A. affect
B. insight
C. mutual
D. survive
E. venture
F. neglect
G. flourish
H. mystery
I. involves
J. apply to
K. on its own
L. end up with
M. no matter how
N. cannot help but
O. when it comes to
1 friendship, it is possible that we know what it is but can’t define it. We know it when we feel it. It’s not a 2 , but something we can feel. It is 3 because it 4 time and energy on both sides.
Once it is developed, a friendship will not grow 5 , just as in the case of flowers which would not 6 without enough sunlight and water. Just as we treat a flower garden, so we are supposed to take care of friendship so that it can 7__ .
As life goes on, we keep making friends. However, the problem is that anything can 8 a friendship. How is it that some friendships 9 a breakup in a particular form 10 long we want them to last? We cannot deny that fact that lasting friendship consumes our investment of time and passion.
B. insight
C. mutual
D. survive
E. venture
F. neglect
G. flourish
H. mystery
I. involves
J. apply to
K. on its own
L. end up with
M. no matter how
N. cannot help but
O. when it comes to
1 friendship, it is possible that we know what it is but can’t define it. We know it when we feel it. It’s not a 2 , but something we can feel. It is 3 because it 4 time and energy on both sides.
Once it is developed, a friendship will not grow 5 , just as in the case of flowers which would not 6 without enough sunlight and water. Just as we treat a flower garden, so we are supposed to take care of friendship so that it can 7__ .
As life goes on, we keep making friends. However, the problem is that anything can 8 a friendship. How is it that some friendships 9 a breakup in a particular form 10 long we want them to last? We cannot deny that fact that lasting friendship consumes our investment of time and passion.
举一反三
- ______ we know the facts, we can’t do anything about it. A: As long as B: When C: Once D: Until
- Why do friendships end? The author offers some ________ into the question. Friendships end because the situations friends are in ________ . These changes can’t help but ________ a friendship. Next, the friends________ may change. The breakups can be ________ or one-sided. It hurts less when ________ friends change. What tends to ________ most is when just one friend changes. A third reason is that as much as two people might want a friendship to survive, one or both of them might ________ neglect it. Lastly, _______ can cause the end of a friendship, since most friendships have breaking ______ under pressure.
- We need some time to change, for we have a number of problems to solve. The problems include: A. How we can build sufficient confidence to refuse what we regard as _____________________ and choose ___________________________. B. How we can ________________________________________________________________________. C. How we can overcome the belief that ____________________________________________________.
- __________ I wanted to keep our friendship, we could not help but be apart for some reason.
- Which of the following is not true according to Jenny? A: We need friends to keep our human relations. B: We need friends to share our feelings. C: The real friend can share all our sorrows, and we can make friends ignoring their qualities. D: When we are in trouble, friends can help us get rid of it.