Growing up together in Twin Falls, Idaho, Lisa Fry and Paula Turner never doubted their friendship would last forever. But after Fry married, moved to New York City and had a baby, her letters to Turner suddenly went unanswered. "Do you think I've somehow offended her?" Fry asked her husband.
Turner, meanwhile, had thought she was no longer important to Fry. "She's got a family now," she told herself. "We're just too different to be close like before."
Finally, Fry picked up the courage to call her old friend. At first, the conversation was awkward, yet soon they both admitted that they missed each other. A month later, they got together, laughing and sharing confidences.
"Thank goodness I finally took action," Fry says. "We both realized we were as important to each other as ever."
There are good reasons to value our friendships. Once a public-opinion research firm, Roper Starch Worldwide, asked 2007 people to identify one or two things that said the most about themselves. Friends far outranked（高于）homes, jobs, clothes and cars.
“A stable friendship carries a long history of experience and interaction and keeps us connected,” says Donald Pannen, executive officer of the Western Psychological Association. "It is what we should protect." However, says Brant R. Burleson, professor of communication at Purdue University, "The better friends you are, the more likely you'll face conflicts." And even the result can be what you don't want--an end to the relationship.
The good news is that most troubled friendships can be mended. Here's what experts suggest:
◆Swallow your pride.
◆Apologize when you're wrong--even if you've also been wronged.
◆See things from your friend's point of view.
◆Accept that friendships change.
Making friends can sometimes seem easy, says Yager. The hard part is keeping the connections strong and long. Her suggestion: Consider friendship an honor and a gift, and worth the effort to treasure and develop.
71．The first paragraph is written mainly to_______.
A．complain something to her husband
B．show Lisa Fry missed her friend
C．show family is more important than friendship
D．introduce the topic to be discussed
72．The underlined word “awkward” in the third paragraph probably means______.
A．uncomfortable      B．uninteresting      C．convenient        D．relaxed
73．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?
A．Once friendship is broken, there is no way to be repaired.
B．People don’t value friendship over other things
C．The more and better friends we make, the happier we are.
D．Lisa Fry and Paula Turner were as important to each other as ever.
74．Experts suggest that_________.
A．Making friends should be no difficult experience.
B．We should consider things for our friends first
C．We should not have to apologize if it is not our fault
D．Friendship should be one-way process and worth our effort.
75．Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A．A Broken Friendship       
B．Opinions on Friendship and Friends
C．What Is Good Friendship?   
D．How to Mend a Broken Friendship
71-76 DADBD
71 歸納理解題。由下文可知本段是為了引出要討論的話題。
72．詞義猜測題。下文 “…yet soon they both admitted that they missed each other. A month later, they got together, laughing and sharing confidences.”說“后來她們倆承認(rèn)她們惦念著對方,一個月后他們聚會,說笑,分享自信”。由此她們起初的談話很尷尬、不自在。故A項為最佳答案。
73．正誤判斷題。由第四段中“We both realized we were as important to each other as ever”可以得出答案為D。A項的表述與“The good news is that most troubled friendships can be mended.” 不符；B項是對第五段最后一句的片面理解, C項文中缺乏明顯依據(jù)。
74．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“See things from your friend's point of view.”可知B項正確。A項表述錯誤，由最后一段中“The hard part is keeping the connections strong and long.”可知；C項表述錯誤，由“Apologize when you're wrong-even if you've also been wronged.”可知；由“Consider friendship an honor and a gift and worth the effort to treasure and develop.”可知友誼是相互的（two-way），故D項錯誤。
75．主旨大意題。文章從Lisa Fry and Paula Turner的友誼談起，引出友誼需要雙方的呵護(hù)和彌合,最后專家提出了幾點如何改善損壞了的友誼的建議。
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