A friend is better than fortune. A friend is worse than poison in some cases.
The two sentences above have opposite meanings and seem to be unreasonable, but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us into bad ways.
　　My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below — he has no bad habits, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality (节俭). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and shares the feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characteristics that I don’t have. I can follow him as a model. With his help I can be free from all difficulties.
Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word “failure”.
小题1:This passage tells us ____. A．how to make friends with othersB．how to help friends C．what kind of person the writer’s friend is D．what kind of person we should make friends with小题2:According to the writer, an ideal friend refers to _______.A．a friend without bad habitsB．a famous man C．a perfect man D．a respectable man小题3:From the passage we can learn that ________.A．the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other B．the writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend C．the writer’s ideal friend has a lot to learn from him D．the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend小题4:From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that _______.A．friendship means a great deal to himB．nothing can be done without friends C．he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend D．good friends should always help each other