Friend is better than fortune; friend is worse than poison in some ____1____. The above two statements are opposite and seem to be ___2___ but they can be explained as follows: The latter ____3__ all evil friends who ____4____ us to a wrong direction. The former ____5____ all good friends who drive us towards gooD. My ideal friend is of course a good friend ___6____ goodness is shown below : He has no bad liking, as smoking and drinking. He lives simply. He studies diligently ____7____ waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and sympathizes ____8____ his schoolmates. He treats those truly who are true with him. He never speaks of other’s evils, nor boasts of his own merits. ____9____, he has all the good characters better than ____10____. I can follow him as a model. By his words I am aware of the danger of doing a wrong action. By his help I can overcome all difficulties. Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall ever fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word “failure”.

1. A. conditionsB. timesC. casesD. occasions

2. A. unreasonableB. unthinkableC. unspeakableD. unseasonable

3. A. advancedB. compiled withC. impliesD. compiled to

4. A. temptB. leadC. pushD. force

5. A. relatesB. refers toC. devotesD. directs to

6. A. one’sB. who’sC. whoseD. his

7. A. so as to notB. so as not toC. in order to notD. in order that

8. A. withB. toC. aboutD. on

9. A. Least of allB. In wordsC. In allD. In a word

10. A. mineB. ourC. myD. ours