Question

完形填空。

通读下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

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_________.

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

Peter explained. “We _________ 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_________ 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 say, “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 _________ lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always _________ pain of loss. When nothing can be _________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. hope B. expect C. decide D. prefer

2.A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Then D. So

3. A. interest B. experience C. change D. Suggestion

4.A. forgets B. disappears C. appears D. improves

5. A. finished B. practiced C. continued D. started

6.A. break down B. break away C. break off D. break in

7. A. often B. seldom C. always D. never

8.A. struggling B. satisfying C. pleased D. fed

9.A. at B. by C. on D. in

10.A. even if B. while C. before D. since

11.A. strange B. true C. false D. impossible

12.A. will be B. is C. will D. to be

13.A. little B. some C. any D. no

14.A. thought B. checked C. carried D. done

15. A. to ask for B. forming C. to build D. beginning

Answer 1