You might have such problems with a friend as follows:
New friends replace an old friendship. You used to walk home from school with your friend, and
share everything. Now your friend is with someone else all the time and is always "too busy" for you.
One of your friends reveals a secret. You can not believe your ears. The deep, dark secret you shared
with your best friend was repeated back to you by someone you hardly know. Your friend told! Why
has your friend turned against you?
These things hurt you. They make you feel angry and sad. In each situation your friendship would feel
threatened. When you are upset with someone, it is a good idea to go off by yourself and sort out your
feelings. Go for a walk, talk to yourself, and look at what you feel. Allow your anger to explode where
no one is around to hear you. Then calm down. Think through what you want to say to your friend.
It helps to stand back and take a fresh look at your friendship. Just because you have been very close
to someone but it does not mean you are linked together or that you own one another. There should be
room in your friendship for other friends, higher achievements, slips of the tongue, sometimes a conflict is
a sign that you need to change the kind of friendship you have.
It also helps to put yourself in your friend's shoes. What would you do if you found that you had more
fun with a new friend? What if you told your friend's secret to someone when you did not mean to? It is
painful to be the other, too.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to make friends with others.
B. How to solve some problems you may have with your friends.
C. How to get along with your friends.
D. How to avoid being hurt by your friends.
2. The underlined word "reveals" in paragraph 3 probably means "______".
A. treasures
B. records
C. forgets
D. lets out
3. When you find your friends turn against you, you'd better ______.
A. find a suitable place to explode your anger and then think carefully
B. quarrel with them at once
C. write a letter saying you don't want to be their friend again
D. find new friends, too
4. The author seems to believe that ______.
A. new friends can't replace old friends
B. a secret between two friends should be told to a third person
C. thinking more in your friend's position can solve some problems
D. ignore those friends who turn against you
