Our parakeet (长尾鹦鹉) Chip and Goldie, a stray tortoiseshell kitten we took in{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (grow) to be best friends, eating and playing together. I was a member{#blank#}2{#/blank#}a bird conservation organization at the time, so we often took care of injured {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(bird). Goldie helped raise dozens of injured and orphaned native birds{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (act) as a watchful guardian. One day, it was Chip who needed Goldie's supervision. I had left a large bowl of pancake batter (面糊){#blank#}5{#/blank#} (cover) in the kitchen. But while I was out of the room, Chip climbed onto the bowl to have {#blank#}6{#/blank#} taste but soon fell in and sank{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (luck), Goldie was on hand and stuck her face in the bowl to fish Chip out. She cleaned his face and beak so he could breathe before running to alert me with a loud meow. I followed Goldie{#blank#}8{#/blank#} was also covered in batter, back into the kitchen {#blank#}9{#/blank#} found a battered budgie on the floor. After being washed, dried and warmed, Chip made a full {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (recover). Bowls were always covered in future and Goldie and Chip remained the best of friends.

    Many people consider old friends to be more important than new ones. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}an old saying goes, “Friends are like wine, the older, the better.” If two pieces of advice {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (give) to solve a problem, one from a new friend and the other from {#blank#}3{#/blank#} old friend, people would prefer the latter one {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the former one, even though the new friend's advice may be better.

    I, however, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (agree) with the old saying, believing that new friends are not necessarily worse than old friends. It is not always right {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (determine) your friendship by the length(长度) of time.

    Once you call someone a friend, he must be a person who is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rely) and whose interests are in common with {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(you). It is mainly his character (性格) and interests that make him your friend. It {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (actual) has little to do with time. People's appearance may change, but their character usually stays the same. Therefore, on this point, there is no {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (different) between old friends and new friends.

    In today's world many people seem to be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hunger) for money. Money does have its most useful effects on the poor. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} even if a person has already got plenty of money, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (happy) can't be bought by money.

    If money were beginning, all millionaires {#blank#}4{#/blank#} have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always correct.

    Since {#blank#}5{#/blank#} beginning of time no three words have ever invited more {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (pleased) than "I love you". But can love be bought? I'm afraid not Love {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (mean) to give, not to take. To every person, health and a long life are bought with money? The answer is "No".

    Of all the longest {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (life) people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought, either in a world, where money is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (dream) too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (strange) to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.