Last week , my friends and I got together to eat delicious Asian chicken wings in our college. After dinner, I 【小题1】 (notice) that my friend Tom didn't want to leave and it seemed as if he needed 【小题2】 (we) company at that time.Earlier that night during dinner , he had said his secondyear in college was really rough，【小题3】 l asked him about his experience again.This time the floodgates of emotions opened. He shared with us problems of mental health he had been dealing 【小题4】 throughout the year.

Another friend and I were ready 【小题5】 (leave) , but we decided to stay and listen to Tom.We spent another 30 minutes 【小题6】 (listen) to his story of pressure， 【小题7】 (anxious) and depression.

After our talk , Tom felt 【小题8】 (thank) because we spent time with him and lent an ear.This experience showed me how being attentive and caring about others can 【小题9】 (true) make their day. It doesn't have to be 【小题10】 nice gift. Taking time to listen and care may be the best gift.

Two friends were walking through the desert. During the journey, they had an 【小题1】(argue), and one friend hit the other 【小题2】the face. The man who was hit 【小题3】(feel) hurt, so he wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me.”

The two friends kept on 【小题4】(walk) until they found a small pool, in which they decided to take a bath. Suddenly, the one who had been hit started drowning, but his friends saved him. Then he wrote 【小题5】(careful) on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”

His friend asked him, “【小题6】 did you write in the sand after I hurt you, but now you write on a stone？” He answered, “When someone hurts us, we should learn 【小题7】(forget) and forgive. But when someone does something good for us, we must write it on the stone where no wind can ever remove it.”

People say it 【小题8】(take) a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but then 【小题9】entire life to forget him. Learn to be thankful and you’ll be a much 【小题10】(happy) person.

Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship 【小题1】(usual) develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends 【小题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 【小题3】(know) who his fiends are.” Friendship 【小题4】(base) on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends 【小题5】(be) likely to be athletic (竞技的). If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do 【小题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.【小题7】 is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By this time you should be able to separate your friends into the real or the “phoney”.

True friends are most special. They are also difficult【小题8】(find). You can consider yourself very 【小题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【小题10】 (encourage), take your side, and build up your confidence.