题目内容：

阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

As an old saying goes, “Friends are like wine, the older, the better.” Many people consider old friends to be more important than new ones. For example, if two pieces of advice 1. (give) to solve a problem, one from a new friend and the other from 2. old friend, people would prefer the 3. one to the former one, even though the new friend’s advice may be better.

I, however, 4. (agree) with the old saying, believing that new friends are not necessarily 5. (bad) than old friends. It is not always right 6. (determine) your friendship by the length(长度) of time.

Once you call someone a friend, he must be a person who is 7. (rely) and whose interests are in common with 8. (you). It is mainly his character (性格) and interests 9. make him your friend. It actually has little to do with time. People’s appearance may change, but their character usually stays the same. Therefore, on this point, there is no 10. (different) between old friends and new friends.