For example, loneliness can affect relationships between next-door neighbors. The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together. The study also found that loneliness spreads more easily among women than men.

　　The average person is said to experience feelings of loneliness about forty-eight days a year. The study found that having a lonely friend can add about seventeen days. But every additional friend can decrease loneliness by two and a half days.

　　Lonely people become less and less trusting of others. This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends — and more likely that society will reject（排斥）them.

　　John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago led the study. He says it is important to recognize and deal with loneliness. He says people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks.

　　59. As an average person, if you make 2 more friends, how many days a year might you suffer from loneliness?

　　A. 48 days.

　　B. 43 days.

　　C. 65 days.

　　D. 17 days.

　　60. What can we infer （推断）from the passage about lonely people?

　　A. They can overcome loneliness themselves.

　　B. They will decrease loneliness day by day.

　　C. They need help to get back to normal social life.

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