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　It was a freezing day, when I picked up a wallet in the street．There was nothing 　1　　 　but a letter that was 　2　　 　Hellen． On the torn 　3　　 　I found the return 　4　　 　, so I called information． The operator asked me to 　5　　 　on, and she came back on the 　6　　 　soon． She told me that Hellen's family had 　7　　 　their house years ago． Hellen had to 　8　　 　her mother in a nursing home．

　I called and found out that Hellen's mother had 　9　　 　． The woman who answered 　10　　 　that Hellen herself was 　11　　 　living here．

　The director waited for me at the 　12　　 　of the nursing home． I went up to the 3rd floor． Hellen was an old 　13　　 　with a warm smile and 　14　　 　eyes． I told her about 　15　 the wallet and showed her the letter． She took a deep 　16　　 　． “Young man, ” she said, “this was the 　17　　 　letter I had written to Mike 60 years ago． I loved him very much． I guess no one ever 　18　　 　up to him． I still think of him…”

　I thanked Hellen and came back to the director． His secretary looked at the wallet 　19　　 　and said, “Hey, that's Mr Goldstein's． He's always losing it． He's 　20　　 　here on the 8th floor． That's his wallet, for 　21　　 　．”

　We hurried to him and asked 　22　　 　he had lost his wallet． Mike felt his back 　23　　 　and then said, “Goodness, it's missing．”

　When I returned him the wallet and told him where Hellen was, He grew 　24　　 　．“When the letter came,” he said, “my life ended． I never got married．”

　We took him to Hellen's 　25　　 　．They stood, looked at each other for a minute and embraced (拥抱)．

Several years ago, I had a huge falling out with one of my best friends. So huge, in fact, that now I can’t even remember what happened.
In the past nine years, I’ve seen her twice, and each time we’ve been polite but distant. And that troubles me because we were once that close to each other. I’d like nothing more than to go back nine years, and continue our friendship. But how? How do you reconnect with friends you’ve lost throughout the years?
Linking to your past
The desire to reconnect with lost friend isn’t unusual. Why? Because friends link us to the past. “Friends from years ago are custodians(监护人) of our past,” says Sandy Sheehy, author of Connecting” The Enduring Power of Female Friendship.
Although you can’t share information about your past with friends you’ve met recently, you don’t have a shared history with them. So you wind up only telling them about your past, rather than sharing it with them.
But many people never try to reconnect. Women especially have trouble taking the first step. Shyness or fear that the other person doesn’t want to reconnect often stops many women. And that shouldn’t be. Your friends probably want to be in touch with you as much as you want to be in touch with them.
Searching for friends
Fortunately, finding lost friends isn’t as difficult as it once was, thanks to tools like the Internet. Our experts offer these suggestions for locating contact information:
Search Internet sites designed to locate people like classmates.com and switchboard.com.
Contact your high school or college alumni（校友）office to request current address information.
Surf online yellow pages. Check current phone records from your friend’s hometown.
Network with other friends who might have known your friend.
Get in touch with any of her relatives(亲戚), if you know where they live. If you know where she works, find the company’s web site and search the directory of personnel.
【小题1】What ‘s the subject discussed in the passage?

A．Lack of money	B．Shortage of time
C．Regret and shame	D．Fear and shyness

Several years ago, I had a huge falling out with one of my best friends. So huge, in fact, that now I can’t even remember what happened.
In the past nine years, I’ve seen her twice, and each time we’ve been polite but distant. And that troubles me because we were once inseparable. I’d like nothing more than to go back nine years, and continue our friendship. But how? How do you reconnect with friends you’ve lost throughout the years?
Linking to your past
The desire to reconnect with lost friends isn’t unusual. Why? Because friends link us to the past. “Friends from years ago are custodians (监护人) of our past,” says Sandy Sheehy.
Although you can share information about your past with friends you’ve met recently, you don’t have a shared history with them. So you wind up only telling them about your past, rather than sharing it with them.
But many people never try to reconnect. Women especially have trouble taking the first step. Shyness or fear that the other person doesn’t want to reconnect often stops many women. And that shouldn’t be. Your friends probably want to be in touch with you as much as you want to be in touch with them.
Searching for friends
Fortunately, finding lost friends isn’t as difficult as it once was, thanks to tools like the Internet. Our experts offer these suggestions for locating contact information:
Search Internet sites designed to locate people like classmates.com and switchboard.com.
Contact your high school or college alumni (校友) office to request current address information.
Surf online yellow pages. Check current phone records from your friend’s hometown.
Network with other friends who might have known your friend.
Get in touch with any of her relatives, if you know where they live. If you know where she works, find the company’s website and search the directory of personnel.
【小题1】What is the subject discussed in the passage?

Several years ago, I had a huge falling out with one of my best friends. So huge, in fact, that now I can’t even remember what happened.

In the past nine years, I’ve seen her twice, and each time we’ve been polite but distant. And that troubles me because we were once inseparable. I’d like nothing more than to go back nine years, and continue our friendship. But how? How do you reconnect with friends you’ve lost throughout the years?

Linking to your past

The desire to reconnect with lost friends isn’t unusual. Why? Because friends link us to the past. “Friends from years ago are custodians (监护人) of our past,” says Sandy Sheehy.

Although you can share information about your past with friends you’ve met recently, you don’t have a shared history with them. So you wind up only telling them about your past, rather than sharing it with them.

But many people never try to reconnect. Women especially have trouble taking the first step. Shyness or fear that the other person doesn’t want to reconnect often stops many women. And that shouldn’t be. Your friends probably want to be in touch with you as much as you want to be in touch with them.

Searching for friends

Fortunately, finding lost friends isn’t as difficult as it once was, thanks to tools like the Internet. Our experts offer these suggestions for locating contact information:

Search Internet sites designed to locate people like classmates.com and switchboard.com.

Contact your high school or college alumni (校友) office to request current address information.

Surf online yellow pages. Check current phone records from your friend’s hometown.

Network with other friends who might have known your friend.

Get in touch with any of her relatives, if you know where they live. If you know where she works, find the company’s website and search the directory of personnel.

1.What is the subject discussed in the passage?

    A. How to make new friends.                

B. How to rebuild friendship.

    C. How to develop healthy friendship.          

D. How to keep in touch with friends.

2.The underlined sentence “friends from years ago are custodians of our past” in Paragraph 3 means _____.

    A. years ago old friends kept something for us

    B. in the past old friends took care of us

    C. old friends are part of our life history

    D. old friends know what wrongs we did

3.What makes us unwilling to reconnect old friends?

A. Lack of money.     B. Busy time.    C. Regret and shame. D. Fear and shyness.

4.How can we make contact with the lost friends?

    A. By asking other friends of the information on your lost friends.

    B. By searching your friends’ telephone number on the Net.

    C. By asking the local post office about your friends’ new address.

    D. By putting an advertisement in your friends’ local town.

Several years ago, I had a huge falling out with one of my best friends. So huge, in fact, that now I can’t even remember what happened.

In the past nine years, I’ve seen her twice, and each time we’ve been polite but distant. And that troubles me because we were once that close to each other. I’d like nothing more than to go back nine years, and continue our friendship. But how? How do you reconnect with friends you’ve lost throughout the years?

Linking to your past

The desire to reconnect with lost friend isn’t unusual. Why? Because friends link us to the past. “Friends from years ago are custodians(监护人) of our past,” says Sandy Sheehy, author of Connecting” The Enduring Power of Female Friendship.

Although you can’t share information about your past with friends you’ve met recently, you don’t have a shared history with them. So you wind up only telling them about your past, rather than sharing it with them.

But many people never try to reconnect. Women especially have trouble taking the first step. Shyness or fear that the other person doesn’t want to reconnect often stops many women. And that shouldn’t be. Your friends probably want to be in touch with you as much as you want to be in touch with them.

Searching for friends

Fortunately, finding lost friends isn’t as difficult as it once was, thanks to tools like the Internet. Our experts offer these suggestions for locating contact information:

Search Internet sites designed to locate people like classmates.com and switchboard.com.

Contact your high school or college alumni（校友）office to request current address information.

Surf online yellow pages. Check current phone records from your friend’s hometown.

Network with other friends who might have known your friend.

Get in touch with any of her relatives(亲戚), if you know where they live. If you know where she works, find the company’s web site and search the directory of personnel.

1.What ‘s the subject discussed in the passage?

A. How to make new friends.               B. How to rediscover friendships.

C. How to develop healthy friendships     D. How to keep in touch with friends.

2.The underlined sentence “Friends from years ago are custodians of our past” means _____.

A. many years ago old friends kept something for us

B. in the past old friends took care of us

C. old friends are part of our life history

D. old friends know what wrong things we did in the past

3.What makes us unwilling to reconnect old friends?

A. Lack of money                    B. Shortage of time        

C. Regret and shame                 D. Fear and shyness

4.How can we make contact with the lost friends?

A. By asking other friends of the information on your lost friends.

B. By searching your friends’ telephone number in the net.

C. By asking the local post office about your friends’ new address.

D. By putting an ad in your friends’ local town.