Question

Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.

When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding  and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very well. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.

One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman — Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but J still wrote to her.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”

Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1.The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans _______.

A. at the age of 13

B. before she got married

C. after they moved to new homes

D. before the writer’s family moved away

2.They didn’t often write to each other because they _______.

A. got married

B. had little time to do so

C. didn’ t like writing letters

D. could see each other on special time

3.There was an empty place in the writer’s heart be­cause she _______.

A. was in trouble

B. didn’t know Linda’s address

C. received the card that she sent

D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happi­ness or sadness

4. The writer was happy when she _______.

A. read the newspaper

B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone

C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda

D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman

5.They haven’t kept in touch _______.

A. for about 40 years

B. for about 27 years

C. since they got married

D. since the writer’s family moved away

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了两个像姐妹一样的女孩在失散多年后重逢的故事。

1.D细节理解题。根据后文“Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time”可知，琳达和作者写信保持联系，并在特别的时间见面，这些事发生在“When I was 13, my family moved away.”，所以琳达和作者一起去上钢琴课是在这之前。故选D。

2.B 细节理解题。根据“we were busy with children and moving to new homes”这个信息可知，琳达和作者很少写信的原因是他们都忙于孩子和搬进新家，没有时间写信。故选B。

3.D细节理解题。在“There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.”这句话中，that引导定语从句，意为“只有像琳达一样的朋友能够填满”，修饰“an empty place”，由此可知，作者现在没有一个像琳达一样的朋友。故选D。

4.B细节理解题。当作者“heard a voice”后的感受是“Now the empty place in my heart is filled.”，由此可知，听到琳达的声音后，作者内心的空缺被填满了，她是高兴的。故选B。

5.A细节理解题。根据“even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives”可知，40年后，欢笑和泪水由融入了作者和琳达彼此的生活中。所以他们40年没有联系。故选A。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。