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51  The average American moves every five years.People drive straight into their garages, hire lawn services, hang out in their backyards instead of their front porches (前走廊).These days, neighbors don't even know each other's names.

Good neighbors and good friends are a lot like electricity or running water52 

The surprising thing is that all it takes to strengthen your relationship with friends and

neighbors is respect for their feelings, concern for their property, and a helping hand when it's needed. 53 

First, be a true friend to people around you. 54  That is to say, A true friend is one who  stays true through it all –marriage, parenthood, new jobs, new homes, or even losses.That situations change doesn’t mean the person has to.

Besides, friendships fade away if there isn’t a balance between the give and the take. 55  Be sensitive to how much your friend can and can’t offer you ---time, energy, or help---and don’t step over the line.Remember: friendships that tire each other will not last.If a friendship is out of balance in this way, you’ll need to consider the situation.

A.Modern life is a lot less to the advantage of friendships and neighborliness than it used to be.

B.A friend in need is a friend indeed.

C.We don’t know how much we depend on them until we lose them.

D.Here’re two important ways to deepen your friendship with people around in your life.

E.A true friend doesn’t flee when changes come about.

F.Take your time, please.

G.So make sure you aren’t being a burden to your friends.

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I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.  

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!

When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

57. The reason why the author hated to eat in the hotel restaurant is that the author didn’t like ______.

A. meeting strangers in the restaurant

B. being disturbed by the noises around

C. the discomfort caused by eating alone

D. being pointed at or laughed at

58. How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25?

A. Dissatisfied.            B. Pleased.     C. Surprised.        D. Angry.

59. From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.

A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant

B. found it hard to balance his work and his family

C. was getting tired of his present job

D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

60. The author wants to tell us that ______. 

A. people can get help for their loneliness

B. restaurants should put the need of customers first 

C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely

D. restaurants are full of surprises

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