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主题语境: 人与社会 语篇类型: 记叙文 建议用时: 15
Pen pals Jill Stretton and Cathie Alexander live half a world apart. However, they've 1 a faithful correspondence for seven decades.
The long-lived letter-writing relationship 2 in 1950 when 12-year-old Stretton from Australia was given Alexander's 3 by a friend. Back then, it sometimes took six weeks for a long-distance letter to reach its 4, but the pair established an instant rapport (融洽) after their first 5 that has grown stronger with time.
They felt as if they had truly 6 with one another, sharing life's moments through their letters, 7 the two women didn't meet in person until 1982. “She is just like one of the family,” Stretton said. “And we are still together as we ever were 70 years ago. That is quite 8 for people who've lost confidence in everlasting friendship.”
Stretton and Alexander have never stopped 9 to one another. Along with hopes, dreams, photos, and family updates, through the years, their letters have contained their sweet life 10—weddings, birthdays, graduation and so on.
While they 11 write letters, with the development of technology, Stretton and Alexander have slightly bowed to the times. For longer messages, they've turned to the Internet, but they agree that nothing will 12 a handwritten note. “Now, we do 13 to send postcards rather than write long letters because we email each other now,” Stretton 14 honestly. But letter writing plays the most important part in their friendship.
The two women's story proves that the 15 is nothing when it comes to true friendship.
1. A. ignored
B. selected
C. sought
D. maintained
2. A. improved
B. changed
C. began
D. disappeared
3. A. email
B. address
C. number
D. postcard
4. A. destination
B. reward
C. power
D. intention
5. A. adventure
B. struggle
C. exchange
D. comment
6. A. come across
B. grown up
C. turned up
D. settled down
7. A. though
B. because
C. so
D. and
8. A. typical
B. frightening
C. convenient
D. inspiring
9. A. responding
B. speaking
C. writing
D. turning
10. A. goals
B. memories
C. plans
D. ideas
11. A. still
B. gradually
C. never
D. eventually
12. A. determine
B. impact
C. measure
D. replace
13. A. pretend
B. tend
C. refuse
D. fail
14. A. apologised
B. asked
C. admitted
D. argued
15. A. distance
B. quality
C. challenge
D. profession

答案： 语篇导读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述相隔大半个地球的两位女士通过书信保持着数十年的友谊，说明只要是真正的友谊，距离从来不会成为其阻碍。1. D 考查动词词义辨析。句意：然而，七十年来，她们一直保持着忠实的通信。A. ignored 忽视；B. selected 选择；C. sought 寻求；D. maintained 保持。根据上文“Pen pals Jill Stretton and Cathie Alexander”和下文“The long-lived letter-writing relationship”可知，她们相互写信，保持通信。故选D。2. C 考查动词词义辨析。句意：这种长期的书信往来始于1950年，当时12岁的澳大利亚人Stretton从一位朋友那里得到了Alexander的地址。A. improved 提高，改善；B. changed 改变；C. began 开始；D. disappeared 消失。结合空后“in 1950”可知，此处指这种长期的书信往来始于1950年。故选C。3. B 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. email 电子邮件；B. address 地址；C. number 号码；D. postcard 明信片。结合语境以及上文提到的写信可知，Stretton从一位朋友那里得到了Alexander的地址。故选B。4. A 考查名词词义辨析。句意：当时，一封长途信件有时需要六个星期才能到达目的地，但两人在第一次交流后立即建立了融洽的关系，随着时间的推移，这种关系越来越牢固。A. destination 目的地；B. reward 奖励，回报；C. power 力量；D. intention 目的，意图。根据上文“took six week”和“reach its”可知，她们之间的信件需要花费六周才能到达目的地。故选A。5. C 考查名词词义辨析。句意同上。A. adventure 冒险；B. struggle 挣扎；C. exchange 交换，交流；D. comment 评论。根据上文“but the pair established an instant rapport(融洽)”可知，她们有了交流之后才会感到契合。故选C。6. B 考查动词短语辨析。句意：她们觉得自己好像真的是一起长大的，通过书信分享生活中的点点滴滴，尽管直到1982年这两个女人才见过面。A. come across 偶然遇见；B. grown up 长大；C. turned up 出现；D. settled down 定居。根据下文“sharing life's moments through their letters”可知，几十年来，她们通过书信分享着彼此的生活，虽然一直没有见面，但感觉就像是一起长大的。故选B。7. A 考查连词词义辨析。句意同上。A. though 尽管；B. because 因为；C. so 所以；D. and 并且，和。结合空前后句意可知，空后表示让步，使用though引导让步状语从句。故选A。8. D 考查形容词词义辨析。句意：这对那些对永恒的友谊失去信心的人来说是相当鼓舞人心的。A. typical 典型的；B. frightening 令人惊恐的；C. convenient 方便的；D. inspiring 鼓舞人心的。根据“And we are still together as we ever were 70 years ago.”可知，她们的友谊持续了几十年，并且友情还跟当初一样，这对于那些对友谊丧失信心的人来说是一种鼓舞。故选D。9. C 考查动词词义辨析。句意：Stretton 和Alexander从未停止过相互通信。A. responding 响应，作出反应；B. speaking 说话；C. writing 写；D. turning 转弯。根据下文“Along with hopes，dreams，photos，and family updates，through the years，their letters have contained their sweet life”可知，她们几十年来一直通过写信分享彼此的生活，所以她们从未停止写信。故选C。10. B 考查名词词义辨析。句意：随着希望、梦想、照片和家庭的更新，这些年来，她们的信中包含了她们甜蜜的生活回忆——婚礼、生日、毕业等等。A. goals 目标；B. memories 回忆；C. plans 计划；D. ideas 想法。根据下文“weddings，birthdays，graduation and so on”可知，她们在信中分享的都是她们生活中美好的事情，这些都是属于她们的美好回忆。故选B。11. A 考查副词词义辨析。句意：虽然她们还在写信，但随着技术的发展，Stretton 和Alexander已经稍微向时代低头了。A. still 仍然；B. gradually 逐渐地；C. never 从不；D. eventually 最后。根据上文“While”和下文“they've turned to the Internet”可知，虽然她们仍然在写信，但随着技术的发展，她们也转向了网络。故选A。12. D 考查动词词义辨析。句意：对于更长的信息，她们已经转向互联网，但她们一致认为没有什么能取代手写的便条。A. determine 决心；B. impact 影响；C. measure 测量；D. replace 替代。根据下文“But letter writing plays the most important part in their friendship.”可知，写信在她们的友谊中扮演着最重要的角色，因此可以推断，她们认为没有什么能取代手写的信件。故选D。13. B 考查动词词义辨析。句意：“现在，我们确实倾向于寄明信片，而不是写长信，因为我们现在互相发电子邮件，”Stretton 坦白地承认。A. pretend 假装；B. tend 倾向，趋于；C. refuse 拒绝；D. fail 失败。根据下文“because we email each other now”可知，因为她们用电子邮件发长信，所以在线下倾向于寄明信片。故选B。14. C 考查动词词义辨析。句意同上。A. apologised 道歉；B. asked 询问；C. admitted 承认；D. argued 争辩。空后的“honestly”说明Stretton 承认她们因为用电子邮件发长信而倾向于寄明信片这个事实。故选C。15. A 考查名词词义辨析。句意：这两个女人的故事证明，距离对真正的友谊来说不算什么。A. distance 距离；B. quality 质量；C. challenge 挑战；D. profession 专业。根据第一段中的“Pen pals Jill Stretton and Cathie Alexander live half a world apart.”和第二段中的“a long-distance letter”可知，两位女士虽然相隔很远，但是她们几十年来用书信保持着彼此的友谊，并且友情没有因为距离受到任何影响，所以距离不会妨碍真正的友谊。故选A。