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Mygrandmotheroftensaidtome"Youcancountthenumberofyourtruefriendsonthefingersofonehand.，，ForalongtimeIthoughtthiswastrue.HoweverI'venowdiscoveredmygrandmotherwasonlyhalfright.Maybewedoonlymakeafew"best"friendsinourlifetimebutthosearen'ttheonlypeoplethatwecancallfriends.Therearemanydifferenttypes.Letmetellyouaboutafewofthem.
OnetypeoffriendsisthetypeIcalltheMfootballmumfriendMyneighbourSallyisagoodexample.Webothhavekidswhoplayfootballinafootballclubandsomeonehastotakethemtopractiseandpickthemup.SallyandIandtwoothermothersdothis.Wemeetsometimesandhaveteaandtalkaboutwhatourkidsaredoingbutthosearetheonlytimesthatwemeeteachother.Ienjoybeingwiththesewomenbutwedon'tdoanythingelsetogether.
Anothertypeiscalledthe"hobbyfriend".That'sthepersonyoushareaninterestorahobbywith.MichaelandCaterwhoarebrothersareagoodexampleofthistype.We'reallinabirdwatchingclub.Everyfewweekendsthemembersoftheclubgoonatriptowatchdifferentkindsofbirds.There'snothingromanticaboutmyrelationshipwithMichaelandCa?terofcourse.Wejustshareinterestinbirds.
Thenthere'sthe"otherhalfthecouple"typeoffriends.JimismarriedtoRoseafriendthatIhaveknownsincecollege.WhenRosemarriedJimIrealizedthatIwouldhavetobeJim'sfriendifIwanttocontinuetobeRose's.JimandIdon'tsharesomanyinterestsbutwedohaveafriendlyrelationship.
5. Whatdoesthefirstparagraphtellus?
A. Weneedtruefriendsinourlifetime.
B. Wehavefewbestfriendsinourlifetime.
C. Atruefriendisdifferentfromabestfriend.
D. Wemustbefriendlytoallourfriends.
6. Manypeoplearementionedinthispassage. Whoisthewriter'struefriend?
A.Sally. B.Michael.
C.Jim. D.Noneofthese.
7. WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A. Finallythewriteragreeswithhergrandmother.
B. MichaelandCaterbothfallinlovewiththewriter.
C. Thewriterherselfta
