Question

When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate (照亮) me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.

When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say: “Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell...” We have never met.

It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist, who will only fill up the healing silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

1.In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to             .

A．share poems and stories with her friend

B．go to her friend’s house regularly

C．become serious about her study

D．learn from her classmates at school

2.In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means             .

A．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared

B．we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C．our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us

D．we parted with each other in London

3.According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend             .

A．call each other regularly

B．enjoy writing to each other

C．have similar personalities

D．dream of meeting each other

4.In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to             .

A．seek professional help 

B．break the silence

C．stay with her best friend

D．be left alone

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲述了作者与昔日的朋友间的所发生的事情，同时表达了作者对待朋友的一些看法和感悟。

1.A细节题。根据文章第二段We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle.可知，在八年级的时候，作者和她的朋友在学校很少说话，但是放学后，她的朋友会来他家，她们一起分享诗歌和故事。故选A

2.C推断题。We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.根据文章第三段我们每周日见面，发现了很多有趣的事情，我们一直走，直到我们不累了，然后才分开。我们一起对伦敦的探索是我们彼此最值得纪念的。故选C

3.B细节题。根据文章第四段We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves.我们长期的相互写信，在信中，我们经常发现最新奇的自己。故选B

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考点：考查人生百味类短文阅读。