A relationship is defined as a state of connectedness between people．Although in today’s society with its crazy rhythm of everyday life, when people tend to live in thickly populated cities, spending most of their time in the office and hardly knowing their neighbors name, we still find ourselves in some kinds of relationships—with friends, family, or colleagues．

Family relationships are the first relationships people enter．Parents and relatives influence our emotional development by creating a model that we are sometimes bound to follow all our lives, often subconsciously．In day-care, at school, then in the office we spend a lot of time among fellow students and co-workers．We learn to keep business relationships, to work in a team environment, then form smaller groups of like-minded people and finally select some of them as our friends．

What is a true friendship? How does it start? Are we destined to become friends with certain people or can we actually plan whom to be friends with?

"Everybody's friend is nobody's”, said Arthur Schopenhauer．Unlike a companionship based on belonging to the same team or group, friendship is a very personal and selective type of relationship．It calls for trust, sincerity, and emotional bonds．

Sociologists believe that most people are looking for similarities in views, social status, and interests when choosing friends．No wonder that our friends are often people of the same age, sex, and education．Another important factor is joint activity and solidarity．This is the reason why many of us befriend our colleagues and other people who work in the same field．

Most people would agree that a friend is someone who always listens and understands. Understanding in this context implies a lot of meanings—ompassion, sympathy, and emotional closeness. It's a process in which your friend reads your emotional state, shares your feelings, identifies himself or herself with you.

1．What is the first relationship that people often enter, according to the author?

　 A．Friendship.　　　　 　　　　　 B．Companionship.

　 C．Family relationship.　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D．Customer relationship.

2．How do we understand “Everybody's friend is nobody's” by Arthur Schopenhauer?

　 A．Try to be everybody's friend.　　　　 　　　　　 B．Try to be somebody's friend.

　 C．Not to be everybody's friend.　　　　 　　　　　 D．Not to be somebody's friend.

3．The important reason why many of us befriend our colleagues is ___　　 _.

　 A．the same age　　　　　　　　　 　 B．the same sex

　 C．the same education　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D．joint activity and solidarity

4．What is the writing purpose of the passage?

　 A．To tell the readers what the real friend is.

　 B．To stress the importance of family relationship.

　 C．To explain the connectedness between people.

　 D．To introduce a new companionship.

 

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