It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. You need to get out of the house and do things that will help you ________ other people. Join a club, play a sport, do volunteer work or something else. You’ll find it’s easier to make friends when you have ________ interests.

Learn from people who seem to make friends ________. How do they make other people feel comfortable. Notice what they say and ________ they act. Don’t copy everything they do, but try some of their ________. It will help you develop your own social style.

Don’t be afraid to ________ people what you’re really good at. Talk about the things that you like and do best. You might do well in sports, arts science or some ________ areas. People will want to learn about your ________ and your strong points.

Try to find some ________ that would make good conversation. Read the latest news, listen to the most popular types of music, or watch an interesting movie or TV show. The ________ you have to say, the more people will want to talk with you.

Be a good listener. Let people ________ themselves. Don’t try to dominate(支配) the conversation with “I, I, I…”.   Ask lots of questions. Show an interest in their answers. That will make people feel ________, and they will want to be your friends.

Look at people in the eye when you talk to ________. It’s hard to have conversations when your eyes are looking everywhere except at other person’s eyes. ________ you don’t make eye contact, people may think you’re not interested in them. As a result, they may ________ being interested in you.

Luke was a robot and he didn’t have any friends. The main _________ for that was he liked to hit (打) other robots. If he _________ something he didn’t like, he hit the robot saying that.

“What is two and two?” Luke’s teacher, Miss Jones, asked in a _________ class.

“Five,” Luke said.

“Sorry, Luke, but the _________ is four,” said Miss Jones.

“No, it isn’t,” he said and walked to the front of the classroom to hit _________.

Other robots _________ him and told him that hitting others wasn’t what nice robots do.

“I don’t _________,” he said and then hit a little robot next to him.

_________ the little robot didn’t cry. He asked Luke if he would be his _________ and learn math with him later.

“__________ do you want to stay with me? I may __________ you.”

“I don’t think you’ll hit me. I think we’ll become friends, and I’m sure __________ you know that friends don’t hit each other. They __________ each other.”

After class, the two went to eat ice-cream. From then on, they __________ much time learning math together. Luke didn’t hit other robots even once. And he became __________ math.

What do you do at weekends? Some people like to stay at home, but others like to go for a walk _______play football. My friend Jack works hard in a factory on weekdays. At weekends he always does the same thing. On Saturday he _______ his car and on _______ he goes to a village with his family by car. His uncle and aunt have a _______ there. It isn't a _______ one, but there is always much to do on the farm. The children help _______ the animals. Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all_______and Jack's aunt gives them a big meal.