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Research shows that people with good friends have better physical and emotional health than those who have only a weak network of friends or no real friends at all. There are three general types of support friends to be __41__. First and probably most important, friends give us emotional support: they show us __42__ someone cares; someone really likes us and wants to be with us. But friends also provide guidance. When we have important __43__ to make, friends can be a sounding-board for our ideas, and they can present other sides to a problem. Friends also provide __44__, tangible support: they loan us their car when ours breaks down, they cook and meal for us when we’re sick, or they pick up our mail when we’re on vacation. Psychologists believe that friends __45__ as a coping mechanism. By providing us with companionship and support, friends serve as a buffer against the stress in our lives.

文意解析：

Research shows that people with good friends have better physical and emotional health than those who have only a weak network of friends or no real friends at all. (研究指出，有好朋友的人比起那些只有少數網路朋友或沒有真正朋友的人，有更佳的身心健康。)

There are three general types of support friends to be __41__. (有三種基本朋友提供的支持類型。)

First and probably most important, ……. (首先及最重要的是……。)

41、

(A) accepted 接受。

(B) destined 注定。

(C) provided 提供。

(D) improved 改進。

First and probably most important, friends give us emotional support: they show us __42__ someone cares; someone really likes us and wants to be with us. (首先，可能也是最重要的，朋友給我們感情支持；他們讓我們知道有人關心，真心喜歡我們，也真的想要與我們在一起。)

42、

(A) that

(B) what

(C) which

(D) whether

空格後為 someone cares 很容易選錯，以為是 what someone cares。

但事實上是 they show us that someone cares (us)，這裡省略 us，因為前面已提過，所以後面的 us 可省略。所以選(A)。

But friends also provide guidance. (但朋友也提供指導。)

When we have important __43__ to make, friends can be a sounding-board for our ideas, and they can present other sides to a problem. (當我們要做重要的決定時，朋友可以做為意見諮詢給我們意見，且針對問題的提供不同方面的(意見)呈現。)

43、

(A) relations 關係。

(B) decisions 決定。

(C) adoptions 收養。

(D) assumptions 承擔。

考片語，make decision (做決定)。

When we have important __43__ to make,

由後頭的make 可知，一定是 make important decisions。

* sounding-board 共鳴板，這裡引申為「意見諮詢」。

Friends also provide __44__ tangible support: they loan us their car when ours breaks down, they cook and meal for us when we're sick, or they pick up our mail when we're on vacation. (朋友還提供實際具體的支持，當我們車子壞了，他們借車給我們；當我們生病了，他們煮飯給我們吃，或甚至當我們區度假時，他們幫我們收信。)

44.

(A) actual 實際的。

(B) moral 道德的。

(C) formal 正式的。

(D) artificial 人工的。

Psychologists believe that friends __45__ as a coping mechanism. (心理學家相信朋友是擔任起「應付機制」的作用。)

By providing us with companionship and support, friends serve as a buffer against the stress in our lives. (藉由提供陪伴和支持我們，朋友可以緩解我們生活中的壓力。)

45.

(A) regard 認為 → [片語] regard as 把...認作，當作...。

(B) surface (n.)表面 (v.) 浮出表面。

(C) perform (v.)履行。

(D) function (v.) 有...作用 → [片語] function as 擔任...。

* coping mechanism 應付機制。

例句：We turned to a second coping mechanism. (我們啟動第二套應付機制。)，可引申翻譯為我們啟動B計畫。