Friendship can deeply affect the physical and mental health of both men and women. Studies show that people who have no friends or who are lonely, are more likely to die earlier, get sick more often and suffer greater physical wear and tear(折磨）than those who have a support system of friends.
Sometimes, family members may be more likely to give you advice or tell you what you don't want to hear. It may not be as good as a friend who will listen to you and guide you, but support your decisions anyway. The most important elements about friendship are those who suffer support and do not judge your decisions based on society.
One reason for the link between social support and good health practice seems to be that people who feel cared for by others are less stress-out and protected against the symptoms(症状）of depression and loneliness.
Generally, women benefit most because of how they deal with stress. Women are more social in how they deal with stress than men while men are more likely to have a "fight or flight” reaction. Women also tend to have larger, denser social network, in which more people know each other and help each other, while men typically have smaller groups of friends and will rely on their wives or other important people for more support. While all these affect people psychologically (心理上）, friendship brings comfort that reduces the ill effects of stress, and the sex difference also contributes to the difference in the length of one's life time.
小题1:In the author's opinion, a real friend should .
A．tell you what to do even if you refuse to hear it
B．try to persuade you to change your mind quickly
C．judge your decision according to his, her experience
D．give you advice but respect your own decision小题2:Women benefit more from friendship than men because .
A．women are always cared for by more people than men
B．women are usually less stress-out when staying with others
C．women are more likely to solve problems with friends’ help
D．women can always keep more long-life friendship than men小题3:According to the passage we can infer that .
A．it's good for women to tell men what they should do or not
B．friends are always more important than family members
C．men don't want to share their problems with many people
D．the trend that women can live longer makes them more relaxed小题4:This passage mainly talks about .
A．why people should develop friendship
B．when friendship affects people's health
C．people’s different attitudes towards friendship
D．the friendship which can make people live longer
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:D
题目分析：本文讲述了友谊对我们的重要性，以及男性和女性对待友谊的不同的态度。
小题1:D 细节题。根据第二段前三行Sometimes, family members may be more likely to give you advice or tell you what you don't want to hear. It may not be as good as a friend who will listen to you and guide you, but support your decisions anyway.说明好朋友应该给你建议，并支持你的决定。故D正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章最后一段3,4行Women also tend to have larger, denser social network, in which more people know each other and help each other,说明女性在这方面有优势是因为她们更容易获得相互帮助，故C项正确。
小题4:C 推断题。根据文章倒数3,4行men typically have smaller groups of friends and will rely on their wives or other important people for more support.说明男性更喜欢独立靠自己来解决问题，故C正确。
小题5:D 主旨大意题。本文讨论的主要就是友谊的重要性，友谊可以让我们从中得到很多的好处，故D正确。
点评：本文讲述了友谊对我们的重要性，本文考查细节题为主，细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。
