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EXAM SKILLS
Read the passage and answer the questions below.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND
THE MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP
making new friends at work is more difficult. People now
have less security at work and this also means that they find
it harder to build new relationships.
There have been a lot of scientific studies into what makes a
friendship. It seems today that ideas of what friendship is are
also changing. A study in 1993 at the University of Oxford
showed that people could only maintain 150 relationships.
However, with the explosion of social media since then,
many people now have over 300 people who they think of
as friends. Some people think that these friends are not real
friends, but others believe that social media has helped us to
expand and keep our friendships because we have more
time and opportunities.
Another change from the past is that people don't stay in the
place where they were born. They go to different cities and
countries for education and jobs. People are in general more
geographically mobile nowadays. This means that we have
more chances to meet and make friends with people from
different cultures and different backgrounds. People still often
make friends at college who remain friends for life, but
As people get older, they sometimes also have less free time.
They become busier with their jobs and families and have
less time to spend with friends. Friendships can be very
different when we are at different ages. Young children often
choose their friends because of convenience, for example,
they go to the same school, they live near each other or their
parents are friends. As we get older, friendships are more
connected with having similar interests and opinions themde
One thing is definitely true though, it doesn't matter how old
we are or how many friends we have on social media,
friendship is good for our health. People who spend time
with friends have fewer mental health problems and are
generally happier and in a better physical state of health
than people who spend their free time alone.