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The human desire for companionship may feel boundless, but research suggests

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问题    The human desire for companionship may feel boundless, but research suggests that our social capital is finite—we can handle only so many relationships at one time. Social scientists have used a number of ingenious (巧妙的) approaches to measure the size of people’s social networks; these have returned estimates ranging from about 250 to about 5,500 people. Looking more specifically at friendship, a study using the exchange of Christmas cards as an indicator for closeness put the average person’s friend group at about 121 people.
   However vast our networks may be, our inner circle tends to be much smaller. The average American trusts only 10 to 20 people. Moreover, that number may be shrinking: From 1985 to 2004, the average number of confidants that people reported having decreased from three to two. This is both sad and consequential, because people who have strong social relationships tend to live longer than those who don’t.
   So what should you do if your social life is lacking? To begin with, don’t dismiss the humble acquaintance. Even interacting with people with whom one has weak social ties has a meaningful influence on well-being. Beyond that, building deeper friendships may be largely a matter of putting in time. A recent study out of the University of Kansas found that it takes about 50 hours of socializing to go from an acquaintance to a casual friend, an additional 40 hours to become a "real" friend, and a total of 200 hours to become a close friend.
   If that sounds like too much effort, reviving dormant (休眠的) social ties can be especially rewarding. Reconnected friends can quickly recapture much of the trust they previously built.
   The academic literature is clear: Longing for closeness and connection is pervasive (无处不在的), which suggests that most of us are stumbling through the world looking for companionship that could be easily provided by the lonesome stumblers all around us. So set aside this article, turn to someone nearby, and try to make a friend. [br] What does the study out of the University of Kansas find?
选项 A、Those who have time have friends.
B、Friendship is too hard to obtain.
C、Not a close friend is made less than 200 hours.
D、Friendship is time-consuming.
答案 D
解析 事实细节题。由定位句可知，建立更深层次的友谊可能主要是时间投入问题，堪萨斯大学最近的一项研究发现，成为普通朋友、“真正的”朋友和亲密的朋友需要的时间不等，可知建立友谊是耗时的，故答案为D)。A)“有时间就有朋友”，由定位句可知，建立更深层次的友谊可能主要是时间投入问题，但并非有时间就有朋友，故排除；B)“友谊很难得到”，由定位句可知，建立更深层次的友谊可能主要是时间投入问题，最后一段第一句也指出这种友谊可以从那些在我们身边孤独徘徊的人那里轻易获取，故排除该项；C)“没有一个亲密朋友能在200小时内交到”，由定位句可知，总共需要200个小时才能成为亲密的朋友，这里意在说明交朋友需要花费时间，并非绝对指交朋友一定需要200小时，故排除。
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