In the past, moving to a new town meant losing     1     of our friends and writing letters was the only way to getting new from f    2    (遥远的) friends. But with the     3    of technology, the way we make friends and communicate with them has changed s    4    . (显著地)

Nowadays the s    5     medial (社交媒体) tools are helping us a    6    (获得) friends and m    7     (维持) friendships more easily. In addition, the     8     age (数码时代) also enables us to find people who share the same hobbies     9     us.

But on the other side, as the Internet is developing rapidly, not all “friendly” people     10    (在线的) are your real friends. They may not e    11    (交换) real personal information with you. So we should be alert (警惕的) while making friends online. In fact, many people     12     to post only good things on social media sites. What we should keep     13     mind is that real and     14    (有意义的) friendship is based on true personal information. Remember the above advice and it will be more possible     15     us to make real friends with the help of the Internet.