阅读理解
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 a 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 them is worth more to me than
the lifetime services of a psychologist, 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.
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
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
3. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend ________.
A. call each other regularly
B. have the same personalities
C. enjoy writing to each other
D. dream of calling each other
4. In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to ________.
A. seek professional help
B. be left alone
C. stay with her best friend
D. break the silence
