Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above are opposite 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 to wrong ways.

My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below---he has no bad likings, 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 feelings with his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. With his help I am 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".

1.This passage tells us (   )

A. how to make friends with others

B. how the writer' s friend helps him

C. what kind of person the writer's friend is

D. what kind of person we should make friends with

2.An ideal friend means (   )

A. a true friend    B. a false friend    C. an imaginary friend   D. an excellent friend

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

4.From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that (   )

A. nothing cannot be done with friend

B. only the first sentence is reasonable

C. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend

D. good friends should always help each other

    Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above are opposite 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 to wrong ways.

    My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below――he has no bad likings, 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 feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. With his help I am 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".

56. This passage tells us ________.

    A. how to make friends with others

    B. how the writer's friend helps him

    C. what kind of person the writer's friend is

D what kind of person we should make friends with

57. An ideal friend means ________.

    A. a polite friend                      B. a false friend

    C. a likable friend                     D. an old friend

58. 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 writers ideal friend has a lot to learn from him

    D. the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend

59. From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that ________.

    A. nothing cannot be done with friend

    B. only the first sentence is reasonable

    C. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend

    D. good friends should always help each other

In the last few years the Internet has become a widespread phenomenon(现象) around the world. People have started to use the computers just like they used to watch TV. Whenever we get hungry, we simply order a pizza through the Internet and while we are waiting for the food, we can send an important business e-mail concerning some sales for tomorrow. It is, in fact, very comfortable to just simply sit down and have a chat with somebody from South Africa about fishing and get some important advice. Sometimes when you are sad and are feeling lonely, if you go on the Internet, you can find good entertainment that will keep you busy.

To make a long story short, we just don’t have the time to communicate with people in person anymore. Besides, there is so much information easy to get on the Internet that when we start surfing, we find it hard for us to get away from the computer. There are a lot of people who are addicted(沉溺于) to TV and watch it 5 to 7 hours a day, while recently addiction to the Internet has become a very serious problem. You might think that these kinds of things could never happen to you, but it is not really true. To prevent yourself from getting addicted, the most important thing is to make sure that you are not spending too much time in front of the screen. Although it might seem to be easy to pull yourself away from the Web, it is simply not the case. You might have to make an effort to place some limits(限制) on yourself.

The first paragraph of the text mainly tells us that        .

  A. it is nice to have a Net friend from South Africa

  B. the Internet can help us to do business

  C. some people prefer surfing the Internet to watching TV

  D. the Internet can make our life more convenient

To avoid getting addicted to the Internet, we should      .

  A. watch TV more hours a day instead

  B. limit our time in front of the screen

  C. communicate with people face to face

  D. entertain ourselves in other ways

From the passage, we can infer that the writer         .

  A. has once been addicted to the Net

  B. is completely against surfing the Net

  C. knows how to surf the Net efficiently

  D. thinks the Net brings bads and goods

The text is most probably taken from        .

  A. a health book                          B. a geography magazine

  C. a life magazine                         D. a computer technology book