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A friend is better than money.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(理想的) 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(特征) 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”．
【语篇解读】 好朋友比金钱更重要，而坏朋友却比毒药更糟糕，那么我们理想的朋友应该是什么样的呢？本篇文章的作者给出了自己的观点。
1．This passage mainly tells us ________．
A．how to make friends with others
B．how to help friends
C．what kind of person the writer's friend is
D．what kind of person we should make friends with
D [主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本篇文章主要讲的是我们应该与什么样的人做朋友，故选D。]
2．According to the writer，an ideal friend refers to ________．
A．a friend without bad habits
B．a famous man
C．a perfect man
D．a respectable man
C [细节理解题。根据第二段可知，作者认为理想的朋友指的是没有坏习惯，生活节俭，学习用功，不浪费黄金时间的人，故C项最符合题意。]
3．What can we learn from the passage?
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.
B [推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第二句“I can follow him as a model.”可知作者有许多向理想中的朋友学习的地方，故选B。]
4．From the second paragraph，we can infer the writer is sure that ________．
A．friendship means a great deal to him
B．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
A [推理判断题。根据第二段可知作者认为理想中的朋友应该有许多作者没有的好品质，作者可以向他学习，在他的帮助下作者可以免受所有的困难，因此对作者来说，友谊意味着很多。故A项符合题意。]
