I have several good friends but I suppose that my best friend is Ellen. We have been friends with each other (1..) we were very young because she (2…) live next door to me. We have always been in the same class at school although she has always been much (3..) than me. I do not mind though, because she often helps me with my (4..). Anyway, I have always been better at sport than she is. I always (5..) her at tennis and she does not like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very annoyed if she does. That's the thing that I do not like (6..) her. Otherwise, she has (7..) humour and she is always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we have had (8…) usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still see her a lot. We (9..) to go on a trip around Europe next summer. I am really looking forward to it because I think we will have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it is going to be hard (10…) such a wonderful and exciting trip and so we are both going to get jobs and try to save up enough money for it. 1. A. till B. since C. when D. while 2. A. should B. could C. used to D. ought to 3. A. cleverer B. clever C. intelligent D. wise 4. A . housework B. homework C.works D.paper work 5. A. win B. defeat C. conquer D. beat 6. A. in B. with C. about D. on 7. A. a great sense of B. a large number of C. a lot of D. a great many 8. A. arguments B. talks C. discussions D. rows 9. A. will plan B. plan C. planned D. are planning 10. A. to pay B. to afford C. to buy D. to book