Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship     1    (usual) develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends     2     you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence your development, maturity (成熟) and sense of responsibility (责任). A familiar expression is “You can tell a lot about a person by     3    (know) who his friends are.” Friendship     4    (base) on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends     5    (be) likely to be athletic (竞技的). If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do     6     same.

Some people call you their friends for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial (表面的) only “friends” on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if is to their advantage. True friends are there if you are rich or poor.     7     is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By his time you should be able to separate our fiends into the real or the “phoney”.

True fiends are most special. They are also difficult     8    (find). You can consider yourself very     9    (fortune) if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. He or she knows you would do the same for them. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friend have good understanding of each other. True friends give you a great deal of     10    (encourage), take your side, and build up your confidence.

Long time ago, a girl     1     (call) Lisa put on her favorite necklace and went swimming in a pool. When she returned to the side, she realized that her necklace had fallen in the pool, and she began to cry. Just then, Jackson, a boy in the same neighbourhood asked her the reason     2     she was crying. She told him what had happened.

“If you can become my friend.” Jackson told her. “I will get your necklace for you.” Lisa told him     3     (leave) her alone because she didn’t like Jackson. But again Jackson said that he would find her necklace. Finally, Lisa told him that she would do what he asked. Jackson went into the pool and found her necklace. He gave it to her. The girl grabbed (抓住) it     4     ran home.

Lisa told her mother about that. After     5     (hear) the story, her mother said “Thanks to Jackson, your necklace     6     ( find) this afternoon.” She insisted that Lisa keep her promise and make     7     (friend) with Jackson. The next day, Lisa invited     8     boy to her home. They had a cup of tea and had a good time.

    9     (amazing), Lisa found Jackson was a kind and polite boy. She liked to be     10     (he) friend. From then on, they started a lifelong friendship.

Thanks to advances in technology, how we make friends and communicate with them has changed     1     (significant). Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends     2     .

Social media tools let us see what our friends are up to and maintain friendships. The digital age also enables us     3     (find)people who share our interests, such as collecting model cars or     4     (play)an unusual instrument. Whatever our     5     (hobby), the Internet can connect us with others who also enjoy doing them, even if they live on the other side of the world.

However, the “friends" online don’t necessarily become our real friends. If people always exchange true     6     (person)information online, then these friendships can be real and meaningful. But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media     7     (be)often not the whole truth about a person. On social media sites, people tend to post only positive updates     8     make them appear happy and friendly and the smiling photos can hide real problems.

    9     this doesn’t mean that we should throw the baby out of the bathwater. Although in recent years technology     10     (change)the way we acquire friends, the meaning of friendship and our longing for friends remain the same.

Sometimes we have a fight with a friend. Many times, you find that you even forget     1     the fight was about. You just seem to be     2     (anger), and then stop     3     (talk) to each other. Time goes by and you realize that you miss     4     friendship, and wish you could talk to your friend again. And     5     (probable) your friend feels the same way as you do. So how can you get out of the fight without     6     (hurt) your feelings?

Leave the argument alone, and avoid communication. If you talk right after fight, you will say many     7     (word) out of anger. However, do not wait too long. It will become hard     8     (make) up the relationship after too long waiting. So after the fight calms down, make sure you talk to the person before it is too late. Say sorry if you     9     (be) to blame (负有责任) for the fight.

Maybe it is your friend’s fault (过错) and you have done nothing wrong. In that case, wait until he says he is sorry! And if he doesn’t, he’s not worth your time. You can spend the time     10     other friends.

At each stage of our life, we meet different kinds of people. Some are funny; some teach us lessons in life while others occupy a special space in our heart. The people     1     (call)“best friends” are just these special     2    (friend).

In our childhood, “best friends”might have meant the persons who are always by our side, whether it may be in the classroom or in the dining hall. However, as we are getting     3     (old) than before, our definition(定义)of “best friends” changes. In my opinion, best friends are those who love you     4     who you are and help you become who you should be. People in our life come and go, but some people stay. They are the people we should never lose.

True friends are those     5     will never leave you when you need them most. They are always there waiting for you and they love you when you forget to love     6     (you). The best feeling in the whole world is knowing that there is     7     person who always prays for us and always keeps us in his/her thought. Friendship may not     8     (necessary)be based on age, but it is based on     9     (understand). Even our parents also can be our best friends! So let us build our friendship and try our best     10     (see)the good side of everyone!

Once there lived a rich man     1    wanted to do something for the people of his town.    2     first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed    3    very large stone. Then he     4    (hide ) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.    5    man came along and did the same thing; then another came,and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove     6    . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,    7    (say) to himself: “The night    8    (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his         9    (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last!    10     the stone, he found a bag of money.