Question

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 times- like my wedding 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 Unknown”. I had no idea about how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much, I wanted to share 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 I 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 recognized at once, even after 40 years. We 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!

1.The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans     .

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

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

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 times

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

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  Wangman

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.C

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述了琳達.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識琳達.伊萬斯。讓她高興的事那個女孩是她朋友的女兒。40年后他們又重拾友誼。

1.細節題，根據第二段第一句“When I was 13, my family moved away, Linda and I kept in touch through letters”可知開始的時候作者與Linda總是一起去上鋼琴課、看電影、游泳、騎馬等，但后來在作者13歲的時候，作者一家搬走了，兩人只能通過書信聯系。故選C。

2.推斷題，根據文章第二段中的Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often根據文可知，她們之所以沒經常寫信，是因為她們要忙于照顧孩子，又要搬新家，也就是說，她們沒有時間寫信。故選A。

3.推斷題。根據第三段最后一句“There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill”在我內心深處有一塊空白，只有像琳達這樣的朋友才能填充它。故選C。

4.推斷題，根據第四段中“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B。

5.細節題，根據文章最后一段中的“Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years…” 幾分鐘之后，我聽到了一個即使過了40年依舊熟識的聲音，故選A。

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