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Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They __     friendship to last forever. __     , even the best friendship can end.

As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) ___     in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally___     .

Tommy wrote, “I didn’t even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

Peter explained. “We __     seeing each other less and less. The friendship was just over.”

Sometimes friendships___     suddenly from a disagreement or move to another place.

Alice said,  “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we ___     made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, “ When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always___     _ with new jobs, so we didn’t keep __     touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn’t call him __     _ I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends say, “Generally it’s ___     _ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely __     lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendships end, there is always __     pain of loss.  When nothing can be __       to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on __     _ new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

1.A. hope                B. expect          C. decide      D. prefer

2.A. Unfortunately       B. Luckily         C. Then       D. So

3.A. interest           B. experience      C. change      D. Suggestion

4.A. forgets             B. disappears      C. appears    D. improves

5.A. finished            B. practiced       C. continued   D. started

6.A. break down        B. break away     C. break off   D. break in

7.A. often              B. seldom        C. always      D. never

8.A. struggling        B. satisfying      C. pleased     D. fed

9.A. at                B. by              C. on          D. in

10.A. even if            B. while           C. before     D. since

11.A. strange            B. true            C. false      D. impossible

12.A. will be           B. is            C. will        D. to be

13.A. little             B. some          C. any         D. no

14.A. thought            B. checked         C. carried    D. done

15.A. to ask for         B. forming        C. to build    D. beginning

---Don’t smoke here, please.     ---______.

A. I don’t    B. sorry, I won’t

C. No way      D. I will

---To achieve a bright future, we should ___ study hard ___ keep in good health.

---I agree with you.

A. not only, but also    B. not, but

C. neither, nor         D. either, or

---I have great ___ in learning physics and I’m so worried. Could you help me?

---Sure, I’d be glad to.

A. interest    B. fun    C. trouble    D. question

After a long walk in the sun, they wanted to drink _____.

A. cold something    B. something cold

C. nothing cold      D. cold anything

---___ sweet music! Do you like it?     ---Mm, it ______ beautiful!

A. How, listen       B. How a, sounds

C. What a, listens    D. What, sounds

---____ will your father come back from Beijing? ---In two days.

A. How often    B. How long

C. How far    D. How soon

Two ___ teachers are enjoying some ____ over there.

A. woman, tomato    B. women, tomatoes

C. women, tomatos    D. women, tomato

---Where are you going, Sam?     ---There isn’t any ______ in the fridge. I’ll go and buy some.

A. vegetables    B. eggs    C. beef   D. money

It’s too cold outside today. You’d better ____ your jacket.

A. put on   B. put up

C. put off    D. put out