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【題目】Friends of convenience 【1】.

They can be your neighbor or the mothers of our children's closest friends. Friends of convenience are convenient indeed. They'll help us when we need it.

Historical friends 【2】.

We all have a friend who knew us well. Maybe we have known each other since we were very young-in the second grade of primary school. He or she was the first, the only friend we told out secrets or stories to.

Pen friends or netfriends 【3】.

You try to make friends by writing letters, emails or talk on QQ or MSN. You may know each other very well, but you may have not met each other.

Cross-generational (跨代的) friends 【4】.

These are friendships that form across generations. Cross-generational friends are friends who have a wide age difference but are still able to connect in different areas.

Special-interest friends 【5】.

These friendships aren't deeply personal or emotional. Their value is that they can share interest, so we may have an office friend, a tennis friends or even a shopping friend.

A.I met John in the English club. We soon became good friends because we both like English. He was good at it and he helped me a lot.

—Jim, age 14

B.Lily is my best friend. We have known each other for many years. I remember that she was just a little girl when I met her for the first time.

—Kate, age 30

C.Mrs. Zhang is a kind woman who lives next door of ours. She often helps us look after our cats when we go on holidays.

—Jane, age 14

D.I knew Shirley because of my best friend Lucy. I remembered that I went to Lucy's house to study with her. Shirley was there, too. Soon we became good friends.

—Michael, age 15

E.You wouldn't believe that. I made friends with Mrs. Lin, a woman of 45. She is wise, listens well and she represents not only an ideal mother to me but also the person I'd like to be when I grow up.

—Laura, age 15

F.I didn't know Jack until I met him in the Chinese Import and Export Commodities Fair. His company is the cooperation partner of mine. From then on, we became friends.

—Tom, age32

G.Kim is my best friend. I'll share my happiness with him and when I feel upset, I'll tell him, too. He would always give me some good advice. But I don't know what he looks like.

—Lin Tao, ago 16

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】G

【4】E

【5】A

【解析】

本文是任務性閱讀。作者對朋友分成了5類并給出了定義：方便的朋友，歷史型朋友，筆友或網友，跨代的朋友，特殊興趣的朋友。作者又舉了5個例子，根據定義給他們歸類。

【1】題意：方便的朋友。他們可以是你的鄰居，也可以是我們孩子最親密朋友的母親。方便的朋友確實很方便。他們會在我們需要的時候幫助我們。

C選項句意：張?zhí)�太是住在我們隔壁的一位善良的婦女。我們去度假時，她經常幫助我們照看貓。根據題意可知張?zhí)�太是我的方便之友。故選C。

【2】題意：歷史型朋友。我們都有一個很了解我們的朋友。也許我們從小學二年級就認識了。他或她是第一個，是我們唯一一個向他講秘密或故事的朋友。

B選項句意：莉莉是我最好的朋友。我們認識多年了。我記得我第一次見到她時她還是個小女孩。根據題意可知莉莉就是我的“歷史型朋友”，故選B。

【3】題意：筆友或網友。你試圖通過寫信、電子郵件或在QQ或MSN上聊天來交朋友。你們可能很了解對方，但你們可能還沒見過面。

G項句意：Kim是我最好的朋友。我會和他分享我的快樂，當我感到難過時，我也會告訴他。他總是給我一些好建議。但我不知道他長什么樣。根據題意可知Kim是我的筆友或網友。故選G。

【4】題意：跨代的朋友。這些是跨代的友誼。跨代朋友是年齡差異很大但仍能在不同領域建立聯(lián)系的朋友。

E選項句意：你不會相信的。我和林太太交了朋友，一個45歲的女人。她聰明，善于傾聽，她不僅是我理想中的母親，也是我長大后想成為的人。根據題意可知林太太是我跨代的朋友；故選E。

【5】題意：特殊興趣的朋友。這些友誼不是很私人的或情感的。他們的價值在于他們可以分享興趣，所以我們可能有辦公室朋友、網球朋友甚至購物朋友。

A選項句意：我在英語俱樂部遇見了約翰。我們很快就成了好朋友，因為我們都喜歡英語。他很擅長英語，幫了我很多忙。根據題意可知“約翰”是我的特殊興趣的朋友。故選A。