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 (婚礼) 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!
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
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
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