6．A study finds that youngsters who have a sister are happier．
Why？The usual answer-that girls and women are more likely than boys and men to talk about emotions-is somehow unsatisfying，especially to a researcher like me．Much of my work over the years has developed the assumption that women's styles of friendship and conversation aren't letter than men's．
A man once told me that he had spent a day with a friend who was newly divorced．When he returned home，his wife asked how his friend was going．He replied，"I don't know．We didn't talk about it．"His wife blamed him．
This made the man feel bad．So he was relieved to read in my hook that doing things together can be a comfort in itself，another way to show caring．
But if talking about problems isn't necessary for comfort，then having sisters shouldn't make men happier than having brothers．Yet the recent study is supported by others．
Scientists Liz Wright and Tony Cassidy found that young people who had grown up with at least one sister tended to be happier and more optimistic，especially if their parents had divorced．Researcher Judy Dunn，found a similar pattern among older adults．
I interviewed about 100 women about their sisters，but if they also had brothers，I asked them to compare．Most said they talked to their sisters more often，at greater length and about more personal topics．This often meant that they felt closer to their sisters．
It's true that having a sister makes one happier，but it needn't be talks about emotions．When women told me they talk to their sisters more often，at greater length and about more personal topics，I believe it's the first element that is the most important rather than the rest．

25．Why did the wife blame her husband in Paragraph 3？C
A．Because he laughed at his divorced friend．
B．Because he stayed with his friend for too long．
C．Because she didn't think he had shown care to his friend．
D．Because she didn't like her husband's contact with his friend．
26．What can we learn from the sixth paragraph？
A．Even an older adult can be happier if he has a sister．A
B．Women's styles of conversation are better than men's．
C．Talking isn't the only factor that makes people happier．
D．Talking about problems is the best way to show care for others．
27．As for talks between sisters．what is the most important in the writer's opinion？B
A．The content．
B．The frequency．
C．The topic．
D．The length．
28．What would be the best title for the passage？A
A．Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier
B．Sisters'Natural Tendency in Emotional Talking
C．Talking Is the Best Way to Make People Happy
D．Women Enjoy Different Styles of Communication．

分析 本文主要講述了有一個姐妹的年輕人會更具有幸福感，并就其原因進行了說明．

解答 25．C 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，A man once told me that he had spent a day with a friend who was newly divorced．When he returned home，his wife asked how his friend was going．He replied，"I don't know．We didn't talk about it．"His wife blamed him．一個男人和他剛離婚的朋友呆了一天，回家妻子問她朋友怎么樣了，丈夫說不知道．妻子覺得丈夫該言語上多安慰朋友，但他只是陪在身邊而被罵．結(jié)合選項，故選C
26．A 推理題，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，young people who had grown up with at least one sister tended to be happier and more optimistic，…Researcher Judy Dunn，found a similar pattern among older adults．有至少一個姐妹的年輕人在成年后會更具有幸福感以及更樂觀，并且研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，有姐妹的中年人也是如此．結(jié)合選項，故選A
27．B 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，When women told me they talk to their sisters more often，at greater length and about more personal topics，I believe it's the first element that is the most important rather than the rest．由此可知，作者認為在姐妹交流中，她們交流的頻率而不是談話的時長最為重要，故選B
28．A  主旨題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，主要講述了有一個姐妹的年輕人會更具有幸福感，且本文對其進行了原因的分析．結(jié)合選項，故選A

點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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