The friendship between us never fades. Mary Allen was my best friend—like a sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding, and so on.
When I was 13, my family moved. Mary and I
36 in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special
37 — like my wedding and Mary’s. Soon we were
38 with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less. One day a card that I sent came back,
39 “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to
40 Mary.
Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to
41 stories of my children and then grandchildren. I need to share my
42 when my brother and then my mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could
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One day I was reading a newspaper
44 I notice a picture of a young woman who looked a lot like Mary and whose last name was Wagman— Mary’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought,
45 I wrote to her anyway.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs. Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Mary Allen Wagman is my mother”. Minutes later I heard a voice that I
46 at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and asked about each other’s
47 .
Now the empty place in my heart is filled, and there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won’t lose each other again!
| 小题2: | | A．places | B．occasions | C．festivals | D．things |
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| 小题3: | | A．comfortable | B．careful | C．easy | D．busy |
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| 小题4: | | A．saying | B．writing | C．read | D．told |
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| 小题6: | | A．share | B．speak | C．write | D．remember |
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| 小题7: | | A．news | B．sorrow | C．stories | D．failure |
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| 小题9: | | A．when | B．while | C．if | D．though |
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| 小题11: | | A．realized | B．received | C．contacted | D．recognized |
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| 小题12: | | A．future | B．progress | C．lives | D．weddings |
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