When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.
When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, He was in despair(失望)and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.
For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell….”We have never met.
It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理學(xué)家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.
小題1:In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to ______.
A．become serious about her study
B．go to her friend’s house regularly
C．learn from her classmates at school
D．share poems and stories with her friend
小題2:In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means ______.
A．our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us
B．we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London
C．our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared
D．we parted with each other in London
小題3:According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend _______.
A．call each other regularly
B．have similar personalities
C．enjoy writing to each other
D．dream of meeting each other
小題4:In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to ______.
A．seek professional helpB．be left alone
C．stay with her best friend
D．break the silence
小題5:What is the best title for the passage?
A．Unforgettable Experiences
B．Remarkable Imagination
C．Lifelong Friendship
D．Noble Companions

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D

小題1:考查細(xì)節(jié)推斷的能力。從第二段倒數(shù)的三行文字可以看出，他們同學(xué)在一起寫詩和文章，然后誦讀。在學(xué)期結(jié)束時，他們才形成適當(dāng)?shù)纳缃恍袨椤Ｅc此同時，他們也停止了寫詩和文章的活動了。
小題2:考查推斷和理解引申意義的能力。從第三段第二句可以看出，他們持有同樣的看法。如果他們不走遍(explore)整個倫敦城，他們就不會高興。從本段的最后一句看出，他們不停地在這座城市里散步，直到他們的失望感消失，才各自離開。
小題3:考查細(xì)節(jié)推斷的能力。從第四段可以看出，他們經(jīng)常相互寫信，從來沒有見過面。
小題4:考查細(xì)節(jié)推斷的能力。從最后一段可看出，在作者情緒最低落的時候，作者自己是最好的朋友。(those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.)
小題5:考查概括的能力。整篇文章表達(dá)的是作者在不同時期的朋友伴隨自己成長變化的過程。說明了朋友對自己的影響和崇高的友誼。
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