It's hard to find a true friend . For most of the time , you may think you can believe（相信）someone , later he may let you down（失望）.

    When you have some difficult times , a true friend will always be there for you . Through good times or{#blank#}1{#/blank#} times , they will try to help you and make you laugh . They will understand you{#blank#}2{#/blank#} you did something wrong . A friend will bring new and exciting things to your life and make your life more interesting .

    True friends will keep your secrets（秘密）and they believe you can also keep{#blank#}3{#/blank#} secrets . When you talk to a true friend , you don't have to worry{#blank#}4{#/blank#} what you may say . You can enjoy this freedom（自由）only with friends .

    However , Friendship is like a two-way street . To find a true friend , you may do the{#blank#}5{#/blank#} thing as your friend does , too . Help your friends when they have problems and share the good things{#blank#}6{#/blank#} them . Give them the same things they give to you . Sometimes friendship breaks very quickly if only one person is giving and trying to keep it .

    There is an old{#blank#}7{#/blank#} , “ Friendship makes the hearts of all the world together ” . You will{#blank#}8{#/blank#} that there is nothing better than having a true friend by your side to share life with .

    We've just{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（回来）from a short holiday at Ayers Rock. Ayers Rock is right in the centre of Australia. It's nearly two{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（千）kilometres from Sydney, so we flew most of the way.

    From Sydney we flew over a line of mountains in the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（东南）. It was rather cloudy at first.

    But after we left the mountains behind us, there was{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（几乎没有）a cloud in the sky. Most of the land below looked like sand, though Dad told me it is greener than you think. There are a lot of{#blank#}5{#/blank#}（绵羊）down there, "he said, but hardly any people!"

    Ayers Rock is a large, low mountain. The day after we{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（到达）, we got up early in the morning before the sun{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（升起）. We started climbing up before it was light. It gets too hot for climbing later. Lower down, at the foot of Ayers Rock, most of the ground is covered with forest and grass, and there are{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（甚至）a few small rivers. But when you climb higher, you will find nothing grows there at all. We didn't reach the top because it was too hot. All around it is sand. In the evening, when the sun goes down, the sand is{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（几乎）red. The sky is red too, so it is very, very beautiful.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（虽然）we only stayed there for a few days, we had a great time.