When I was a young student, a Chinese teacher told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.”
36 tells us that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily
37 . It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for
38 friendship to
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However, there can be
40 disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want. To most of us, friendships are considered very important, but we need to have clear in our
41 the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or
42 at arm’s length? Do we want to
43 ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are
44 enough—and that’s all right. But at some point we need to
45 that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of
46 experience
47 our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it
48 be undertaken（进行）slowly and carried on only if there are
49 of interest and action in return.
What are some of the
50 of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships
51 time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention. Similarly, friendships
52 actions in return. In
53 words, you must give as much as you take.
Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend
54 time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die
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| 小题1: | | A．Knowledge | B．Experience | C．Parents | D．Teachers |
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| 小题2: | | A．understood | B． produced | C．realized | D．formed |
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| 小题3: | | A．true | B．common | C．deeply | D．actual |
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| 小题4: | | A．design | B．develop | C．intend | D．appear |
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| 小题6: | | A．hearts | B．actions | C．minds | D．thoughts |
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| 小题7: | | A．remained | B．kept | C．left | D．stayed |
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| 小题8: | | A．share | B．owe | C．spare | D．own |
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| 小题9: | | A．that | B．very | C．quite | D．not |
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| 小题10: | | A．make sure | B．remember | C．expect | D．check out |
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| 小题11: | | A．social | B．personal | C．good | D．ordinary |
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| 小题12: | | A．includes | B．included | C．including | D．to include |
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| 小题14: | | A．marks | B．sights | C．signs | D．scenes |
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| 小题15: | | A．difficulties | B．differences | C．advantages | D．things |
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| 小题17: | | A．require | B．request | C．depend | D．suggest |
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| 小题18: | | A．other | B．many | C．some | D．different |
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| 小题19: | | A．comfortable | B．reasonable | C．less | D．a lot |
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