He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windscreen to get his attention.
“Is your taxi____?” I asked when he finally looked____at me. He nodded, then said____as I settled into the back seat, “I'm sorry, but I was reading a____.” He sounded as if he had a____.
“I am not in a hurry, ” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter. ” He____his head. “I've read it several times already. I guess I____ know it by heart. ”
“Letters from home always mean a lot, ” I said. “From a child?”
“This isn't____,” he replied. “Although it ____ 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 ____.”
“I don't think any of us keep____our letters too well,” I said. “I know I don't. But I____ he's someone you've known quite a while?”
“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the ____ through high school. ”
“There are not too many people who've had such a long friendship,” I said.
“____,” 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____away from the old neighbourhood and you slightly lose touch ____ you never forget. He was a great guy.”
“You said ‘was’. Does that mean...?”
He nodded. “____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____ tougher. ”
He didn't ____ 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____ 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.
| 小题1: | | A．available | B．acceptable | C．beneficial | D．occupied |
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| 小题3: | | A．unexpectedly | B．curiously | C．apologetically | D．definitely |
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| 小题4: | | A．booklet | B．novel | C．book | D．letter |
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| 小题5: | | A．cold | B．fever | C．secret | D．story |
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| 小题6: | | A．hung | B．nodded | C．shook | D．kept |
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| 小题7: | | A．anyhow | B．hardly | C．almost | D．really |
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| 小题8: | | A．friendship | B．family | C．leadership | D．colleague |
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| 小题9: | | A．could | B．might | C．maybe | D．would |
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| 小题10: | | A．writing | B．reading | C．talking | D．Learning |
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| 小题12: | | A．speak | B．make | C．think | D．assure |
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| 小题13: | | A．curriculum | B．coincidence | C．life | D．way |
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| 小题14: | | A．Eventually | B．Actually | C．Additionally | D．Besides |
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| 小题15: | | A．removed | B．left | C．headed | D．moved |
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| 小题16: | | A．even though | B．as though | C．when | D．whereas |
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| 小题17: | | A．Died | B．Suffered | C．Choked | D．Survived |
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| 小题18: | | A．ever | B．even | C．fairly | D．quite |
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| 小题19: | | A．answer | B．reply | C．question | D．talk |
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| 小题20: | | A．take up | B．pick up | C．come up | D．break up |
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