Most friendships die a nature death: people move, change jobs, or start different stages of life. Other friendships, however, end unexpectedly.  When a friendship is over and you don’t understand why, it can be especially painful. Sometimes a friend ends your relationship without telling you why.
The loss of friendship might be worth reflecting on. Knowing when a friendship is over and why it ends may help you build stronger friendships in the future.
●See if you can find a problem.
When a friendship is over, examine your relationship. Perhaps you remember your friend complaining that you’re always late. Maybe you seldom return your friend’s phone calls. When a friend ends your relationship, try to find out the reasons why the friendship is over.
● Writer a letter to your friend .
Express you feelings about the friendship. Do you miss seeing them? Do you have any regrets? Would you act differently if you were still friends? Make it an honest communication.
● Express you feeling of being hurt or anger.
Write or talk about how you feel in a letter. When a friendship is over, it’s important to communicate exactly how hurt you feel, and why. Write until you have nothing left to say. When a friend ends your relationship, you do have the right to express yourself.
● Communicate that you are open to pick up the friendship .
When a friendship is over and you want to reconnect some day, send Christmas, or birthday cards. Say hi and send greetings through mutual(共有的) friends. When a friendship is over, don’t give up until you’re ready.
● Decide to make your present friendships better.
An adviser once told me that simply talking about your relationship strengthens your relationship. Talk to your present friends. Are they happy with your friendship? If a friend ends your relationship, learn something from it.
小題1:The underlined phrase “reflecting on” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to      .
A．keeping onB．giving up C．thinking aboutD．getting angry
小題2:What can we know from “See if you can find a problem.”?
A．You are always late when you and your friend plan to go out.
B．Perhaps your friendship is over because of your problem.
C．Your friend is fond of complaining all the time.
D．You often refuse to answer your friend’s phone calls.
小題3:When a friendship is over, you may do all the following EXCEPT      .
A．a(chǎn)sk your friends whose fault on earth it is
B．talk about how you feel about your friendship
C．write a letter to your friend to tell your regrets
D．send your greetings to your friend before giving up

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A

試題分析：文章主要給了解決友誼中出現(xiàn)問題的一些建議，作者強調(diào)這些問題要理性解決，要多換位思考和溝通交流。
小題1:.詞義猜測題。由下文Knowing when a friendship is over and why it ends may help you build stronger friendships in the future.可知,"失去友誼"值得仔細考慮,即與C項相符。
小題2:推理判斷題。由第三段.提到的句子When a friendship is over, examine your relationship.推知你應(yīng)思考,"友誼破裂"是否是因為你的原因。選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。由文章所提議可知A項是不可取的做法，不能在友誼破裂時強行詢問到底是誰的錯。從第三個小標題Express you feeling of being hurt or anger.可知B是對的，從第二個小標題Writer a letter to your friend .可知C是對的，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的內(nèi)容Say hi and send greetings through mutual(共有的) friends. When a friendship is over, don’t give up until you’re ready.可知D是對的。所以選A
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