A few years ago, I moved to Aurora, Ont. with my boyfriend and I longed to make friends in my new neighborhood.

Where we lived, the houses were jammed together so tightly. But the irony of living so close was that no one actually talked to each other; as in an open-concept office, they pretend they can't hear or see each other to maintain at least an illusion of privacy.

It was not so easy to make friends as an adult. I was about to give up when I caught sight of a beautiful, tall blonde taking out her recycling. She walked with confidence—even her ponytail bounced. I thought, “I recycle too! We have so much in common!”

The question was, how would we meet? What would I say? So I thought, “What if I just happened to be jogging by?” I put on my running shoes, but after a few times around the block, sweating, I didn't see her. I decided to seize on the one thing I already knew about her—she takes out her blue bin.

The following day, I woke up a little earlier than usual. A little after 8 a.m., the garbage truck appeared and the blonde appeared. I grabbed a bin and made my way to the end of my driveway. “Just act natural, Megan,” I told myself. “Good morning. How are ya?” I said, cool as a cucumber. “Good. And you?” she replied. “Doing well...I am a new comer, just a broadcaster. I talk for a living. Clearly!” “Interesting,” she said.

As we both walked away, I turned and called out, “Oh, and by the way, I'm Megan.” “Michelle,” she replied. I walked back inside, wearing a giant smile.

Our “coincidental” recycling meet-ups continued for a few weeks until I finally gathered my courage to ask her to watch The Bachelor with me and she said yes.

That night, after we got everything ready, we settled on the couch and proceeded to drink wine, have our buffet, analyze television relationships, tell stories about our own and laugh our faces off. We “found what we'd been looking for": a new friend to fall spiritually in love with.

【小题1】What can be learned from Paragraph 2?

A．The author lived in a small house.

B．The author lived in a very noisy neighborhood.

C．The neighbors were closely connected to each other.

D．The neighbors had little communication with each other.

【小题2】What do we know about their first meet-up?

A．The tall blonde pretended to be very cool.

B．The tall blonde wore a big smile when talking.

C．The author was quite satisfied with their first talk.

D．The two friends met accidentally when the truck ca me.

【小题3】Which of the following words can Best describe the author?

A．hesitant but kind-hearted.	B．shy but insistent.
C．warm-hearted and generous.	D．Caring and modest.

【小题4】What's the main idea of the passage?

A．A broadcaster talking for a living began to recycle.

B．A blonde watched The Bachelor with a broadcaster.

C．A new comer finally made friends with a neighbor.

D．Two women recycled together in the neighborhood.