We, Patty and I, had been best friends since Grade Four. Just about everywhere we went, people
____we were best friends. We
____secrets about popcorn（爆米花）and soda year after year. The best part about having a best friend was taking
____sleeping over on Friday nights.
Then in Grade Eight everything changed. Suddenly, my interest in make-up and clothes
____my mom. I
____believe Patty started the first day of school
____the same pigtails（辫子）she had worn forever. What was happening? Other girls seemed more
____than Patty.
I started avoiding her and making excuses
____, during the middle of the year, as we were sitting in the backyard, the
____broke out. I said, “Go home, Patty, and don’t come back.” Then I ran into the house crying. Mom sat me down and I told her
____I’ll never forget her words. She said, “
____will come and go in and out of your life forever. You are
____and it’s okay for both of you to make new friends
____is happening is hard but perfectly
____.”
Time healed（治愈）a lot of the
____, and over the next few years we clearly walked along
____paths. Still, when I saw her in the halls of high school, I
____a strange sadness. I thought if I went back and “fixed” everything between us, we could somehow start all over
____friends. But that was a fantasy（幻想）. Our differences were too great, and I could only
____she understood.
I’ll always remember the years when Patty and I were best friend, but Mom was right
____can change, and we have to let them go when it’s time.
| 【小题1】 | | A．realized | B．believed | C．knew | D．understood |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．shared | B．spared | C．kept | D．remembered |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．beds | B．places | C．turns | D．sides |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．surprised | B．scared | C．frightened | D．satisfied |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．wouldn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．couldn’t | D．needn’t |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．wearing | B．dressing | C．keeping | D．staying |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．boring | B．interesting | C．pleased | D．exciting |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．Finally | B．Naturally | C．Generally | D．Especially |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．tears | B．words | C．anger | D．hate |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．matter | B．everything | C．trouble | D．nothing |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．Interests | B．Friends | C．Sadness | D．Childhood |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．changing | B．studying | C．quarreling | D．imagining |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．common | B．ordinary | C．regular | D．normal |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．unhappiness | B．loneliness | C．memory | D．emotion |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．different | B．same | C．hard | D．separate |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．remembered | B．thought | C．felt | D．lost |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．suppose | B．believe | C．hope | D．suggest |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．Environments | B．Opinions | C．Friendships | D．Attitudes |
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