三、完形填空。(2014，烟台)

　　Friends play an important role in our life.Most people hope that their friends will always be there.They __21__ friendship to last forever.__22__，even the best friendship can end.

　　As time goes by，many friendships end because of a(n) __23__ in personality or way of life.The friendship slowly loses importance and finally __24__.

　　Tommy wrote，“I didn't even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

　　Peter explained.“We __25__ seeing each other less and less.The friendship was just over.”

　　Sometimes friendships __26__ suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.

　　Alice said，“The end of our friendship was a gradual thing.I moved from one side of the city to the other.Since then we __27__ made a phone call.We met less and less.At last our friendship ended.”

　　Jack said，“When I moved to Seattle after college，our friendship died.Both of us were always __28__ with new jobs，so we didn't keep __29__ touch with each other.Our friendship was so dead that I didn't call him __30__ I went home.”

　　Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change.Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says，“Generally it's __31__ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met，or change in similar directions.If they change or grow in different ways，the friendship most likely __32__ lost.”

　　No matter why，when，or how friendships end，there is always __33__ pain of loss.When nothing can be __34__ to keep the friendship，it is important to forget the pain.Then move on __35__ new friendships.

　　May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

　　( B )21.A.hope　　B.expect　C.decide　D.prefer

　　( A )22.A.Unfortunately B.Luckily

　　C.Then D.So

　　( C )23.A.interest B.experience

　　C.change D.suggestion

　　( B )24.A.forgets B.disappears

　　C.appears D.improves

　　( D )25.A.finished B.practised

　　C.continued D.started

　　( C )26.A.break down B.break away

　　C.break off D.break in

　　( B )27.A.often B.seldom C.always D.never

　　( A )28.A.struggling B.satisfying

　　C.pleased D.fed

　　( D )29.A.at B.by C.on D.in

　　( A )30.A.even if B.while C.before D.since

　　( B )31.A.strange B.true

　　C.false D.impossible

　　( A )32.A.will be B.is C.will D.to be

　　( B )33.A.little B.some C.any D.no

　　( D )34.A.thought B.checked

　　C.carried D.done

　　( C )35.A.to ask for B.forming

　　C.to build D.beginning