Never forget your school friends

June is always a sad time for Senior 3 students. After taking the big test, they leave to    1    their dreams in different    2   . It's a hard time when students    3    to say goodbye to carefree (无忧无虑的) high school days and close friends.

People always say that teenage friendships are the most precious. Kids are too young to understand    4    friendship while adults    5    to relate it to fame and wealth.

Things are    6    with high school best friends. We share each other's    7   . We discuss news from all walks of life and begin to    8    our values. We support each other on the journey to the biggest    9    in our lives. We also    10    success and failure. The seeds of friendship become deeply rooted.

Many of us don't realize this   11    we enter society. One of my friends, Yang Ping,   12    how strong the bond (联系) with high school friends can be. "It was my high school friend who helped me    13    the darkest days in my life," said the 27-year-old.

In 2001 Yang lost her job in Beijing. Yang's best friend was staying in a college dormitory and took her in. Each night the two girls squeezed (挤) into a narrow single bed, chatting and crying. "I'll never forget her care and encouragement, which    14    me out of the darkness," said Yang.

I   15   remember my last days in Senior 3. At the time, I   16    a 20-page message with my best friend, both of us hoping to keep the friendship   17    forever.

But we didn't realize we were already deep in each other's    18   . During the past 10 years, whenever I've needed help or wanted to pour out my   19   , she has always been there at the other end of a telephone line.

It is true that friends come and go. But never forget the ones who have been there for you. Take a closer look at those now around you, they could be the most precious treasure you discover in your entire    20   .

1.A. realize            B. create            C. perform           D. finish

2. A. directions        B. ways              C. means             D. relations

3. A. decide            B. volunteer         C. have              D. began

4. A. honest            B. correct           C. true              D. real

5. A. attempt           B. tend              C. plan              D. manage

6. A. similar           B. same              C. like              D. different

7. A. wealth            B. money             C. secrets           D. housework

8. A. weigh             B. make              C. measure           D. shape

9. A. challenge         B. trouble           C. question          D. problem

10. A. face             B. share             C. expect            D. stand

11. A. unless           B. after             C. until             D. but

12. A. experienced      B. understood        C. considered        D. thought

13. A. live through                          B. pull through     

C. get through                         D. look through

14. A. held             B. lifted            C. raised            D. supported

15. A. yet              B. even              C. still             D. already

16. A. changed          B. exchanged         C. turned            D. discussed

17. A. running          B. going             C. advancing         D. marching

18. A. head             B. brain             C. spirit            D. heart

19. A. unhappiness      B. happiness         C. disaster          D. joy

20. A. period           B. life              C. work             D. study