阅读下面的短文，从各题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
“Please stay,” I begged (乞求). “Your mom said you could stay an hour.”
Ann was my best friend. She was the only other girl in the neighborhood. She came to play half an hour ago and I didn’t want her to go.
“I’m bored,” she said. She started to get up, and then noticed a bright hair clip (发夹) on my bedside table.
“I’ll stay if you give me that,” Ann said.
I frowned (皱眉). ▲ She was a beautiful and kind woman. She was never too busy to spend time with me. The day she died, I cried in bed for hours. Now, as I hold the hair clip of Aunt Reba, I was filled with sweet memories.
“I don’t know what came over me, but more than anything I wanted someone to play with me. So I handed Ann the hair clip! Then we rode our bikes in the park. Soon it was time for her to go.
Upset at what I had done, I went to bed without dinner that evening. When my mom came in to turn off the light, she asked me what was wrong. I told her everything. She hugged me, but... Alone in the dark, I began to think more clearly. Soon I knew what I would do.
At school the next day, I found Ann and apologized (道歉) to her. I told her how important the hair clip was to me. She finally gave
me back the hair clip. But it wasn’t a happy experience. After that, we stopped playing together.
Through the years, I have had other best friends. But I have never again begged for their company. I know that best friends are people who want to spend time with you, and that they ask for nothing in return.
() 1. Which of the following can be put in “▲”?
A. I couldn’t help thinking of my aunt Reba.
B. The hair clip was a present from the hair clip.
C. I must tell her everything and I loved the hair clip a lot.
D. Both Aunt Reba and I loved the hair clip a lot.
() 2. What’s the right order of the following?
① The writer went cycling in the park with Ann.
② The writer thought hard to get her thing back.
③ The writer begged Ann to stay around for a while.
④ The writer stopped Ann at school for her hair clip.
A. ④①③② B. ①②④③ C. ③②①④ D. ③①②④
() 3. What does the underlined word “company” mean in Chinese?
A. 同情 B. 理解 C. 陪伴 D. 支持
() 4. What lesson did the writer learn from the incident?
A. The best things in life are free.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. A good beginning makes a good ending.
D. It is better to be alone than in bad company.

1.A 2.D 3.C 4.D