because I've always had a best friend, someone who I've been really ____ ___.

My best friend since the age of 11 was a girl called Wang Chaosu. We met at _________ school. We'd both just started there. I _________ _______ her for the first time. I was walking home from school and she was going ___ _____ ___. So we walked home together and discovered that we lived very near each other. We ___ __ _____ each other immediately. We're ___ __ __ ____, Wang Chaosu and I - we're both quite lively. We found that we ______ a lot of the same ________. She loved all kinds of sport and ___ ___ __. We soon became best friends. We ____ ___ go around to each other's houses all the time. ____ _______ got on very well too.

But having said this, I must say that Wang Chaosu and I quarrel ______

____ ___ ____. We had a really ______ quarrel when I was 16. I became friendly with ____ _____ that she didn't get on with, and I stopped ______ her for a while. It wasn't a nice thing to do and I _____ ______ that now. Wang Chaosu was really hurt. She didn't talk to me for about ___ _______. But then we _____ ___ and became friends again.

Wang Chaosu and I stayed best friends ___ __ the age of 18, but then we both went to ________ _______. She stayed in our home town and I went to a college 200 kilometres _____. We're still good friends, but we're not best friends anymore. ____ _______ when you're so far away from someone. I think that to keep your friends, there are _______ ______ you have to do. For example, you must remember to ____ ___ _____ if you want to stay friends with someone. Wang Chaosu and I keep in touch _______ _____ when we're at college, and of course, we see each other _____ I come back home. We always have a lot to say to each other. We talk about our feelings and are ____ ______ ____ each other. I think that's very important.

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