Question

The friendship between us never fades. Mary Allen was my best friend—like a sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.

When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I   36  in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special  37  — like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were  38  with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less. One day a card that I sent came back,  39  “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to   40   Mary.

Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to  41  stories of my children and then grandchildren. I need to share my   42 when my brother and then my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could  43 .

One day I was reading a newspaper   44  I notice a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman— Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought,  45 I wrote to her anyway.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother”. Minutes later I heard a voice that I  46   at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s   47  .

Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!

1.	A．got B．kept C．lost D．fell

2.	A．places B．occasions C．festivals D．things

3.	A．comfortable B．careful C．easy D．busy

4.	A．saying B．writing C．read D．told

5.	A．know B．stop C．find D．help

6.	A．share B．speak C．write D．remember

7.	A．news B．sorrow C．stories D．failure

8.	A．stay B．hide C．fill D．live

9.	A．when B．while C．if D．though

10.	A．and B．since C．but D．so

11.	A．realized B．received C．contacted D．recognized

12.	A．future B．progress C．lives D．weddings

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.D

12.C

【解析】

试题分析：1.考查词组;keep in touch with“和…保持联系”选B

2.根据破折号的内容：like my wedding and Mary’s.说明是一些特殊场合。选B

3.考查词组：be busy with “忙于”选D

4.saying是伴随状语，表示“写到”选A

5.根据前面的Address Unknown.说明选find，说明：不知怎么找到她，选C

6.从下文的I need to share ….，说明此处填share，选A

7.从后面的when my brother and then my mother died说明是sorrow，选B

8.从前面的an empty place说明是fill，填满，选C

9.考查when引导的时间状语从句，翻译成：这时，选A

10.考查上下文的逻辑关系：从后面的I wrote to her anyway说明两句话是转折关系。选C

11.考查动词辨析：A．realized意识到，B．received收到，C．contacted联系， D．recognized识别，这题表示认出声音。选D

12.表示询问彼此的人生。选C

考点：考查故事类短文阅读