Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each word can only be used once（将下列单词或词组的序号填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词/词组只能填一次。）
wrote B. special C. sister D. met    E. sadness

Everyone has a true friend in his life. Mary Allen was my best friend—like the 【小题1】 I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.

When I was 13, my family moved away. Mary and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on 【小题2】 occasions(场合)—like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we【小题3】 less often. One day a card that I sent came back stamped “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to find Mary.

Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my【小题4】 when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could fill.

 

A．immediately

B．excited

C．filled

D．frightening

E．married     One day I was reading the newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Lee—Mary's

【小题5】name. “There must be thousands of Lee," I thought, but I wrote to her anyway.

She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!" she said in a(n)【小题6】voice. “I haven't heard from you for years!" Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized 【小题7】, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught on each other’s lives.

Now the empty place in my heart is 【小题8】. And there's one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won't lose each other again!