I grew up in Jamaica Plain. My best friend Rose and I used to dream about raising a family of our own someday and living next door to one another.
Our dream remained alive through school and beyond. Rose was my maid of honor when I married Dick. Later, Dick was stationed in Alaska and we moved. Rose was sad to see me leave, but wished me the best of luck. We remained in touch for a few years before we lost track.
I thought of her several times over the years. All of my children now have families of their own, and Dick passed away a few years ago. Basically, a lifetime has passed. Then one day, near my 80th birthday, I received a phone call “Hi Natalie, it’s Rose,” the voice on the other end said, “ I don’t know if you remember me, but we used to be best friends in Jamaica Plain when we were kids.”
We have spent hours on the phone catching up. Even after 52 years of separation our personalities and interests are still extremely similar. We both share a passion for several hobbies that we each picked up independently several years after we lost touch with one another. It almost feels like we are picking up right where we left off.
Her husband died a few years ago as well, but she mailed me several photographs of her family that were taken over the years. It’s so crazy, just looking at the photos and listening to her description of her family reminds me of my own: a reasonably large, healthy family. Part of me feels like we led fairly similar lives.
I don’t think the similarities between our two lives are a coincidence either. I think it shows that we didn’t just call each other best friend; we truly were best friends and even now we can be best friends again. Real friends have two things in mon: a patible(相容的)personality and a strong-willed character. The patible personality is what starts the connection between two people. A strong-willed character at both ends is what maintains the connection. If those two ingredients are present in a friendship, the friendship is for real, It can pass the tests of time and long distance between one another and will never disappear
【小题1】From the passage we may know that the author .A．lived next door to Rose in her childhoodB．was Rose’s maid of honor when she was marriedC．lost touch of Rose since she moved to AlaskaD．missed her friend although they lost contact【小题2】After 52 years of separation, they .A．had a lot to talk on the phoneB．sent each other photographs of their familyC．they lived the same lifeD．developed different personalities and hobbies【小题3】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 6 refers to .A．Rose’s descriptionB．coincidenceC．best friend D．the similarities between our two lives【小题4】The author thinks that .A．the similarities between their lives are coincidentB．although they’re not best friends, they have much in mom.C．they both have a patible personality and a strong-willed characterD．only those who have similar characters can be real friendsD
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(答案→)D
解析：这篇文章通过描写我和我朋友的故事说明这样一个事实。真正的朋友有两个共同点:相容的个性和坚强的品格。相容的个性是最初连接两人的纽带,而这一纽带的维系则有赖于双方所拥有的坚强品格。如果一段友谊里有着这两者的存在,那么这段友谊就是真的,这样一来,它就能经受住时间和长久分离的考验而毫不“褪色”。
【小题1】理解题：根据I thought of her several times over the years. All of my children now have families of their own, and Dick passed away a few years ago. Basically, a lifetime has passed. Then one day, near my 80th birthday, I received a phone call “Hi Natalie, it’s Rose,” the voice on the other end said, “ I don’t know if you remember me, but we used to be best friends in Jamaica Plain when we were kids.” 可知尽管作者和她的朋友失去了联系，但是她非常想念她的朋友，故选D。
【小题2】细节题：根据We have spent hours on the phone catching up. Even after 52 years of separation our personalities and interests are still extremely similar. We both share a passion for several hobbies that we each picked up independently several years after we lost touch with one another. It almost feels like we are picking up right where we left off.可知52年的分离后，她们在电话中说了许多话，故选A。
【小题3】推测题：根据I don’t think the similarities between our two lives are a coincidence either. I think it shows that we didn’t just call each other best friend; we truly were best friends and even now we can be best friends again.可推测出“it”指的是我们两个人的共同点，故选D。
【小题4】细节题：根据Real friends have two things in mon: a patible(相容的)personality and a strong-willed character.可知她们有相容的个性和坚强的品格，故选C。