1 . My car and my best friend
For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did
____ this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me
____ But then it tore us apart (分开).
My best friend lives three minutes from my
____ Since her
____ is in late summer, seven months behind mine, I basically became her
____ when I turned 16 in December.
And so I
____ her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream
____, went shopping and to the movies―all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so
____ that she gave me a key
____ her house.
A week after I got my license (驾照), she was with me
____ I had my first accident. She was there and
____ me and we kept it a
____, since I didn’t want people to
____ From then on, through thick and thin (共患难), it was just me , my car and my best friend.
High school is a time of
____, but I couldn’t
____for a long time
____ we became so distant (疏远) after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its
____, the passenger seat of my car became
____ Our car trips became less frequent (频繁的)
____ I didn’t even drive down her street.
It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I
____it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.
1. 2. | A．closer | B．farther | C．luckier | D．happier |
3. | A．neighbor | B．school | C．home | D．family |
4. | A．holiday | B．birthday | C．course | D．job |
5. | A．guide | B．follower | C．partner | D．driver |
6. | A．picked | B．woke | C．called | D．hurried |
7. | A．parties | B．trips | C．plans | D．classes |
8. | A．happily | B．frequently | C．hardly | D．seldom |
9. 10. | A．while | B．but | C．when | D．after |
11. | A．saved | B．suggested | C．advised | D．comforted |
12. | A．favorite | B．secret | C．pride | D．joke |
13. 14. | A．change | B．disappointment | C．friendship | D．excitement |
15. | A．believe | B．answer | C．imagine | D．understand |
16. 17. | A．arrival | B．dream | C．return | D．beauty |
18. | A．broken | B．crowded | C．empty | D．different |
19. | A．however | B．until | C．as | D．before |
20. | A．lost | B．received | C．enjoyed | D．regretted |
