1.Tammy I was very sceptical about meeting people ____1____ the Internet. But one day I was ____2____ the net and decided to go into a chat room. It was quite boring until a guy ____3____ Brad came in. We chatted for a long time and then ____4____ photos. It was difficult because we were both going out with someone at the time and we were living in ____5____ states, but eventually we arranged to meet. And now we’re together! Albert I live in an old people’s home and I really thought I was ____6____ old to meet anybody special. I wasn’t looking ____7____ love, but I suppose I needed a friend. One day, I was ____8____ the newspaper in the garden when Joyce came over to have a chat. We talked and talked, day after day, and we became very ____9____. Now, we do everything together. I have one regret – that I didn’t ____10____ Joyce years ago!

这道题考查的是上下文语境理解以及形容词/副词的辨析。虽然题目只给出了第9空的选项（A. sleepy, B. tired, C. close），我们需要结合Albert这段文字的整体语境来进行解析。 **解析过程：** 1. **定位句子**： 我们需要填空的句子是：“We talked and talked, day after day, and we became very ____9____.” （我们聊了又聊，日复一日，我们变得非常______。） 2. **分析上下文线索**： * **前文**：“Joyce came over to have a chat. We talked and talked, day after day...”（Joyce过来聊天。我们聊个不停，日复一日……）这表明两人通过频繁的交谈建立了深厚的联系。 * **后文**：“Now, we do everything together.”（现在，我们要一起做所有事情。）这说明两人的关系非常亲密，形影不离。 3. **辨析选项**： * **A. sleepy (困倦的)**：聊天聊多了可能会困，但这与后文“do everything together”（一起做所有事）所体现的积极、亲密的人际关系不符。 * **B. tired (疲惫的)**：同样，虽然长时间聊天可能让人累，但这里强调的是两人关系的发展，而不是身体状态。且“became very tired”无法解释为什么后来会“do everything together”。 * **C. close (亲密的)**：在人际关系中，“close”意为“关系亲密的”。经常聊天（talked and talked, day after day）通常会导致人们彼此了解加深，关系变得亲密。这与后文提到的他们现在一起做所有事情逻辑完全一致。 **结论：** 根据语境，两人通过日复一日的交谈，关系变得非常**亲密（close）**。 因此，正确答案是 **C**。