Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since childhood, spent the weekend with me．Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’ve both always looked forward to the few 1 a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up 2 into the night, talking about the people she was 3 ．She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was 4 other self-destructive behavior．I was blown away! She told me 5 she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even 6 out to see the guy．No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved 7 , she didn’t believe me．Her self-respect seemed to have 8 .
I tried to 9 her that she was ruining her future and heading for big 10 , but she thought it acceptable to have such a boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and 11 by the experience．It had been so frustrating, I had come 12 to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just 13 too far apart to continue our friendship—but I didn’t．I put the 14 of friendship to the final test．We’d been friends for far too long．I had to hope that she 15 me enough to know that I was trying to save her from __16 herself．I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer 17 .
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our __18 , and then she told she had broken up with her boyfriend．I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of 19 running down my face．It was one of the truly 20 moments in my life．
1．A．instants B．times C．weeks D．scenes
2．A．straight B．ahead C．late D．long
3．A．hanging with B．dealing with C．trading with D．comparing with
4．A．of B．above C．through D．into
5．A．how B．why C．when D．where
6．A．coming B．stealing C．hurrying D．driving
7．A．worse B．higher C．better D．poorer
8．A．improved B．changed C．strengthened D．disappeared
9．A．recommend B．advise C．convince D．introduce
10．A．chance B．trouble C．destination D.ambition
11．A．exhausted B．satisfied C．encouraged D．accustomed
12．A．almost B．forward C．close D．nearby
13．A．kept B．moved C．settled D．grown
14．A．power B．difference C．quality D．wisdom
15．A．praised B．blamed C．valued D．followed
16．A．hurting B．cheating C．criticizing D．concerning
17．A．everybody B．nobody C．something D．anything
18．A．friendship B．conversation C．relationship D．decision
19．A．surprise B．sorrow C．joy D．disappointment
20．A．regretful B．rewarding C．vital D．urgent