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【题目】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 a 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】What is the best title for the passage?

A. Unforgettable Experiences

B. Remarkable Imagination

C. Lifelong Friendship

D. Noble Companions

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文。按照时间发展顺序，作者讲述了自己的三段友情故事。小学时，与一位要好的朋友的友情戛然而止；长大后，在伦敦与朋友一起探索这座城市，缓解了绝望的失落心情；四年后，我有了另外一位朋友，我们一起分享各自的思维，他激发了我的想象力。抒发了作者对真诚友情的向往与赞美。

【1】D 细节理解题。由第二段倒数第二句We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud.知作者在长大成人之前，他和朋友会创作自己的诗歌和故事，然后读出来给对方听，一起分享，故选D。

【2】A 细节理解题。由第三段倒数第二句We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted.知作者和朋友每周都会碰面，然后一起去发现探索伦敦美好的事物，他们会一直散步直到苦闷之情消失。这种经历是难忘的，所以伦敦的遇见是珍贵的礼物，故选A。

【3】C 理解推理题。由第四段第二句We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves知作者和朋友会经常写信，这帮助他们去了解彼此、了解自我，故选C。

【4】D 主旨理解题。本文讲的是作者的三位忠诚的朋友，在不同的人生阶段给了他欣喜、安慰、勇气、力量，正是这种高尚忠诚的朋友伴我们成长，故选D。