Question

Linda Eveans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lesson, movies, swimming, and 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 times, 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 about how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much, 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 I 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 recognized at once, even after 40 years. We 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!

1.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 times

2.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 and sadness

3.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

4.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.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了琳达.伊万斯曾是作者最好的朋友，后因忙于照顾孩子、搬家等多种原因失去了联系，为此作者感到很难过。后来作者在报纸时看到一个和自己朋友相貌名字都很相像的女孩子，给她写信询问是否认识琳达.伊万斯。让她高兴的事那个女孩是她朋友的女儿。40年后他们又重拾友谊。

1.推断题，根据文章第二段中的Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often根据文可知，她们之所以没经常写信，是因为她们要忙于照顾孩子，又要搬新家，也就是说，她们没有时间写信。故选A。

2.推断题。根据第三段最后一句“There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill”在我内心深处有一块空白，只有像琳达这样的朋友才能填充它。故选C。

3.推断题，根据第四段中“We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives”我们一会哭一会笑，询问对方的近况。由此可知真正让作者感到高兴的是当她在电话上听到老朋友Linda的声音的时候。而读到报纸的时候和写信的时候都还只是在猜测，那时还谈不上高兴。故选B。

4.细节题，根据文章最后一段中的“Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years…”几分钟之后，我听到了一个即使过了40年依旧熟识的声音，故选A。