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Friendship(友谊) is an important part of our life. Life is always 1.______________ , such as moving to a new place and starting a new job. So we often need to make new friends. But some people think it  is2.______________to make new friends. Here is some 3.________________ for you. If you want to make friends, you need to go out at first instead of (代替) staying at home. You can join a club because there are many people who have common (共同的) interests. It is easy to start a new friendship if you have the 4.______________ interests. And you can join a sports team. It is 5._____________ a great way to make new friends. After joining a club or a sports team, you still can’t make friends if you don’t talk to people. You will have a good6._______________  to make a good friend if you talk to someone. 7.______________ you talk to people, you should be friendly and smile at them. The above(上面的) advice can 8.______________ you make friends. But if you want to find the true friendship, you should be honest with them.

“I can't believe what I'm hearing!” I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate （候选人） for president of Students’ Union. My best friend Tony came to me and said, “I'm   1 , Mike. I really thought you should be   2 .”

Later that day, I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a polite “  3 ” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise, Jeff put his plate beside mine.
“I'm, er-I'm just wondering  4 you would…consider coming to work on my team,” he said  5 . “You are really smart, and you would be a great manager.”
“I don't think so,” I replied, feeling  6 .
“Well, if you change your mind, we are meeting tomorrow,” he said before moving to  7 table.
All that night, I thought about the offer from Jeff. Maybe being a part of the election process （选举过程）would give me a chance to make important changes at our school. I  8 to join them.
My first goal was to 9 an attractive advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a
 10 with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway without passing Jeff's smiling face.
My next step was to  11  which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team. With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster. The headmaster  12 to add these activities to our school program.
With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well received at school.
An eighth grader said, “It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president.”
Hearing these words made my heart filled with  13 . I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference. I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team. He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his 14 . The fact that it has made a（n）  15 in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!