2017-2018
Elva Robison will never forget the phone call she received one September morning. Her 22yearold daughter had been __1__ in a car accident.
The weeks and months that followed were full of __2__ for Elva. Relatives, friends and neighbors __3__ her and her family. But Elva drew the greatest __4__ from her old high school classmate, Irma Hyson. It happened that Irma had lost her 21yearold daughter in a car accident just a year before, so she __5__ like no one else what Elva was feeling, and that gave Elva __6__.
In the many years since then, the two women have continued to __7__ one another's joys, losses and hardships. “I don't know what I'd do __8__ her，” Elva says of Irma. “I've told her, ‘You have saved my life.’ And I know she __9__ the same way.”
Some studies find that having a wide range of __10__ —belonging to community groups __11__ having a network of friends — offers __12__. But others show that the most important thing is to have just a few __13__ friends —“Quality beats quantity all the time，” says Laura Carstensen of Stanford University. Elva and Irma would surely __14__. Five years after Irma's __15__ died, her husband was killed in a traffic accident. Elva __16__ went to Irma's side and __17__ to do housework and anything else she could. “She practically lived here for a while，” Irma says.
When Elva's husband died, Irma stayed __18__ by her side. Elva's doctor __19__ she join a support group for the bereaved (失去亲人的). But Elva told him she really didn't need any of that __20__ she had Irma.
Both celebrating their 84th birthdays this year, the two best friends still drive, travel and support each other.
C．punished D．caught
解析：选 B 根据下段中的“It happened that Irma had lost her 21yearold daughter in a car accident”可知，与Irma的女儿一样，Elva的女儿也“死(killed)”于车祸。
2．A.regret B．anger
C．anxiety D．sorrow
解析：选D 白发人送黑发人，Elva自然很“难过(sorrow)”。
3．A.got along with B．put up with
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