Many women write to me perplexed about why they can't form close friendships.They try new approaches,put themselves in all the right places,see therapists,and read relevant selfhelp books.They consider themselves interesting,loyal,kind,and friendworthy people.But for reasons unknown to them,they have a tough time forming intimate relationships.Many admit to not having even one close friend. A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology offers some clues as to how both nature(personality) and nurture (experience) impact our friendships.Researchers at the University of Virginia and University of Toronto,Mississauga studied more than 7,000 American adults between the ages of 20 and 75 over a period of ten years,looking at the number of times these adults moved during childhood.Their study,like prior ones,showed a link between residential mobility and adult wellbeing:The more times participants moved as children,the poorer the quality of their adult social relationships. But digging deeper,the researchers found that personality--specifically being introverted or extroverted --could either intensify or buffer the effect of moving to a new town or neighborhood during childhood.The negative impact of more moves during childhood was far greater for introverts compared to extroverts. "Moving a lot makes it difficult for people to maintain longterm close relationships," stated Dr.Shigehiro Oishi,the first author of the study,in a press release from the American Psychological Association,"This might not be a serious problem for outgoing people who can make friends quickly and easily.Less outgoing people have a harder time making new friends." Families often have to relocate--across town,across the country,or across the globe.Yet,in many cases,their kids and young adolescents haven't yet built up a bank of friendships.So the conventional wisdom is to try to minimize moves for the sake of your child,whenever possible,and to move at the end of the academic year. We can infer from the passage that _ . A) our friendships are mainly affected by our nurture B) we can move when children have made a lot of friends C) the impact of moves will disappear when one reaches adulthood D) there is some way to minimize the impact of moves during childhood on children
D
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Never give out identifying information such as Name, Home Address, School name, or Telephone Number in a public message such as at a chat room or on bulletin bards. Never send a person a picture of you without first checking with your parents or guardian. * Never respond to messages or bulletin board items that are: Suggestive / Obscene / Belligerent / Threatening / Make You Feel Uncomfortable. * Be careful when someone offers you something for nothing, such as gifts and money. Be very careful about any offers that involve your coming to a meeting or having someone visit your house. * Tell your parents or guardian right away if you come across any information that makes you feel uncomfortable. * Never arrange a face-to-face meeting without telling your parents or guardian. If your parents or guardian agree to the meeting, make sure that you meet in a public place and have a parent or guardian with you. * Remember that people online may not be who they seem. Because you can't see or even hear the person, it would be easy for someone to misrepresent him or herself. Thus, someone indicating that"she"is a"12-year-old-girl"could in reality be an older man. * Be sure that you are dealing with someone that you and your parents know and trust before giving out any personal information about yourself via E-mail. * Get to know your"online friends"just as you get to know all of your other friends. Which of the following is right according to the passage? A) People online never tell their friends their real names. B) You can often get something free from the internet. C) Your friends online may want to meet you. D) Online friends are not friends at all.
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C
Ques: Whether you're up for a Crocodile Dundee's adventure or you'd just like a taste of the Australian sun, the beaches in and around Sydney can offer you all that and more. Sydney Beach Sydney Beach is located at Sydney's northernmost tip on an extension of land ending at Palm Beach. Before checking out the golden sand, take a quick tour of the houses of millionaires from the art and film industries. Palm Beach Only about an hour from downtown Sydney, Palm Beach offers a long stretch of clean sand and water. With parking near the center of the beach, that leaves the rest of it as a peaceful location with a _ population, from which you can go surfing but take care -- without the huge crowds of other Sydney's beaches, Palm Beach doesn't afford quite the safety level to be found elsewhere. Volunteer lifesavers are on duty only on weekends and holidays. Bondi Beach For the famous beach, Bondi Beach has to be your choice. Parking is difficult to find even on slow days, so consider taking public transport to this world--known beach in the eastern Sydney suburbs. Easily reachable by taxi, bus, and rail, Bondi Beach offers sun bathing, swimming, snorkeling, and all sorts of water sports fun. If you're in the mood for a bit of exercise, two scenic coastal walks will afford you great views and sights along the shore. Take in views from Mackenzie's Point. It starts at Bondi and heads south to Bronte Beach. But don't try to swim in Mackenzie's Bay -- it holds dangers such as hidden rocks. Bronte Beach Your second choice for a scenic coastal walk covers a few miles and takes you from Bronte Beach to Waverly Cemetery, where many famous Australians are buried, including the poet Henry Lawson. Which of the following shows the right order of the beaches lined from the south to the north? A) Palm Beach--Sydney Beach--Bronte Beach--Bondi Beach B) Bronte Beach--Bondi Beach--Palm Beach--Sydney Beach C) Sydney Beach--Palm Beach--Bondi Beach--Bronte Beach D) Bondi Beach--Bronte Beach--Palm Beach--Sydney Beach
Ans: B
Ques: Notting hill is a small town west of London. Here lives shy William, a divorced man, who owns a little travel-book store. It was a Wednesday, when the poor shop keeper happened to meet Anna Scott ,a movie star who walked into his shop. They ran across each other in the street again. And they found themselves falling in love. But how could a poor man keep the love of a famous star? Their lives and their worlds were so different. Six months later, Anna was in London again for her new film. She came to William's thought ... Length :110 minutes Director:David Duning Cast:Julia Roberts(actress), Hugh Grant(actor) What did William do according to the passage? A) A movie star . B) A book store owner C) A man called William. D) We don't know .
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B