Look at this photo. These     1     my friends. This is Frank Brown. He     2     a soccer,     3    his brother Alan doesn’t. They go to the same school and they love soccer. They play it at school with their friends. They think it’s     4     . This is Gina Smith, she has 2 soccers and 4 basketballs. She loves     5     , but she doesn’t play     6     . She only watches them on TV. That is Wang Wei, He thinks it’s difficult     7    him to play soccer. He likes     8    ping-pong .It’s     9     favorite sport. Where is Wang Wei’s ping-pong ball? It’s in his     10    room.

Paul is my good friend. He is a healthy boy. His eating habits     1     good. He has rice, fruit and vegetables every day. He doesn’t like     2    . He thinks they are not healthy.

He goes to school at 7:30 a. m. He     3     lunch at school. His favorite subjects are math and science. He thinks they are     4    . After school, he always plays basketball for about two     5    . It is very relaxing.

It’s     6     9th today. It is his birthday. I will (将) go to his birthday party in the evening. Let me     7     about the gift. Oh, he lost his favorite notebook. He can’t     8     it now. I want to buy a nice notebook and a pen for him. I think he will be     9    .

Do you like my friend Paul? Come and be friends with     10    !

We often see groups of students at school. The group was called groups cliques (小圈子). These students do almost     1     together: eat lunch, do homework, play sports and go to the movies. We all need friends. They help us with lessons. They help us out when we have some     2    . They listen to us when we complain (抱怨) about something     3    .

But not everything is     4     good. If your close friend, Sally, has a quarrel (争吵) with Joe, what will you do? Sally     5     to talk to Joe, and that’s not all. She also wants you to stop talking to Joe,     6     Joe and you have been friends for years.

What should you do? The best way is to tell Sally you do not want to be in the quarrel. Tell her that you want to be friends with     7     of them. If she sees you as her good friends, she will     8     your feelings.

Then you     9     also try to help them talk with     10     other again.

Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone     1     friends. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. No two people are just the same. Friends sometimes don’t get on well. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make it up and become friends again. Friends     2     move away. Then we feel very sad. We miss them very much,     3     we can call them or write to them. We can also make new friends. It is encouraging to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.  

There is more good news for people     4     have friends. They live longer     5     people who don’t. Because friends can make us feel happy.

Do you have a friend? In the modern    1    , friends are an important part of our life. Without friends, life will be    2    . As a matter of fact,   a true friend reaches for our hands and touches our hearts. Here, let me    3    my friend Jack to you. Jack is a handsome boy who    4    . When I was in Grade Seven, I took part in an English singing    5    . When the result came out, I learned I failed! I could hardly hold back my tears. I felt that the world became cold and I was    6    at by everyone. How sad I was! Just at that time, I received a letter in English, saying, "Cheer up! Have confidence in yourself. Keep on practicing and you'll succeed." I knew it was from my friend Jack.    7    words encouraged me greatly. From then on, I practiced even harder. When I was in Grade    8    , I took part in another contest and won first prize. I'm so lucky to have such a good friend.