He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.

“Is your taxi  21   ?” I asked when he finally looked  22   at me. He nodded, then said  23   as I settled into the back seat, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a  24   .” He  25   as if he had a cold .

“I am not in a hurry,” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter.” He  26   his head. “I've read it several times already. I guess I  27   know it by heart.”

“Letters from home always mean a lot,” I said. “From a child?”

“This isn't  28   ,” he replied. “Although it  29   just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other 'Old Friend' when we'd meet. I'm not much good at _30__ .”

“I don't think any of us keep  _31_  our correspondence (通信) too well,” I said. “I know I don't. But I take it he's someone you've  _32_  quite a while?”

“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the _ 33 _ through high school.”

“There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship,” I said.

_34_ ,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I  _35_  away from the old neighbourhood and you kind of lose touch  __36  you never forget.”

“You said 'was'. Does that mean-?” He nodded. “ __37_  a couple of weeks ago.”

“I'm sorry,” I said. “It's no fun to lose any friend-and losing a real old one is _ 38_  tougher.”

He didn't _ 39_  to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch.”

“Well,” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things  __40_  and we just don't seem to find the time.”

When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it.

21.  A.   available  B.   acceptable    C.   beneficial D.   occupied

22.  A.   down       B.   up          C.   to          D.   off

23.  A.   unexpectedly  B.   curiously C.   apologetically  D.   definitely

24.  A.   booklet      B.   novel        C.   book        D.   letter

25.  A.   sounded     B.   spoke       C.   seemed      D.   continued

26.  A.   hung        B.   nodded      C.   shook       D.   kept

27.  A.   anyhow      B.   hardly       C.   almost       D.   really

28.  A.   friendship    B.   family       C.   leadership    D.   colleague

29.  A.   could       B.   might       C.   maybe       D.   would

30.  A.   writing      B.   reading      C.   talking       D.   learning

31.  A.   up          B.   with     C.   on          D.   in

32.  A.   found       B.   written      C.   known      D.   seen

33.  A.   curriculum    B.   coincidence   C.   life         D.   way

34.  A.   Eventually    B.   Actually      C.   Additionally   D.   Besides

35.  A.   removed     B.   left         C.   headed      D.   moved

36.  A.   even though   B.   as though    C.   when       D.   whereas

37.  A.   Died     B.   Suffered     C.   Choked      D.   Survived

38.  A.   ever        B.   even     C.   fairly        D.   quite

39.  A.   appeal       B.   reply        C.   adapt        D.   talk

40.  A.   take up      B.   pick up      C.   come up     D.   break up

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