A. AS B. ON C. IN D. TO VI. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND CHOOSE...

10.

A. as

B. on

C. in

D. to

VI. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the

very things that shape us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come

with friendship.

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two (1)______ . We can try to beat it off, or

we can decide that the thing (2)______ the challenge isn’t worth the (3)______ and call it quits.

Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most (4)______ all

that is needed is commitment and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how (5)______ or how

uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to face it and work it through instead of running

away from it. Communication is making a space for discussion and talking about how you feel as

opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. (6)______ you can say to a friend, “I got my

feeling hurt”, (7)_____ “You hurt my feelings”, you are going to be able to solve the problem much

faster.

In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for (8)

they are: small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big

that it is (9)_____ to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it

(10)______ to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it

made me who I am today. And that is a good thing”.