I feel that if there is, in this world, one person whom we can touch totally
and unabashedly, we will never die of loneliness. One person! I don＇t say
fifty, a hundred, a thousand. It does not matter who that person is, woman to
woman, man to man, someone you can go to and who will listen.
The problem is: although most of us can select the joy of intimacy, many
people choose not to. Some believe that intimate relationships are risky. They
believe that intimacy will hurt, and that it is going to make the greatest
demands on you, bring out your deepest feelings, and make you feel miserable
sometimes. Moreover, it seems that our modern society does not reinforce
intimacy. One out of every four marriages ends in divorce. As George Leonard
says, “we can orbit the earth, we can touch the moon, but this society has not
devised a way for two people to live together in harmony for seven straight days
without wanting to strangle each other.＂ It is said that intimacy is out of
date, but I would like to assert that intimacy is absolutely essential or we are
all going to go mad. Go ahead and live in isolation, if you can. I believe that
you can judge your level of mental health to the degree that you can form
meaningful and lasting relationships.
【題組】44 According to the passage, why do many people choose not to have intimate
relationships?
(A) Loneliness brings joy.
(B) Mental health is very important.
(C) Intimate relationships sometimes hurt.
(D) Modern society reinforces independence.
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