I. Read the following text and use the words given in the box to fill in the le
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Friendship is an interesting kind of love. There’s no contrast (1) ________ binding you two together, there’s no unspoken rule (2) ________loving each other unconditionally, and there’s no (3) ________blinding commitment to the opposite person other than what you are willing to put in to the relationship.
But maybe these (4)________the reasons why our relationships are so valuable. The option is always (5) ________ to back out at any time, and yet, with the really, really authentic ones, we never do.
Because (6) ________the end of the day- after the breakups and divorces and estrangements- we choose (7) ________companions we want in our lives, and they are the ones worth (8) ________around for.
II. Read the article and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).
As we know, these special relationship do more than we just get us by. Friends are our concert buddies. They’re the people that come over to trap a mouse that’s in the apartment. They’re the ones who use through relationship blunders and changes at work. Research has also found that friends helps us live longer.
Aristotle once described a true friend as a “single soul dwelling in two bodies”- but what differentiates a true, lasting friendship from the other, temporary social bonds? According to Robert Rowney, D.O., a certified psychiatrist and the director of the Cleveland Clinic mood disorder unit, there are certain habits that genuine friends possess, which make them more like family. And it’s these characteristics- and sometimes even tough love – that create that indescribable bond.
1. Friends see us through relationship blunders and changes at work
2. Research has found that friend don’t help us live longer
3. A true friend is described as “single soul dwelling in two bodies”
4. According to Robert Rowney, there are certain habits genuine friends possess.
5. Sometimes even tough love can’t create that indescribable bond
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