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(失望)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 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（心理学家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）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．become serious about her study

B．go to her friend’s house regularly

C．learn from her classmates at school

D．share poems and stories with her friend

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

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

B．we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared

D．we parted with each other in London

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

A．call each other regularly                        B．have similar personalities

C．enjoy writing to each other                   D．dream of meeting each other

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

A．seek professional help                          B．be left alone

C．stay with her best friend                       D．break the silence

5．What is the best title for the passage?

A．Unforgettable Experiences                    B．Remarkable Imagination                               C．Lifelong Friendship       D．Noble Companions

Answer 1

本文的话题是“朋友”，介绍作者在人生道路上遇到的几个朋友，他们一起写诗作文，一起探讨生活，作者最后发出感慨：在人生的道路上希望有好朋友做伴。

1．D   考查细节理解。第二段说，作者读八年级时有个好朋友，她们在学校都少言寡语，回家后就在一起写诗和故事，然后大声朗读。后来毕业了，我们都成了社会型的人，我们的小说与故事就不写了。

2．A   考查句意猜测。从该段的叙述看，作者和她的朋友当时在伦敦，都很绝望，但他们互相勉励，一起寻找美好的事物，直到他们绝望的感觉都消失了，“我们把伦敦给了对方”，显然这里表示我们在伦敦的这段时间互相关心与勉励，一起寻找生活的美丽，因此本题选A。

3．C   考查推理判断。从该段内容可知，我们写长长的信给对方，出现在对方的梦里，从来未曾见过面，因此C项正确。A项文章未提及；B项不符合文意，文章只是说他们在某些方面相似；D项也不符合文意。

4．B   考查推理判断。最后一句说，在黑暗的时候（心情压抑的时候），我宁愿做自己最好的朋友，也就是说，在这些时候作者宁愿独自一人。

5．D   考查主旨大意。本文介绍作者人生道路上的几个朋友，这些朋友与她一起写诗作文，和她一起探讨人生，尽管有些素未谋面。在心情压抑的时候，她宁可独自一人，她把充满激情的时光保留着，送给最好的朋友；她寻找能照亮她的生活的朋友。从这些内容判断，本题选D，品质高贵的朋友。