Read the text below. For questions (23-32) choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).

Cherish Your Friends

Our high school years are the defining times in our lives that (23) ___________ who we are, where we are going, and what we are going to do. Aside from this, they (24) __________ us to build strong friendships with people. We get to see which people are going to be there for the (25) __________ of our lives and those who will just disappear over the years.

A friend is someone who is there for you, through it all. Through the pressure, and drama, they are the one (26) ___________ thing in your life that never fades away. I have realized at the (27) ___________ of sixteen that friends are not something you should take lightly, if we

have found even just a (28) ___________ we are blessed.

They are the people that we sing our lungs out in the car shouting "Glamorous", the people we cry to, and most (29) ___________ the people who will always have a shoulder to (30) _____________ on. It is essential to evaluate your (31) ____________ with your friends. You can see if they are the people you can go to with anything or if they are just another face in the (32) ___________ when you have a serious issue going on.