My grandmother often said to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was true. However, I’ve now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different types. Let me tell you about a few of them.

One type of friends is the type I call the “football mom friend”. My neighbor Sally is a good example. We both have kids who play football in a football club, and someone has to take them to practice and pick them up. Sally and I and two other mothers take turns to do this. We meet sometimes and have tea and talk about what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we meet each other. I enjoy being with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.

Another type is called the “hobby friend”. That’s the person you share an interest or a hobby with. Michael and Cater, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. We’re all in a bird watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on a trip to watch different kinds of birds. There’s nothing romantic(浪漫的)about my relationship with Michael and Cater, of course. We just share interest in birds.

Then there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Jim is married to Rose, a friend that I’ve known since college. When Rose married Jim, I realized that I would have to be Jim’s friend if I want to continue to be Rose’s. Jim and I don’t share so many interests, but we do have a friendly relationship.

1.What does the first paragraph tell us about?

A. We need true friends in our lifetime.

B. We have few best friends in our lifetime.

C. We should make new friends.

D. We must be friendly to all our friends.

2.Many people are mentioned in this passage. Who is the writer’s true friend?

A. Sally.B. Michael. C. Jim. D. Rose.

3.Which of the following statements is RIGHT?

A. Finally the writer agrees with her grandmother.

B. Michael and Cater both fall in love with the writer.

C. The writer herself sometimes takes her kid to the football club.

D. Sally and the writer are close friends.

4.How many types of friends are mentioned in the passage?

A. 2.B. 3.C. 4.D. 5

5.From the last paragraph we learn that ________.

A. the writer made friends with Jim only because of Rose

B. Jim was the writer’s good friend at college

C. Rose didn’t want the writer to be a friend of her husband

D. the writer made friends with Rose because of Jim

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述的是除了我們認為的好朋友之外的三種不同類型的朋友。

1.1B 推理題。根據(jù)第一段2,3,4For a long time I thought this was true. However, I’ve now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends.可知在我們的一生中真正能稱為我們的好朋友的人是很少的。故B正確。

2.Then there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Jim is married to Rose, a friend that I’ve known since college.可知JIMRose結(jié)婚了,而Rose是我從大學開始以來的好朋友,所以我知道要維持和Rose的友誼,必修要和Jim做朋友了?芍髡哒J為Rose是她真正的好朋友。故D正確。

3.We both have kids who play football in a football club, and someone has to take them to practice and pick them up. Sally and I and two other mothers take turns to do this.可知他們的孩子都參加了足球俱樂部,她們要經(jīng)常帶孩子去踢球,再去接他們回來。她們幾個母親輪流做這件事情,作者有時也要接孩子們的。故C正確。

4.

5.When Rose married Jim, I realized that I would have to be Jim’s friend if I want to continue to be Rose’s. Jim and I don’t share so many interests, but we do have a friendly relationship.可知作者把Jim當成朋友,完全是因為Rose的原因。故A正確。

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