My grandmother often said to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was true. However, I’ve now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different types. Let me tell you about a few of them.
One type of friends is the type I call the “football mom friend”. My neighbor Sally is a good example. We both have kids who play football in a football club, and someone has to take them to practice and pick them up. Sally and I and two other mothers take turns to do this. We meet sometimes and have tea and talk about what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we meet each other. I enjoy being with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.
Another type is called the “hobby friend”. That’s the person you share an interest or a hobby with. Michael and Cater, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. We’re all in a bird watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on a trip to watch different kinds of birds. There’s nothing romantic（浪漫的）about my relationship with Michael and Cater, of course. We just share interest in birds.
Then there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Jim is married to Rose, a friend that I’ve known since college. When Rose married Jim, I realized that I would have to be Jim’s friend if I want to continue to be Rose’s. Jim and I don’t share so many interests, but we do have a friendly relationship.
【小题1】What does the first paragraph tell us about?A．We need true friends in our lifetime.B．We have few best friends in our lifetime.C．We should make new friends.D．We must be friendly to all our friends.【小题2】Many people are mentioned in this passage. Who is the writer’s true friend?A．Sally.B． Michael.C． Jim.D． Rose.【小题3】Which of the following statements is RIGHT?A．Finally the writer agrees with her grandmother.B．Michael and Cater both fall in love with the writer.C．The writer herself sometimes takes her kid to the football club.D．Sally and the writer are close friends.【小题4】How many types of friends are mentioned in the passage?A．2.B． 3.C． 4.D．5【小题5】From the last paragraph we learn that .A．the writer made friends with Jim only because of RoseB．Jim was the writer’s good friend at collegeC．Rose didn’t want the writer to be a friend of her husbandD．the writer made friends with Rose because of JimB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文讲述的是除了我们认为的好朋友之外的三种不同类型的朋友。
【小题1】B 推理题。根据第一段2,3,4行For a long time I thought this was true. However, I’ve now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends.可知在我们的一生中真正能称为我们的好朋友的人是很少的。故B正确。
【小题2】D 推理题。根据文章最后一段第一行Then there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Jim is married to Rose, a friend that I’ve known since college.可知JIM和Rose结婚了，而Rose是我从大学开始以来的好朋友，所以我知道要维持和Rose的友谊，必修要和Jim做朋友了。可知作者认为Rose是她真正的好朋友。故D正确。
【小题3】C 推理题。根据文章第2段前3行We both have kids who play football in a football club, and someone has to take them to practice and pick them up. Sally and I and two other mothers take turns to do this.可知他们的孩子都参加了足球俱乐部，她们要经常带孩子去踢球，再去接他们回来。她们几个母亲轮流做这件事情，作者有时也要接孩子们的。故C正确。
【小题4】C 细节题。在第一段里作者提及了一种真正的朋友，第二段里提及的一起接孩子的足球俱乐部的朋友，第三段里提及的是有共同的爱好的朋友，最后一段提及的是自己最好的朋友的另外一半也是自己的朋友。所以一共提及了4类朋友。故C正确。
【小题5】A 推理题。根据文章最后一段When Rose married Jim, I realized that I would have to be Jim’s friend if I want to continue to be Rose’s. Jim and I don’t share so many interests, but we do have a friendly relationship.可知作者把Jim当成朋友，完全是因为Rose的原因。故A正确。