimetobecomegoodfriends.D.Sharedexperiencescanmakeforastrongfriendship.5.Tostrengthenfriendly