Question

【题目】 Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They __ friendship to last forever. ___even the best friendship can end.

As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) __ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally disappears.

Tommy wrote, “I didn't even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former (以前的） friend.”

Peter explained. “We started seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”

Sometimes friendships____suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.

Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we___ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always struggling (奋斗） with new jobs, so we didn’t keep __ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn't call him __ I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says, “Generally it’s __ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely will be lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always __ pain of loss. When nothing can be done to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on __ new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

【1】A.hopeB.expectC.decideD.make

【2】A.UnfortunatelyB.LuckilyC.ThenD.So

【3】A.interestB.experienceC.changeD.suggestion

【4】A.break downB.break awayC.break offD.break out

【5】A.oftenB.seldomC.alwaysD.never

【6】A.atB.byC.onD.in

【7】A.even ifB.as ifC.what ifD.only if

【8】A.strangeB.trueC.realD.impossible

【9】A.littleB.someC.anyD.no

【10】A.to buildingB.buildC.to buildD.built

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【6】D

【7】A

【8】B

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

本文主要讲述友谊，很多人都希望友谊长存，但是即使是最好的友情也会走向结束。有时是由于个人性格或者生活方式的变化导致的；有时是由于两者的不一致和搬家导致的；无论是什么原因，我们都不要沉溺于痛苦之中，开始新的友谊吧。

【1】句意：他们期望友谊长存。

A. hope希望；B. expect期望；C. decide决定；D. make使。固定搭配expect sb to do sth期望某人做某事，故选B。

【2】句意：不幸的是，即使最好的友谊也会结束。

A. Unfortunately不幸的是；B. Luckily幸运地是；C. Then然后；D. So所以。根据last forever和can end两者之间为转折，故选A。

【3】句意：随着时间的流逝，许多友谊结束由于性格或生活方式的改变。

A. interest兴趣；B. experience经历；C. change改变；D. suggestion建议。根据slowly loses importance可知，慢慢的失去重要性，发生缓慢的改变，故选C。

【4】句意：有时，友谊突然中止由于意见不一致或搬家。

A. break down破裂；B. break away挣脱；C. break off突然中止；D. break out爆发。根据a disagreement or move to another place可知，友谊不能再继续下去，即中止，故选C。

【5】句意：从那时起，我们几乎不打电话，越来越少的见面。

A. often经常；B. seldom几乎不；C. always一直；D. never从不。根据We met less and less.可知，搬家之后几乎不打电话，见面也越来越少，故选B。

【6】句意：我们两个人都一直为新工作奋斗着，所以没有保持联系。

A. at在……；B. by通过；C. on在……上；D. in在……里。本空固定搭配“和……保持联系”keep in touch with，故选D。

【7】句意：我们的友谊已经死亡，以至于我回家了都没有给他打电话。

A. even if 即使；B. as if 好像；C. what if如果……怎么样；D. only if只有。本题表示即使我回家了，也没有给他打电话，故选A。

【8】句意：一般来说，如果朋友都保持像他们一开始遇到的那样不变的话或者在相似的方向改变的话，朋友将会接受彼此。

A. strange奇怪的；B. true正确的；C. real 真正的；D. impossible不可能的。本句话在阐述作者的观点，这件事是正确的，故选B。

【9】句意：无论是为什么，什么时候或者怎样友谊结束的，总会有失去的痛苦。A. little几乎没有；B. some一些；C. any任何；D. no没有。根据常识，可知，当一段友谊结束的时候，我们总会感觉到一些痛苦，故选B。

【10】句意：然后继续去建立新的友谊。

A. to building去建造；B. build建造，动词原形；C. to build去建造，不定式；D. built建造，过去分词。根据继续做别的事情move on to do sth，故选C。