Complete the following sentences with suitable expressions from the collocation box below. Change the form when necessary. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible.Adjectives which often go before:friendfriendshipacquaintanceclosefair-weatherintimateloyaltrueclosedeepintimatelifelongshallowcasualnoddingoldpersonalsocialVerbs which often go before:relationshipintimacyconnectionbreak offcultivatedevelopestablishrenewavoidcreatedestroyenjoypromotesensebreakdiscovernurtureestablishmake1 She ________ when she found out about his gambling.2 Researchers have now ________ between loneliness and depression.3 I ________ between them from their casual and relaxed conversation.4 I bumped into ________ when I visited the art museum yesterday.5 He found that the people he had trusted turned out to be ________.6 The two old men in their 70s have successfully maintained their ________.

我们来逐题分析并完成这些句子。题目要求使用“搭配框”中的表达，必要时改变形式，有时可以有多个正确答案。

搭配框内容回顾：

形容词（常用于修饰以下名词）：

• friend: close, fair-weather, intimate, loyal, true
• friendship: close, deep, intimate, lifelong, shallow
• acquaintance: casual, nodding, old, personal, social

动词（常用于以下名词前）：

• relationship: break off, cultivate, develop, establish, renew
• intimacy: avoid, create, destroy, enjoy, promote, sense
• connection: break, discover, nurture, establish, make

第1题：

She ______ when she found out about his gambling.

分析：
句子意思是“当她发现他赌博的事情后，她______。”
从语境看，应该是她和某人（可能是恋人或朋友）断绝了关系。
动词短语中，“break off” 可以搭配 “relationship” 或 “friendship”，表示“断绝关系”。
所以这里应是：broke off (the relationship)。

虽然“destroy”也可以表示“破坏”，但“destroy”通常用于“destroy a friendship/intimacy”，而“break off”更强调主动“中断”关系，更符合语境。

答案：broke off the relationship

✅ 正确搭配：break off a relationship
✅ 时态：found 是过去时，所以动词用过去式

答案1：broke off the relationship

（也可说 broke off their friendship，但“relationship”更常见于恋人之间，而赌博引发的失望更可能发生在亲密关系中）

第2题：

Researchers have now ______ between loneliness and depression.

分析：
主语是“researchers”（研究人员），宾语是“between loneliness and depression”（在孤独和抑郁之间……）。
动词中能和“connection”搭配，并且常用于“发现某种联系”的是 discover a connection。

“establish a connection”也可以，但“discover”更强调“研究发现”，更符合“researchers”的语境。

“make a connection”也可以，但“discover”更正式、更学术。

所以最佳答案是：discovered a connection

✅ 搭配：discover a connection between A and B
✅ 时态：现在完成时，have + 过去分词

答案2：discovered a connection

第3题：

I ______ between them from their casual and relaxed conversation.

分析：
“从他们随意而轻松的对话中，我______。”
说明是从行为中“察觉到”某种关系或联系。

动词中，“sense” 可以表示“感觉到、察觉到”，如 sense a connection/intimacy/relationship。

“sense a connection” 是非常自然的搭配。

也可以是 “sensed a close relationship”，但“connection”更通用。

“discover” 也可以，但“sense”更强调直觉，符合“从对话中看出”的语境。

所以：sensed a connection

✅ 搭配：sense a connection
✅ 时态：过去式（从“conversation”判断是过去事件）

答案3：sensed a connection

第4题：

I bumped into ______ when I visited the art museum yesterday.

分析：
“bump into” 意思是“偶然遇见”，宾语应是一个人，而且是熟人但不是非常亲密的人。

从搭配框中，“acquaintance” 是“熟人”，正好符合“偶然遇见”的对象。

形容词修饰“acquaintance”的有：casual, nodding, old, personal, social

• nodding acquaintance：点头之交（只打招呼，不深入交往）
• casual acquaintance：泛泛之交
• old acquaintance：老熟人

“bumped into” 常用于遇见“old acquaintance”或“casual acquaintance”。

但“old acquaintance”更自然，表示“很久没见的老熟人”。

“nodding acquaintance”太疏远，一般不会特地提到“bumped into”。

所以最合适的是：an old acquaintance

✅ 搭配：bump into an old acquaintance
✅ 语法正确

答案4：an old acquaintance

第5题：

He found that the people he had trusted turned out to be ______.

分析：
“他发现他曾经信任的人结果是______。”
带有失望情绪，说明这些人不忠诚、不可靠。

形容词中修饰“friend”的有：fair-weather, loyal, true, close, intimate

• fair-weather friends：只在顺境中出现的朋友（患难见真情的反面）
• true friends / loyal friends：真正的朋友、忠诚的朋友

这里表达的是“表面朋友，实际不可靠”，所以应是 fair-weather friends

“turned out to be fair-weather friends” 是固定表达，表示“结果只是酒肉朋友”

✅ 搭配：fair-weather friends
✅ 语境符合

答案5：fair-weather friends

第6题：

The two old men in their 70s have successfully maintained their ______.

分析：
两位七十多岁的老人“成功维持了他们的______”。
强调长期、持久的关系。

名词可选：friendship, relationship, connection

修饰“friendship”的形容词有：close, deep, intimate, lifelong, shallow

• lifelong friendship：一生的友谊，非常贴切，强调从年轻维持到老
• close friendship / deep friendship 也可以，但“lifelong”更突出时间长度

“maintain a lifelong friendship” 是非常自然的搭配。

“intimate friendship” 稍显奇怪，因为“intimate”多用于恋人之间。

所以最佳答案是：lifelong friendship

✅ 搭配：maintain a lifelong friendship
✅ 语义准确

答案6：lifelong friendship

最终答案汇总：

1. broke off the relationship
2. discovered a connection
3. sensed a connection
4. an old acquaintance
5. fair-weather friends
6. lifelong friendship

✅ 完整填写如下：

1. She broke off the relationship when she found out about his gambling.
2. Researchers have now discovered a connection between loneliness and depression.
3. I sensed a connection between them from their casual and relaxed conversation.
4. I bumped into an old acquaintance when I visited the art museum yesterday.
5. He found that the people he had trusted turned out to be fair-weather friends.
6. The two old men in their 70s have successfully maintained their lifelong friendship.

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