Whether it is a child, a teenager, a middle-aged person     1     an old person, everybody needs good friends.

During     2     (child), friendship helps us understand and develop the habit of sharing and caring. Small kids develop friendship faster than adults and they enjoy the company of their friends. They play and learn together. Making friends     3     (be) important for their proper growth and     4     (develop). As teenagers, friends become more important for us. We go     5     many changes during our teenage life. Many of the problems     6     (face) during this age cannot be discussed with our parents and other family members. However, we are quite comfortable communicating with our friends. Having good friends     7    can listen to our problems and offer us support and guidance is indeed a lucky thing during this age.

More and more people these days     8     (suffer) from mid-life crisis (中年危机). Their family, job, kid and almost everything around begin to appear     9     struggle to them at this age. Havin good friends at this time can help them a lot.

Friends are important for old people too. If they have friends around, their life remains     10     (joy) and interesting.