Everyone needs friends. We all like to   1  close to someone.   2  is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh, and do things with. Certainly, sometimes we need to be alone. We don't always want people   3 . But we will feel lonely if we  4  have a friend.

No two people are just the same. Friends   5  don't get on(相处的) well. That doesn't mean that they no longer like each other. As time passes, they will make up(言归于好) and become   6  again.

Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very   7 . We miss them very much, but we can   8  them and write to them. It is likely that we would never see them again. And we can   9  new friends.

There's more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don't. Why? It could be true that they are  10 . Being happy helps you keep healthy.

　　Daniel Boone was born in the United States in 1734. He didn't go to school an __1__ read, but he learned all about the forest and many other things around him. He loved to live __2__ in the forest because nothing would trouble him there. When he grew up, he tried to live __3___ a farm. But he wasn't very __4___, and a year later he __5___ to go into some unknown western lands. When he returned after two years, he became ___6__ for his long journey. He brought back many useful things and told stories about the Indians.

　　After this he kept ___7__ to unknown places. Once he was taken away in a battle（战斗）by the Indians. But the Indians liked him and became his ___8__. Daniel Boone __9___ at the age of 86. He lived an interesting life and is remembered __10__ an explorer（探索者）and a pioneer（先驱）.