Question

【題目】Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.

When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding (婚禮) and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent

came back, stamped “Address (地址) Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share (分享) happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman — Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but J still wrote to her.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”

Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!

根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容，然后從每題所給的四個選項中選擇最佳選項。

【1】The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans________ .

A. at the age of 13 B. before she got married

C. after they moved to new homes D. before the writer’s family moved away

【2】They didn’t often write to each other because they_________ .

A. got married B. had little time to do so

C. didn’t like writing letters D. could see each other on special time

【3】There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she_________.

A. was in trouble B. didn’t know Linda’s address

C. received the card that she sent D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness

【4】The writer was happy when she .

A. read the newspaper B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone

C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman

【5】They haven’t kept in touch________ .

A. for about 40 years B. for about 27 years

C. since they got married D. since the writer’s family moved away

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 B

【3】 D

【4】 B

【5】 A

【解析】

試題文章講述了琳達(dá).伊萬斯曾是作者最好的朋友，后因忙于照顧孩子、搬家等多種原因失去了聯(lián)系，為此作者感到很難過。后來作者在報紙時看到一個和自己朋友相貌名字都很相像的女孩子，給她寫信詢問是否認(rèn)識琳達(dá).伊萬斯。讓她高興的是那個女孩是她朋友的女兒。兩個老朋友時隔多年又再次相見了，40年后他們又重拾友誼。

【1】C

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的第一段和第二段的開頭We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding. When I was 13, my family moved away.可知，在作者搬家之前，她和Linda總是一起做很多事情，如上鋼琴課、看電影、游泳、騎馬等。故答案選C。

【2】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often.可知，從他們兩個結(jié)婚后，因為忙著照顧孩子，并且又搬了新家，所以他們寫信少了。故選B，他們沒有時間寫信了。

【3】C

細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句“There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill”在我內(nèi)心深處有一塊空白，只有像琳達(dá)這樣的朋友才能填充它。故答案選C。

【4】A

推斷判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中“We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives”我們一會哭一會笑，詢問對方的近況。由此可知真正讓作者感到高興的是當(dāng)她在電話上聽到老朋友Linda的聲音的時候。而讀到報紙的時候和寫信的時候都還只是在猜測，那時還談不上高興。故選A。

【5】A

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的最后一段Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives.可知，在時隔40 年后，作者又聽到了Linda的聲音，由此我們可以推測，他們兩人已經(jīng)大約40年沒有聯(lián)系了。故選A。