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The short story “After Twenty Years” is set in New York on a cold, dark night. Everything was very quiet. A police officer on duty found a man with a scar on his face outside a shop, and they started to have    1     chat. The man talked about his best friend and the     2     (fine) chap, Jimmy Wells. 

One night twenty years ago, they     3    (dine) at “Big Joe” Brady’s. They grew up together in New York and got on very well.    4     (make) his fortune, he was to start for the West     5     Jimmy Wells stayed in New York.    6     was on that night that they agreed on the meeting date and place after twenty years, whatever their conditions might be or from what     7    (distant) they might have to come. At first, they corresponded     8     each other for a year or two, but then they lost track of each other. However, he thought     9    (confident) that Jimmy Wells would turn up as promised, so he came a thousand     10    (mile) to meet him.

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If you study abroad, it’s necessary to mix with the locals. This allows you

    1    (test) your language skills and find out more about the local culture. Having lived abroad for three years, I’m able to put forward a list of tips to help you make friends in a foreign country.

Firstly, say yes to everything within reason. Obviously, if you don’t feel     2     ease, you can choose not to do anything. However, don’t put off trying something new. The group of students from your class who invite you out for a coffee might end up     3    (be) your friends for life!

Secondly, develop a     4     (entire) new hobby. Join a dance class, a walking club or learn to cook the local food—the     5    (possibility) are endless!

Thirdly, get out of the house! Hours     6    (spend) on the computer chatting with your family back at home surely make you even homesick. Just get out and explore the exciting place you live in.

Lastly, be     7    (confidence) when you are surrounded by people speaking     8     unfamiliar language. Even if you may find       9     difficult to involve yourself in conversations, you should try to make your voice heard. Once you open your mouth and begin to speak, it’s likely     10     you will find everyone wants to know more about you.

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As we live in social groups, there     1     (be) many benefits of friendship that we can enjoy. Generally speaking, close friendships have three “fruits”: they may comfort the heart, advise the head and help us achieve the goals we set for ourselves. Through friendship, we can become happier, wiser, and more     2     (satisfy) humans. It should be pointed that enjoying the company of a crowd is not the same as being with friends. So friends should be carefully chosen     3     relationships should be well developed.

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    1     an old saying goes, “Friendship is like wine—the older, the better.” Many people believe in it,     2     makes them think old friends more important than new ones. I, however, disagree with the old saying, believing that new friends are not necessarily worse than old friends. Why? Because the length of time cannot tell whether your friendship is better or not.

Once you call someone a friend, he must be a person     3     is reliable and     4     interests are similar to yours. Common interests provide rich ground     5     many friendships grow from. Maybe a friend’s look changes all the time, but the character     6     is possessed by him won’t change at all. Therefore, on this point, there is no difference between old friends and new ones and we can’t judge the relationship by how long it lasts. A real friend is someone     7     can see our true self, not just the face that we show to the world, and support us through thick and thin. A relationship with a true friend     8     we can count on, if taken good care of, will surely bear fruit.