He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.

“Is your taxi  1  ?” I asked when he finally looked  2  at me. He nodded, then said  3  as I settled into the back seat, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a  4  .” He  5  as if he had a cold .

“I am not in a hurry,” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter.” He  6  his head. “I've read it several times already. I guess I  7  know it by heart.”

“Letters from home always mean a lot,” I said. “From a child?”

“This isn't  8  ,” he replied. “Although it  9  just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other 'Old Friend' when we'd meet. I'm not much good at  10 .”

“I don't think any of us keep  11  our correspondence (通信) too well,” I said. “I know I don't. But I take it he's someone you've  12  quite a while?”

“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the  13  through high school.”

“There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship,” I said.

“ 14 ,” the driver went on, “I hadn't seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I  15  away from the old neighbourhood and you kind of lose touch  16  you never forget.”

“You said 'was'. Does that mean—?” He nodded. “ 17  a couple of weeks ago.”

“I'm sorry,” I said. “It's no fun to lose any friend—and losing a real old one is  18  tougher.”

He didn't  19  to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch.”

“Well,” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things  20  and we just don't seem to find the time.”

When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it.

1. available    B. acceptable          C. beneficial       D. occupied

2. A.       down      B.    up    C.    to    D. off

3. A.       unexpectedly      B. curiously        C. apologetically D.  definitely

4. A.       booklet       B. novel              C.       book          D. letter

5. A.       sounded   B. spoke  C.    seemed    D. continued

6. A.       hung      B.       nodded       C. shook       D. kept

7. A.       anyhow   B.    hardly     C.    almost     D. really

8. A.       friendship       B.    family     C.    leadership       D. colleague

9. A.       could      B. might  C.    maybe     D. would

10. A.     writing    B.    reading    C.    talking    D. earning

11. A.      up    B.    with C.    on    D. in

12. A.     found      B.    written    C.    known     D. seen

13. A.     curriculum      B.    coincidence     C.    life  D. way

14. A. Eventually   B.    Actually  C.    Additionally   D. Besides

15. A. removed      B.    left  C.    headed    D. moved

16. A.     even though    B.    as though C.    when       D. whereas

17. A.     Died       B. Suffered     C. Choked      D. Survived

18. A.     ever B.    even C.    fairly      D. quite

19. A.     appeal          B. reply    C.    adapt       D. talk

20.   A.    take up         B. pick up          C. come up             D. break up

1-5 ABCDA 6-10 CCBBA 11-15 ACDBD 16-20 AABBC


解析:

1.    根據(jù)下文找答案as I settled into the back seat說(shuō)明車是空著的。

2.    根據(jù)上文He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windshield to get his attention.說(shuō)明他低頭專注的看著什么，我敲車的擋風(fēng)玻璃，他應(yīng)該是抬起頭來(lái)看我。

3.   下文有I'm sorry, but I was reading說(shuō)明了他說(shuō)話的口氣應(yīng)該是表示歉意。

4.   下文有Go ahead and finish your letter暗示答案。

5.    這兒不是從外表上看似乎（seemed）感冒了，而是從他說(shuō)話的聲音來(lái)推斷的。

6.    下文說(shuō)I've read it several times already. I guess I  42  know it by heart.幾乎能背下來(lái)了，所以談不上繼續(xù)把信看完。

7.    上下文邏輯關(guān)系推斷答案。

8.    這不是一封家信=a family letter。

9.   盡管本來(lái)也可以算是家信的。

10.    我不那么擅長(zhǎng)寫信。

11.  固定短語(yǔ)。

12.    我認(rèn)為我們中任何一個(gè)人都不會(huì)保持通信那么好…..我知道反正我不行。但是我猜想/認(rèn)為/相信他是你相當(dāng)了解的人了？

13.    一直/自始至終。

14.    事實(shí)上/C/D同義。eventually最后。

15.    remove from the city to the countryside,=move away from

16.    縱然你不會(huì)忘記他，你也似乎有可能與他失去聯(lián)系. kind of thought he would come.我似乎感到他會(huì)來(lái)的。kind of有點(diǎn)兒/有幾分的意思。

17.    You said 'was'. 上文中有Old Ed was my oldest friend.說(shuō)明Old Ed已經(jīng)去世了。

18.    更加令人傷感（tough不愉快的）。

19.    reply to。

20.    事情往往就是這樣發(fā)生的，我們似乎找不到時(shí)間。

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