Question

完形填空，通讀下面的短文, 掌握其大意, 然后從各題所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出一個最佳答案。

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