【人教版】2019年高考英语一轮复习练习：必修1-作业手册（含解析）.pdf

课时作业 (-) [I】阅读理解 When the telephone rings late at night, most women guess it must be one of only four or five people calling. A sister? Maybe. An emergency? Possibly. A mother? Probably not at that time of night. Much more probably it is a close female frien calling to tell you that she is heartbroken because she has split up with her boyfrien again or perhaps simply that a goo movie has just starte on TV. At a time when families are sprea far an wi e an marriages often en in ivorce, frien ships are becoming more an more important. Erika, a 32-year-ol lawyer, is strengthene by her ten-year frien ship with her marrie frien Jane. I was very sick one night, so I calle Jane at about 3： 00 am to talk about it, she says. She was very supportive an even came over to take me to the octors. As American TV shows like Frien s have become more popular, many of us are beginning to see the value of such frien ships. TV shows like this tell us that our romantic relationships may not last, but we nee to keep in touch with our close frien s if we want to survive. This is true of Erika an Janes frien ship. With Erikas family 200 miles away, it is Jane who keeps a spare set of keys to Erikas apartment an waters her plants whenever she is away. Having Jane aroun gives me a certain amount of free om. It is not the kin of thing that you coul ask anyone to o, but she knows I woul o the same for her.,^ Jane, who may move to a ifferent city soon, is worrie about leaving such a support system of frien s. taMy frien s have more to o with my life than my parents an , therefore, I ont have to spen a lot of time explaining things to them. Frien s are more up to ate with what is happening.^^ 1. Accor ing to the passage, a late-night phone call for most women is probably from. A. a frien B. a relative C. a stranger D. a octor 2.