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to help her live happilyD. to help her walk out of her house12. Laura looked familiar to the writer because she , A. was Lillian39。s nieceB. was as old as her daughterC. was from Washington HeightsD. had shiny black hair and a big smile, too13. Why did the writer lose her best friend? Because________. A. she moved to New JerseyB. they were different from each otherC. her best friend travelled to FloridaD. her best friend lost her life on a trip14.I knew we would be best friends forever.is a sentence from the passage and should be put at the end of________.A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 515. We can infer (推斷) from the passage that________. A. Laura is outgoingB. Laura helps Donna a lotC. Laura and Donna are of the same ageD. Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian39。s deathCLong bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with mercials(商業(yè)廣告)thrown in every three or four minutes. The mercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window.Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.Drink Good Wet Root Beer.Fill up with Pacific Gas.Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry ofYou Need It! Buy It Now!The beginning of the ride is fortable and somewhat exciting, even if you39。ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed. new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it39。s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless(魯莽的)or daring, the ride can be as thrilling (驚心動魄的)as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you39。ve got to be careful of what kind of food you cat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops. The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there39。s a kind of expectation and hours have passed. By now you39。ve sat with your legs crossed. with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end es just at no more ways to sit. 16. According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?A. Buses on the road. B. Films on television. C. Advertisements on the billboards. D. Gas stations. 17. What is the purpose of this passage?A. To give the writer39