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We all long for friendship, but how to grow a friend? “The best time to grow a best friend is before you need one!” Joy Steven said. Here is an eight-step program for you.
People equal friends. Friends usually begin with strangers. Contact with other people is the first building block to grow a friend. Friends can’t grow in empty air. Best friends take time.
Friends understand friends. Friends understand each other when talking. Many unpleasant quarrels in your personal relationship can be avoided if you will take the time to understand other’s feelings and points of view.
Friends touch friends. Touching is a warm form of communication between friends. When you see best friends communicating, you will notice friends stand close together, touch each other comfortably and listen to each other attentively. Sometimes a caressing touch is more powerful than words.
Friends praise friends. Affirmation(肯定) is a powerful tool for growing a friend. Honest praise can affect your friends’ lives. So try to praise your friends, including your general ones.
Friends are loyal and trustworthy. Trust and loyalty go hand-in-hand for friends. Friends can share secrets with you, because good friends never break a confidence and are forever loyal.
Friends express their feelings. We feel closest to our friends when we are suffering together, when we feel our friends need us or when we feel a friend has shared something of great importance with us.
Friends do not penetrate the other. The person who thinks, “If you really like me, you can read my mind” cannot have a mature friendship. No person can read others’ mind. Please make space for your friends.
Talking is important among friends. In a mutually(共有的) satisfying friendship, both friends talk and listen. Friends talk appropriately to each other.
21. This passage mainly talks about ______.
A. how to talk to a good friend B. how to be a good friend
C. how to develop friendship D. how to express friendship
22. When you want to make a friend, you should begin with ______.
A. getting in touch with other people
B. sharing things with other people
C. listening to other people carefully
D. talking with other people frequently
23. The article supports the following ideas EXCEPT that ______.
A. friends should often talk with each other
B. friends can avoid quarrels for disagreements
C. you feel good when your friend touches you
D. you always know your friends’ thoughts
