Passage2“No man is an island”,wrote the poet John Donne seve

Passage2
“No man is an island”,wrote the poet John Donne several centuries ago.He was acknowledging one of our most distinctive characteristics:the fact that we are social animal whose behavior and personalities are shaped by the groups to which we belong.
Throughout life,most of our daily activities are performed in the company of other Whether our purpose is working,playing,raising a family,learning,or simply relaxing,we usually pursue it in proups,even if the group is as small as two or three people.Out need for human contacts is not merely a practical one; it is a deep psychological need as well.
People are deprived of the company of others for prolonged periods,mental breakdown is the usual result.Even the Geneva Convention(日内瓦公约),an international agreement that regulates the treatment of prisoners of war,recognizes this need.It regards solitary(孤独的)imprisonment for more than thirty day as a cruel form of torture(折磨).
In its strictest sense,a proup is a collection of people interacting together in an orderly way on the basis of shared expectations about one another’s behavior.As result of this interaction,members feel a common sense of “belonging,” They distinguish members front nonmembers and expect certain kinds of behavior from outsiders.
1By”No man is an island,” John Donne Means ____
Ano one can live on an island alone
Ba man is not surrounded by sea on all sides
Ca man and an island are irrelevant
Dno one can live in isolation from other people
2The fact that we work or even play in groups illustrates the point that____
Apeople are different from animals
BDonne recognized from animals
Chuman beings are social animals
Dhuman behavior and personalities are formed by others
3”Breakdown”as used in Line 5,Paragraph 2 most probably denotes____
Aseparation Bcollapse Canalysis Dfunction
4According to the passage,what is NOT a characteristic of group?
AThere are at least two people in it.
BThe members share some common grounds.
CThe members work for one purpose.
DThe members interact regularly with each other.