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 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 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.
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
