C A few close friends meant more than the best medical facilities in the world. When Harry Truman was pushed into the US presidency after the death 1. ________ Franklin Roosevelt, a colleague and friend — Congressman ( 国会议员 ) Sam Rayburn of Bonham, Texas — 2. ________ (give) Truman some fatherly advice. Rayburn said, “Harry, from here on out, you’re going to have lots of people around you, 3. ________ will try to put a wall around you and cut you off from any ideas but theirs. They’ll tell you what a great man you are, Harry. But you and I 4. ________ know you aren’t.” Friends can say those things to each other. Later, when Sam Rayburn discovered that he was seriously ill, he told his friends in Congress that he was going home to Bonham for medical tests. “5. ________ there are excellent doctors and medical facilities in Washington, D.C.,” some of them argued. “Why would you want 6. ________ (go) to Bonham?” “Because,” the congressman replied, “Bonham is a place 7. ________ people know it when you’re sick.” Rayburn had a need 8. ________ (great) than good medical assistance. He needed friends. Someone to ask what his grandchildren were doing. Someone to sit by him and stop by his home. Someone to care. Who is such 9. ________ friend to you? That person is more valuable than your greatest 10. ________ (possess). Have you said “thanks”?