Reading about Friends _ Get Ready For IELTS, p.g 23

"On social networking sites, most users have about 150 friends. "

TRUE - FALSE - NOT GIVEN:

Most people probably have 150 friends on the Internet.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

"There are no rules about friendship. There are no guidelines about how to make friends, how to keep friendships going, and how to finish friendships if we want to move on."

TRUE - FALSE - NOT GIVEN:

It is difficult to keep your friends happy.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

"People also have very different opinions about friendship: some people would die for their friends and value them more than family. Others feel that friends are temporary, only there to help each other until they are no longer needed. If people with such different views become friends, this can lead to problems."

TRUE - FALSE - NOT GIVEN:

Friendship means the same to different people.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• NOT GIVEN

"It is easy to be unhappy about our friends. We may want our relationship with them to be deeper or closer, or we may want to have more friends in our lives. Sometimes we simply do not have the time to develop our friendships, or we fear we have left it too late in life to start."

Choose the correct answer:

Sometimes people worry because ...

• they think that they have too many friends.

• they spend too much time with friends.

• they think they are too old to make friends.

• there are no guidelines about friendship.

"It shows us how important friendships are for most of us."

Choose the correct answer:

Most of us ...

• are dissatisfied with our friends.

• build friendships late in life.

• are frightened to talk to strangers.

• need to be with others.

What does "Strangers are friends we have not met yet" mean?

• We have not met strangers before.

• Strangers may become our friends.

• We should not talk to strangers.

• Strangers are also our friends.