Question

Friends play an important role in our life. Most people hope that their friends will always be there. They _____ friendship to last forever. _____， even the best friendship can end.

As time goes by, many friendships end because of a(n) _____ in personality or way of life. The friendship slowly loses importance and finally _____.

Tommy wrote, “I didn't even know the friendship was over until I caught myself thinking of Alan as a former friend.”

Peter explained, “We _____ seeing each other less and less. The friendship was over.”

Sometimes friendships _____ suddenly from a disagreement or moving to another place.

Alice said, “The end of our friendship was a gradual thing. I moved from one side of the city to the other. Since then we _____ made a phone call. We met less and less. At last our friendship ended.”

Jack said, “When I moved to Seattle after college, our friendship died. Both of us were always_____ with new jobs, so we didn't keep _____ touch with each other. Our friendship was so dead that I didn't call him ______ I went home.”

Yet the biggest problem to a friendship is change. Lillian Rubin in her book Just Friends says, “Generally it's ______ that friends will accept each other if they both remain what they were when they met, or change in similar directions. If they change or grow in different ways, the friendship most likely ______ lost.”

No matter why, when, or how friendship ends, there is always ______ pain of loss. When nothing can be ______ to keep the friendship, it is important to forget the pain. Then move on ______ new friendships.

May new friendships bring you pleasure and happiness!

1.A. hope B. expect C. decide D. prefer

2.A. Unfortunately B. Luckily C. Then D. So

3.A. interest B. experience C. change D. suggestion

4.A. forgets B. disappears C. appears D. improves

5.A. finished B. practised C. continued D. started

6.A. break down B. break away C. break off D. break in

7.A. often B. seldom C. always D. never

8.A. struggling B. satisfying C. pleased D. fed

9.A. at B. by C. on D. in

10.A. even if B. while C. before D. since

11.A. strange B. true C. false D. impossible

12.A. will be B. is C. will D. to be

13.A. little B. some C. any D. no

14.A. thought B. checked C. carried D. done

15.A. to ask for B. forming C. to build D. beginning

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