In a school in England, a few years ago, while a teenage girl was reading a book in the classroom, she heard a boy singing     1    . She liked the song so much and went out to see. She     2     that the boy’s name was Jonathan Antoine. The girl—Charlotte Jaconelli also liked singing. A little later, the music teacher at school suggested that they could sing together. They did, and they started singing together     3    . They also became very good friends. They even sang together at the music teacher’s wedding.

Around that time, there was a TV programme called Briain’s Cot Talent—a show to find new singers and performers.

Charlotte wanted to enter the show with Jonathan but he     4     his looking because he knew he was so fat. However, Charlotte persuaded (劝说) him and they went on the show. At that time, Charlotte was 16 and Jonathan was 17.

They did the first audition (试镜) in April 2012. When they came onto the stage, they were very nervous. The four judges (评委) didn’t think they were good. Some people in the audience (观众) laughed when they saw them at first. But when they     5     and everyone was amazed. They sang quite well—especially Jonathan. When they finished, people stood up and clapped.

All the judges thought Charlotte and Jonathan were great, but one judge, Simon Cowell, suggested that Jonathan should     6     without Charlotte, because although she was good, he was fantastic.

Jonathan didn’t think for long. He looked at his friend, and then     7     the judges, and said that he wanted to stay in the competition with Charlotte. They went on singing together, but they didn’t win the competition—they came second. (A dancing dog won!) However, they weren’t     8    .

A few weeks later, Simon Cowell gave them the chance to record a CD. They made the CD, and then they thought about a title for it. They chose the word “Together”.

My name is Anna. I like     1     movies very much, so I often go to the movies     2     my friends. My favourite     3     is, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”

Peter is my classmate. He is     4     than me. Peter always listens     5     in class and he     6     hard in our class.

Sally is my pen pal and we have a lot in     7    . For example, we both like talk shows. Because they are educational. And we don’t like soap operas because they are     8    . And Sally is     9     in music, but she wants to be a famous     10     because she likes travelling.

Friendship is a great relationship that we all treasure. We have been taught to be honest with our friends     1     we were young. Some people hold that it is right to be completely honest with our friends. But with the time     2     by, we find it hard to do so all the time.

Being honest with our friends is a right way to     3     friendship going far. We all like to be friends with those     4     are honest. If our friends lie to us, we will feel like our hearts being stolen. However, if we treat our friends     5    , they may introduce us to their other friends.     6     social networking will be larger.

However, what should we do to be completely honest?     7    , telling white lies (harmless lies) to our friends brings them confidence sometimes. We     8     to tell white lies to comfort and encourage our friends. For example, your friend has cancer, and he’s going to die in a couple of months. Telling him the truth will bring a big disaster (灾难). So just     9     the fact!

Friendship needs our love and care to grow. As long as we have a kind heart,     10     will go better.