完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 There is one thing better than making a new friend, and that is keeping an old one. ——Elmer G Letterman Two years ago my family moved. The day we left, my best friend and I cried together in my 36 bedroom for hours. I was miserable during the five-hour car ride to my new house. Life was 37 ． On the first day of school, I called my best friend to tell her how it had gone. Then on Halloween, I sent her a letter and a picture of my new friends and me． Finally, she wrote me a letter. It wasn’t 38 a letter—a piece of paper saying, “Best friends forever”． When I finally got her e-mail address, I e-mailed her the 39 letter I have ever written. After the third e-mail with no 40 , my messages grew shorter and shorter. 41 each passing day, my 42 grew．I never received a reply from her． Mom said that I 43 try calling my other friends, and that I didn’t need to always call her. 44 my best friend, the girl that I had known from my childhood? My first 45 was automatic．“No way!” But after five more e-mail messages, I started to consider what my mom had 46 ．Every night for about a week, I stayed up in bed, 47 , “Should I keep trying or．．．?” The way I looked at it was that: if I’m her best friend, she’d 48 a minute to push a few buttons on the phone, or type a short “hello” on the computer. To me, keeping in touch is part of being a friend and it is important. To her, it really didn’t seem to 49 ． After two years of 50 , I finally got a phone call from her—my best friend. It was a big 51 ．She told me how sorry she was for not writing, and about how busy she had been. I forgot about everything that had happened and how annoyed I had been with her．I 52 her．I guess keeping in touch just isn’t her 53 ． I have realized true friends never really lose their special 54 ．Even after two years, it felt like we had just talked yesterday. Now she and I write regularly—or at least she tries to, 55 she tries hard. What more could a friend ask for? 36．A．cold B．empty C．small D．dirty 37．A．uneasy B．uncertain C．uninteresting D．unbearable 38．A．just B．only C．even D．hardly 39．A．longest B．best C．simplest D．funniest 40．A．return B．information C．message D．response 41．A．On B．For C．With D．As 42．A．patience B．anger C．worry D．curiosity 43．A．must B．had to C．would D．could 44．A．Put away B．Leave out C．Give up D．Cut off 45．A．reaction B．opinion C．thought D．impression 46．A．reminded B．offered C．stated D．suggested 47．A．asking B．thinking C．whispering D．struggling 48．A．save B．spend C．take D．waste 49．A．matter B．care C．value D．mind 50．A．disappointment B．fear C．silence D．regret 51．A．step B．surprise C．advance D．change 52．A．ignored B．accepted C．criticized D．forgave 53．A．style B．hobby C．idea D．nature 54．A．way B．connection C．heart D．image 55．A．but B．so C．and D．though |