Read the text below.

For questions 1-10, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which ou

thin! "its best accordin# to the text.
The Importance of Friends
$our relationshi%s with "riends beco&e es%eciall i&%ortant durin# the teen ears.Friendshi%s
are relationshi%s between %eo%le who li!e each other and who ha'e si&ilar interests and 'alues.
(ood "riendshi%s #enerall be#in when %eo%le realise that the ha'e co&&on ex%eriences, #oals,
and 'alues.
)ach %erson &ust also show a willin#ness to reach out, to listen, and to care about the needs o"
the other %erson. For&in# stron# "riendshi%s is an i&%ortant %art o" social health. *o &a!e new
"riends, #et in'ol'ed in acti'ities at school or in the co&&unit. For exa&%le, +oin a school club
or 'olunteer at a local outh #rou%. ,hen ou %artici%ate in acti'ities that ou en+o, ou-re
li!el to &eet others who share our interests.
A "riend is &uch &ore than an acquaintance, so&eone ou see occasionall or !now casuall.
$our relationshi% with a "riend is dee%er and &eans &ore to ou. Althou#h there is no acce%ted
test "or "riendshi%, &ost %eo%le who& ou call "riends will ha'e the "ollowin# qualities.
/ *rustworthiness. (ood "riends are there "or ou when ou need su%%ort. *he are honest with
ou, the !ee% their %ro&ises, and the don-t re'eal our secrets. (ood "riends li'e u% to our
realistic ex%ectations. 0" necessar, these "riends would be willin# to &a!e sacri"ices "or ou.
/ Carin#. (ood "riends listen care"ull when ou want to tal!. *he tr to understand how ou
"eel. 0n "act, the e&%athi1e with ou when ou ha'e stron# "eelin#s such as +o, sadness, or
disa%%oint&ent. Friends don-t +ust reco#ni1e our stren#ths and talents2the tell ou about
the& and hel% ou de'elo% the&. Carin# "riends &i#ht tr to hel% ou o'erco&e our
wea!nesses, but the acce%t ou as ou are. *he don-t hold #rud#es and can "or#i'e ou i" ou
&a!e a &ista!e.
/ Res%ect. (ood "riends will not as! ou to do anthin# that is wron# or dan#erous or %ressure
ou i" ou re"use. *he res%ect our belie"s because the res%ect ou. *he also understand that
our o%inions &a be di""erent "ro& theirs, and the reali1e that this is health.
Because ou and our #ood "riends usuall share si&ilar 'alues, the will not ex%ect ou to
betra those 'alues. 0" "riends disa#ree, the are willin# to co&%ro&ise, which &eans to #i'e u%
so&ethin# in order to reach a solution that satis"ies e'erone.
3ost o" our "riends are %robabl our %eers2%eo%le close to our a#e who are si&ilar to ou in
&an was. $ou &a be concerned about what our %eers thin! o" ou, how the react to ou,
and whether the acce%t ou. *heir o%inions can a""ect our ideas o" how ou should thin! and
act. *his is called %eer %ressure2the in"luence that %eo%le our a#e ha'e on ou to thin! and act
li!e the&.
4eo%le o" all a#es want to be well li!ed b their %eers. $ou, too, %robabl would li!e to be
%o%ular. Re&e&ber, howe'er, that +ust bein# %o%ular isn-t enou#h. $ou also want our %eers to
res%ect ou2 to hold ou in hi#h re#ard because o" our res%onsible beha'iour.
(ada%ted "ro& *een 5ealth, 6007)
1. *he a#e when one starts to "ind "riends i&%ortant is
A. at about 17.
B. at about 8.
C. at about 60.
D. at about 70.
6. 0n order to beco&e #ood "riends, two %eo%le should
A. ha'e co&&on acquaintances.
B. ha'e co&&on relati'es.
C. ha'e co&&on ai&s.
D. ha'e nothin# in co&&on.
9. 0n order to ha'e "riends a %erson should
A. listen to &usic as &uch as %ossible.
B. care about %oor %eo%le.
C. care about the en'iron&ent.
D. listen to others and care about the&.
:. ;ne wa o" &a!in# "riends is
A. #oin# to school on a re#ular basis.
B. ta!in# %art in #rou% acti'ities.
C. settin# u% our own club.
D. doin# thin#s e'en i" ou don-t en+o the&.
7. An untrustworth "riend is one who
A. is hardl reliable.
B. li!es !ee%in# secrets.
C. does not brea! a %ro&ise.
D. ex%ects too little "ro& ou.
<. (ood "riends who listen to ou and share our "eelin#s are
A. carin#.
B. care"ul.
C. careless.
D. ho%e"ul.
=. )&%athic "riends also
A. consider ou too wea!.
B. alwas %raise our talents.
C. tr to de'elo% our stron# %oints.
D. tr to de'elo% our wea! %oints.
8. (rud#es in %ara#ra%h 7 &eans.
A. disli!es.
B. "i#hts.
C. "a'ours.
D. "aults.
>. 4ersons who res%ect ou as a "riend
A. will ex%ect ou to be alwas health.
B. will tr to con'ince ou that their o%inion is the ri#ht one.
C. will acce%t that ou &a see thin#s di""erentl.
D. will ex%ect ou to o"ten chan#e our set o" 'alues.
10. Accordin# to the article, %eer %ressure &a!es ou
A. steal "ro& our "riends.
B. a'oid #oin# out with.
C. listen to our "riends.
D. i&itate our "riends.