III. 完形填空 Two years ago my family moved. The day we left, my best friend and I cried together in my empty bedrooms for hours. I was miserable and homesick during the five-hour car to my new house. Life was 1 When we finally arrived at my new house, I 2 to the phone to tell my best friend my 3 and phone number. We talked for a little while, but I had to 4 because the long-distance call was expensive. On the first day of school, I called her to tell her 5 i t went. Then, on Halloween, I sent her a letter and a picture of my new friends and me. 6 , she wrote me a letter. It Wasn't even a letter-just a piece of paper 7 , “Best friends forever. "When I finally got herE-mail address, I 8 her the longest letter I have ever written. I 10 received an E-mail back, and by the third E-mail letter with no 10 my messages grew 11 . Mom said that I could always call my other friends, that I 12 always call her. 13 up my best friend? My first answer was automatically" 14 ! "But after five more E- mail messages, three phone calls and two more letters. I star-ted to 15 what my mom had said. Every night for about a week, I stayed up in bed thinking "Should I give up or 16 is trying? " To me, keeping in touch is part of being a friend and is important. To her, it really didn't seem to 17 . After two years of disappointment, I finally got a phone call from my best friend. She told me how 18 she was for not writing. I came to realize that true friends never really 19 their special connection. Even after two years it felt like we had just talked yesterday. Now she and I write 20 or at least she tries to, and she tries hard. What more could a friend ask for?