Ben, 17, is a member of their school basketball team. He is crazy 【小题1】basketball and pretty good at it, but they 【小题2】(lose) their last match. In Ben’s opinion, their point guard was 【小题3】(blame). 【小题4】(disappoint) by his behaviour, Ben told this to his best friend. However, his best friend told everyone else 【小题5】he’d said. Ben didn’t know what to do, so he asked Agony Aunt for help.

As far as Agony Aunt【小题6】(concern), it is mainly his friend’s loose lips that make the situation worse. But it’s 【小题7】(part) Ben’s fault. She suggests that Ben should apologise to his teammate. Secondly, Ben should talk to his friend that he is angry with him for 【小题8】(repeat) what he said and making the situation worse, 【小题9】that he wants to move on. Thirdly, Ben should think about his own behaviour and always remember:think first, speak later. If he feels one of his teammates isn’t pulling their【小题10】(weigh), then raise his concerns in a professional way with his team coach.

Although some of us enjoy being alone to reflect on 【小题1】 (us) for improvement, we can’t live without friends because we can benefit a lot 【小题2】 close friendships.

First, close friendships may comfort our hearts. With true friends, we are free 【小题3】 (share) our joy and sadness in full measure. We can say friendship has a double advantage—happiness 【小题4】 (take) on a greater meaning and a trouble shared becomes a trouble 【小题5】 (half).

Second, we can achieve a better understanding and 【小题6】 (judge) through conversations with close and wise friends. It is easier for us to recognize others’ 【小题7】 (weak) than our own. On the other hand, our friends are 【小题8】 (well) able to offer advice to us when we make important decisions.

Third, friends may help us in many different ways. Because friends may have many different ideas and skills, they can help us achieve 【小题9】 we want in life.

Finally, it should 【小题10】 (point) out that we should carefully choose friends and develop relationships with them cautiously.

In the distant past, friends relied on each other for their 【小题1】(survive). They hunted together and defended each other against dangerous animals and enemies. In those days, if you didn’t have a friend, you would either starve, be eaten 【小题2】 killed.

Nowadays, friendship isn’t exactly 【小题3】 matter of life and death. However, friendship is still of great importance and not having a friend is something to be 【小题4】(concern) about. Most people look upon a friend as someone they can depended on when they are going 【小题5】 times of trouble. In such times, friends provide them with emotional support and sometimes financial help. It is in these trouble times 【小题6】 they find out who their true friends are. As an old saying 【小题7】(go), “In times of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in times of 【小题8】(suffer), not one in twenty.” And there is another saying that says you can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily upset one in an hour. So do your best 【小题9】(get) along with and be grateful to all those who 【小题10】(be) willing to side with you even when you are in the wrong as they are true friends and they do not easily come by.