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 (婚禮) 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 (地址) Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.

Over the years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share (分享) 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 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!

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

A．a(chǎn)t the age of 13                         B．before she got married

C．a(chǎn)fter 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.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

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹作者和好朋友琳達因為搬家后的忙碌逐漸失去了聯(lián)系，作者感到很失落。偶然的機會作者找到了琳達，使雙方都很興奮。

1.細節(jié)題：開始的時候作者與Linda總是一起去上鋼琴課、看電影、游泳、騎馬等，但后來在作者13歲的時候，作者一家搬走了，兩人只能通過書信聯(lián)系。比較四個選項，顯然只能選D。

2.細節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第2段中的Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often 根據(jù)文可知，她們之所以沒經(jīng)常寫信，是因為她們要忙于照顧孩子，又要搬新家，也就是說，她們沒有時間寫信。選B。

3.細節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第3段內(nèi)容There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.可知作者沒有象琳達一樣的朋友來分享自己的感受，答案選D。

4.細節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章最后一段中的Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much, even after 40 years…可知，答案選A。

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點評：文章介紹作者和好朋友琳達因為搬家后的忙碌逐漸失去了聯(lián)系，作者感到很失落。偶然的機會作者找到了琳達，使雙方都很興奮。內(nèi)容比較適中，對于考生的能力要求不高，只要認真細致閱讀，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)答案。可以先看題目再讀文章，這樣可以提高閱讀的速度。還要準確定位考點。特別是推理題，要結(jié)合上下文的暗示做題，掌握方法是關(guān)鍵。