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Lisa Fry and Paula Turner grew up across the street from each other in Twin Falls. They never(1)______ their friendship would la
Lisa Fry and Paula Turner grew up across the street from each other in Twin Falls. They never(1)______ their friendship would la
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2013-10-11
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Lisa Fry and Paula Turner grew up across the street from each other in Twin Falls. They never(1)______ their friendship would last forever. But(2)______ Fry married, moved to New York City and had a baby, her letters to Turner suddenly went(3)______. " Do you think I’ve(4)______offended her? " Fry asked her husband. Turner, meanwhile , had(5)______herself she was no longer important to Fry. " She’s got a family now," she told herself. " We’re just(6)______ different to be close like before. " Finally, Fry summoned the(7)______to call her old friend. At first, the conversation was(8)______, yet soon they both admitted that they missed each other. A month later, they got together and quickly fell into their old habit of laughing and(9)______ confidences. " Thank goodness I finally took(10)______, "Fry says. "We both realized we were(11)______ important to each other as ever.
There are good(12)______to cherish our friendships. Some years ago a public opinion research firm, Roper Starch Worldwide, asked 2,007 people to identify one or two things (13)______they thought were the most important. Friends far outranked homes, jobs, clothes and cars. " A well-established friendship(14)______ a long history of experience and interaction that defines who we are and keeps us connected," says Donald Pannen, executive officer of the Western Psychological Association. " It is a(15)______ we should protect. "(16)______,says Brant R. Burleson, professor of communication at Purdue University," the better friends you are, the(17)______you’ll face conflicts. " And the outcome can be precisely what you don’t want—a(n)(18)______to the relationship. Making friends can sometimes seem(19)______. The hard part is keeping the connections strong during the natural ups and downs that affect all relationships. Her suggestion;(20)______ friendship an honor and a gift, and worth the effort to treasure and nurture.
(19)
选项
A、easy
B、effortless
C、difficult
D、formidable
答案
A
解析
形容词辨析题。下一句话中the hard part是解题的关键。根据上下文,作者想要表达的意思是结交朋友有时很简单,但是有时却很难。与下文hard相对应的应该是[A]easy和[B]effortless。easy表示“不花力气的工作或事情”,所以此处选择[A]更为确切。effortless指“因下了大量功夫或运用技能使得办事容易”,例如:a skater performing an effortless double axel(滑冰者毫不费劲地做了两个前外圆半跳)。
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