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1、任务型阅读9请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个词。注意:每个空格只填1个单词;请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。IsTrueFriendshipDyingAway?Justasourdailylifeisbecomingmoretechnologicallyconnected,wearelosingothermoremeaningfulrelationship.Toanyonepayingattentionthesedays,it'sclearthatsocialmedia—wheth
2、erTwitter,Facebook,orIinkedln—arechangingthewayweconductrelationship.Face-to-facechattingisgivingwaytotextingandmessaging;peopleevenprefertheseelectronicexchangesto,forinstance,simplytalkingonaphone.Amongthesesmallertrends,growingresearchsuggestswecouldbeenterin
3、gaperiodofcrisisfortheentireconceptoffriendship.Whereisallthisleadingmodern-daysociety?Perhapstoadarkplace,aloneliersocietywhereelectroniccrazeslowlyreplacesthejoysofhumancontact.Typically,thepressuresofurbanlifeareblamed.Witnesscrowdedbarsandrestaurantsafterwor
4、k:Wehaveplentyofacquaintances,thoughperhapsfewindividualswecanturntoandsharecloserelationships.Americansociologistshavetrackedrelatedtrendsonabroaderscale,wellbeyondtheurbanjungle.AccordingtoworkpublishedintheAmericanSociologicalReview,theaverageAmericanhasonlyt
5、woclosefriends,andaquarterdon'thaveany.Whilesocialnetworkingsitesandthelikehavegrowndramatically,thecrucialelementisthequalityoftheconnectionstheyestablish.Aconnectionmayonlybeaclickaway,butestablishingagoodfriendshiptakesmore.Itseemscommonsensetoconcludethat"fr
6、iending"onlinebringsaboutshallowrelationshipsastheterm"friending"itselfimplies.Nosinglepersonisatfault,ofcourse.Thepressuresonfriendshiptodayarebroad.Theyarisefromthedemandsofwork,orageneralbusynessthatmeanswehavelessqualitytimeforothers.Howmanyindividualswoulds
7、aythatfriendshipisthemostimportantthingintheirlives,onlytomovethousandsofmilesacrossthecontinenttotakeupabetter-paidjob?Ofcourse,welearnhowtomakefriendsornotinourchildhood.Recentstudiesonchildhoodandhowthecontemporarylifeofthechildaffectsfriendshipsareilluminati
8、ng(启示).Acentralconclusionoftenreachedrelatestoalackofwhatiscalled"unstructuredtime".Structuredtimeresultsfromthewayanaveragedayisarrangedforourkids—timeforschool,time