In many ways, friendship 【小题1】 (natural) comes to kids. However, it is also a skill to learn and manage, particularly as kids get older.

It is important for teens to choose friends wisely. They might choose friends with shared interests or look for people 【小题2】 have different backgrounds. The most important things are whether or not the person will be a good friend and whether they enjoy 【小题3】 (spend) time with each other. If it’s a yes on both counts, then that person is likely 【小题4】 (play) the role of a friend.

It can take time to make a good friend, but it is often worth the effort. Doing things together, whether it’s homework or kicking a soccer ball, 【小题5】 (build) closeness. Considering the other person’s 【小题6】 (feeling) in different situations is also important. It’s true that you should stand by good friends in the hard times, but you don’t want to give and give without anything 【小题7】 return. Healthy friendships are 【小题8】 two-way street.

【小题9】 (honest) and trust are important in friendships. Teens need to learn about the importance of being frank (坦率的) with their friends. Friends sometimes hurt each other, but they can always apologize (道歉) and forgive each other. Good relationships are worth the work to repair the damage 【小题10】 (cause) by any miscommunications.

Although sometimes being left alone may lead to reflection and personal 【小题1】(improve), we can’t live without friendship.

Close friendships may comfort the heart, advise the head and help us achieve the goals we set for ourselves. Firstly, we can get peace by 【小题2】(share) with friends our joy, sadness and failure. Sharing makes happiness take 【小题3】a greater meaning and a trouble shared become a trouble 【小题4】 (half). Secondly, through conversations with friends 【小题5】are wise and well-meaning, a better understanding and judgement may be achieved. Also, 【小题6】(prepare) to talk with a friend makes our thoughts clearer and our understandings 【小题7】(thorough). Moreover, friends with different skills and ideas can provide us with help in many different ways during our life and, perhaps, even 【小题8】 death.

However, it must be pointed out that friends should be carefully 【小题9】(choose) and relationships carefully developed. 【小题10】 the comfort, advice and help from our trusted friends, we can live a better life.

As we live in social groups, there are many【小题1】（beneficial）of friendship that we can enjoy. Generally speaking, close friends have three “fruits”: they may comfort the heart, advise the head and help us achieve【小题2】goals we set for ourselves. Through friendship, we can become【小题3】（happy）, wiser, and more satisfied humans.

The first fruit of friendship is the peace that comes from【小题4】（share）with friends our joy, sadness, success and failure. Here, friendship has a double advantage--happiness【小题5】（take）on a greater meaning and a trouble shared becomes a trouble halved.

The second fruit of friendship is the better understanding and judgement that may be achieved【小题6】conversations with well-meaning and wise friends. We often find【小题7】easier to recognize other people’s weaknesses than our own.

The third fruit of friendship is the help that a friend may offer in many different ways. Sometimes a friend is even known as our “second half.” There are so many things in life【小题8】can be achieved with the help of friends.

Finally, it should【小题9】（point）out that enjoying the company of a crowd is not the same as being with friends. Friends should be chosen and relationship【小题10】（careful）developed. In this way, we can better walk the “path of life” with the comfort, advice and help from our trusted friends.