I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t do good in your last exam. You are not the only one who seems to try your best but ends up in failure in exams. Quite a number of student feel the same way and they tend to lose their confidence but don’t want to study hard any longer. I’m sure you knew that it’s not wise to do so because you might be left far behind.

I was once in the same situation as you. Failure is the mother of success. In the face of failure, which we need to do is to calm down and reflect our learning methods and make some possible changes or to ask the teachers for advice. Anyway, Rome is not built in a day. Only by stick to studying persistently can we make a progress step by step till success. I truly hope I can be of some helpful to you.

Yours ever,

Li Ming

   Old friends They finish your sentences, and they tell you the truth when you've had a bad haircut. ____ mostly, they are always there for you-whether it's in person or late-night phone calls-in good times and _____. But as the years pass, it becomes increasingly _____ to see each other, to make new memories. ___, my high school friends and I promised to have reunions.

A few months ago, we met up for a two-day _____ in the American Southwest. We grew up together in Maine and have said for years that we should have a（n）_____ event, yet it was often put off or _____ due to schedule conflicts（冲突）. Not this year.

The weekend _____ long talks by the pool, wonderful meals, and a hike that brought the entire group to _____. Not tears of sadness or anger, but a close tie with such physical ______ between us. It's heartbreaking that we can't spend our days together in the same neighborhood. But that's ______. Grown-up life.

The most ______ is the group's adaptability to one another. The time we ______ apart is non-existent. No need to get reacquainted, we jump back in the saddle（车座）and it's as comfortable as ever. Old friends—friends with an ever-present ______ of support and sisterhood, friends that know each other-are hard to come by and yet we ______ today as we were years ago, laughing in the back row of Mr. McKechnie's 9th grade math class.

Life today,______, has no math class. Our world is full of ______, full of fear. Yet it ______ me— now, more than ever—how important it is that we stay ______. We may have questions about our future, but we have true faith in our past, and though this reunion of friends has come to a close, we are already ______ our plans for the next one.

As the saying goes, "Friendship is like sunshine keeps us warm and helps us grow." I think it is important for us to making good friends so that we can always have a fun. I like to choose people who are kind, honesty and helpful as my friends. I like to share my thoughts and fears about them whenever I get into trouble.

   I am a social worker. I wanted to tell everyone about my very dear friend who passed away a few months ago. I met him many years ago while doing my internship（实习期的工作）in the county prison. He was _____ a program he had designed to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems. He was always _____ new ways to bring hope and help to these men and their _____. One of his favorite _____ was the Toy Drive he would run every Christmas for the children of the prisoners. He did this for twenty years _____ his sudden death. As the Christmas _____ ，I decided that this tradition had to be _____，for the children as well as in _____ of my friend.

But the file where he kept the names of the people who had helped him over the years had gone _____. I had to start anew（重新）and with very little ______ ！I started making phone calls，explaining the project and my ____ . I prayed every night that the event would，______，be worthy of my friend. To my great ______，individuals，organizations and businesses began to come on board and，______，I had enough toys to give to all the children of the prisoners with some left over for the local community ______！

When Christmas Eve finally arrived，I felt very happy，thinking I had done all I could do and reflecting（认真思考）on what a（n）______ it had been for me. I was bagging up the remaining toys ______ if there was anyone left who might like them. Then my phone rang.

It was my daughter. She ______ to explain about a woman she knew in Kentucky who had five children，one seriously ill，no husband，no heating in the home，no toys！Ohh—how could we not help her？

My daughter and I drove all night，from New York to Kentucky，and those children woke up in a nice warm house with plenty of ______！My friend's ______ of kindness lived on that year，reaching all the way to Kentucky！

   As an old saying goes, "Surround yourself with the people you want to be like. " 【小题1】 Here are four signs that you are surrounded by good friends who care about you but not just what you can do for them!

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A good friend can tell when you need an ear, or just take time and talk something out. More importantly, they help you determine where you have good ideas and where they think you' re wrong.

Your friends care about you.

【小题3】They also take time to be there when you need them, and want to help you be the best person you can be.

You feel like your friends have your best interests at heart.

You may not always agree with what your friends say or their perceptions of a situation. 【小题4】 This can be a tricky line to walk, and sometimes you should ignore the advice of others. Nevertheless, a good friend will be less worried about sparing your feelings than looking out for you.

Your friends check in on you.

Good friends care about the people close to them. If they don't hear from you periodically, they will pick up the phone or even send an email, "Dude, where you at？Everything okay？"This doesn't mean they constantly worry about you, because sometimes people get sick or busy and life happens. 【小题5】