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Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime. We _36__ from the city to the suburbs, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job __37__, from the home where we __38__ our children to the home where we plan to live in __39_. With each move we are __40__ making new friends, who become part of our new life.
For many of us the __41__ is a special time for forming new friendships. Today, millions of Americans go on vocation __42__, and they go not only to see new sights but also -- in those places where they do not feel too __43__-- with the hope of meeting new people. No one really __44__ a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people __45__ friendship.
The word “friend” to American people can be __46__ to a wide range of relationships -- to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business companion, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a __47__ colleague. There are real __48__ among these relations for Americans -- a friendship may be __49__, casual, situational or deep and lasting. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.
As Europeans see it, all kinds of “friends” flow __50__ of Americans' homes with little ceremony. They may be parents of the children's friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country. __51__ as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no __52__ differences. The atmosphere is __53__. Most people, old and young, are called __54_ first names. Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel __55___.
36. A. drive B. commute C. move D. settle
37. A. abroad B. elsewhere C. somewhere D. nowhere
38. A. deliver B. protect C. educate D. raise
39. A. retirement B. death C. illness D. sadness
40. A. mostly B. mainly C. rarely D. forever
41. A. winter B. summer C. spring D. autumn
42. A. along B. freely C. together D. abroad
43. A. alone B. strange C. scared D. remote
44. A. allows B. desires C. expects D. imagines
45. A. form B. develop C. ignore D. value
46. A. used B. applied C. stuck D. dedicated
47. A. kind B. generous C. trusted D. helpful
48. A. differences B. varieties C. distinctions D. diversities
49. A. informal B. reliable C. shallow D. fragile
50. A. in and out B. on and on
C. by and by D. up and down
51. A. Moving B. Flowing C. Going D. Coming
52. A. obvious B. heavy C. explicit D. strong
53. A. weird B. stressed C. relaxed D. strange
54. A. with B. on C. for D. by
55. A. at best B. at home C. at heart D. at hand
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