【正文】 ugs. Talk? We’ re friends. Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist（心理學(xué)家） Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were pletely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “ marked and unmistakable” . More than twothirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet threequarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife / husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危機(jī) ). “ Most women,” says Rubin, “ identified(認(rèn)定 ) at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.” “ In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “ women’ s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’ s relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says, interactions(交往 ) between men are emotionally controlled— a good fit with the social requirements of “ manly behavior” . “ Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “ the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman’ s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn’ t unusual to hear a man say he didn’ t know his friend’ s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.” （ 2021 年高考題） 46. What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that . A. he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband B. women have so much to share C. women show little interest in ballgames D. he finds wife difficult to talk to 47. Rubin’ s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to . A. a male friend B. a female friend C. her parents D. her husband 48. According to the passage, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society? A. Ending his marriage without good reason B. Spending too much time with his friends C. Complaining about his marriage trouble D. Going out to ballgames too often 49. Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph? A. Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves. B. Women are more serious than men about marriage. C. Men often take sudden action to end their marriage. D. Women depend on others in making decisions. 50. The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around . A. happy and successful marriages B. friendships of men and women C. emotional problems in marriage D. interactions between men and women 第四節(jié) 閱讀表達(dá)（閱讀短文，回答以下五個(gè)問(wèn)題，每小題 3 分，滿(mǎn)分 15 分） Sometime in the next century, the familiar earlymorning newspaper on the front porch (走廊 ) will disappear. And instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. You’ ll get up and turn on the puter newspaper just like switching on the TV. A program can select the type of news you want, and an electronic voice will distribute (分類(lèi) ) stories about the latest events, guided by the program. You’ ll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. Want more information on the brief story? A simple touch makes the entire text appear. Save it in your own personal puter file if you like. These are among the predictions (預(yù)報(bào) ) from munications experts working on the newspapers of the future. Pictured as part of broader homebased media and entertainment systems, puter newspapers would unite print and broadcast reporting, offering news and analysis with video images of news events. Most of the technology is available now, but convincing more people that they don’ t need paper to read is the next step. But resistance (反抗 ) to puter newspapers may be str