Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship usually develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends that you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence your development, maturity （成熟）and sense of responsibility. A familiar expression is “You can tell a lot about a person by knowing who his friends are.” Friendship is based on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends are likely to be athletic. If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do the same.

   Some people call you their friend for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial（表面的）only “friends” on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if it is to their advantage. True friends are there whether you are rich or poor. It is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By this time you should be able to separate your friends into the real or the “phoney”.

   True friends are most special. They are also difficult to find. You can consider yourself very lucky if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. He or she knows you would do the same for them. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friends have good understanding of each other. True friends support you, take your side. And build up your confidence.

56. The first paragraph tells us _________.

how to make a true friend

we should make friends in our childhood.

What is friendship based on

Friends play a very important part in our life

57. What does the underlined word mean in the second paragraph?

A. bad things            B. false things

C. serious things         D. believable things

58. Which expression misunderstands the meaning of the passage?

   A. You should tell true friends from phoney.

   B. True friendship is too difficult to find

   C. You can share your joys and sorrows with a true friend.

   D. A true friend will stand by you whatever happens.

　　Friends play a very important part in everyone's life. Friendship usually develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends that you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence your development, maturity（成熟）and sense of responsibility（责任）. A familiar expression is“You can tell a lot about a person by knowing who his friends are.”. Friendship is based on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends are likely to be athletic（体格健的）. If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do the same.

　　Some people call you their friend for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial（表面的）only“friends”on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if it is to their advantage. True friends are there whether you are rich or poor. It is easy to have many so-called“friends”if you are rich. By this time you should be able to separate your friends into the real or the“phoney”.

　　True friends are most special. They are also difficult to find. You can consider yourself very lucky if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friend have good understanding of each other. True friends support you, take your side and build up your confidence.

(1)The first paragraph tells us _______.

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A．how to make a true friend

B．we should make friends in our childhood

C．what is friendship based on

D．friends play a very important part in our life

(2)Which of the following is true?

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A．What you value above anything is the friendship developing during childhood.

B．The friendship developing during your school days will be with you for a long time.

C．Only through your friends' influence will you take the responsibility for your task.

D．If you have no music in you, none of your friends will be a music lover.

(3)“So-called”friends refer to ________.

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A．fair-weather friends

B．those who want to benefit from you

C．the friends who are on the surface only

D．all of the above

(4)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．You should tell true friends from phoneys.

B．True friendship is too difficult to find.

C．You can share your joys and sorrows with a true friend.

D．A true friend will stand by you whatever happens.

Friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy．A true friend does indeed find pleasure in our joy and share sorrow in our grief（悲痛）．

Knowing how valuable friendship is，we should be very careful in our choice of a friend．We must choose someone who has a good character, whose activities are good and who shows kindness of heart．We should avoid those shallow people who are easily changed by adversities(逆境)or misfortune．

A true friend can always be trusted, loved and respected．If you tell a friend your secret，he or she won't tell anyone else．Friends share each other's joys and sorrows．They help each other when they are       ，and cheer each other up      are successful．The most important thing is that a friend always understands you．In conclusion，when you have made a good friend，don't forget him or her．

56．What's the passage mainly about?(Please answer about 10 words．)

57．According to the passage，why friendship is one of the greatest pleasures that people can enjoy?(Please answer about 10 words．)

58．Please fill in the two blanks in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer about 6 words)

59．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

60．What kinds of person could be a good friend for you? (Please answer within 20 words)