Whydoweneedfriends?Wellhavingfriendsmaywellkeepyouhealthierandhelpyoudealwithstressbetter.Somestudiesshowthatpeoplewithclosefriendshaveagreaterabilitytofightdiseasethanpeoplewhoarelonely.Butnevertakeafriendshipforgranted.Likeagoodmarriagefriendshipneedscareandpatience（耐心）.Hereissomethingtoremembertomaintain（维持）afriendship:

Makefriendshipthemostimportantthing.Findthetimetobewithyourfriendsevenifitmeanslettingthegrassgounmovedorthedishesunwashedforawhile.Whenyoucan’tgettogetherusethephonetokeepintouch.

Openuptoclosefriends.Don’tbeafraidtoexpressyourinnerfearsanddisappointments.Listentoyourfriendswhentheyhaveproblemsbutofferadviceonlywhenit’swanted.

Havedifferentfriendsfordifferentactivitiessuchasgoingtothemoviessinginginachoirortakingpartinabowlingleague.

Don’twaitforafriendtoaskafavor.Whenafriendhasthefluoffertogotothestoretobuysomepillsordrivehis/herchildrentotheirafter-schoolactivities.

Howtomakenewfriends?

Youcanstartagroupsuchasadiscussiongroupongardeningorbooks.Placeanadinacommunitynewspapertofindpeople.

Talktostrangerstofindnewfriends.Youshouldbecautious（谨慎的）anduseyourcommonsenseofcourse.Conversationsstartedinmuseumslaundryroomsorbookstorescanleadtofirmfriendships.

Enrollinanadult-educationcourse.Aclassroomisagoodplacetomeetotherswithsimilarinterests.

48.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthepassage?

A.Howtomakenewfriends. B.Whydoweneedfriends.

C.Howtokeepafriendship. D.Howtogainfriends’trust.

49.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat .

A.Weshouldnotgiveadvicetoourfriendsanytimewewantto

B.Weshouldoffertohelpourfriendseveniftheydon’tneedhelpatall

C.It’simpolitetohavedifferentactivitieswithdifferentgroupsoffriends

D.Peoplewithfriendscanlivelongerthanthosewhodon’thavefriends

50.Accordingtotheauthor_______aregoodplacestofindpeoplesharingyourinterests.

A.libraries