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True friends double your happiness and half your burdens. Basically how you would like a true friend
to be is what you should be like to your true friends. Trust, forgiveness, responsibility are some elements
of a true friendship. True friendships are hard to achieve. And what's more, life is short. So treasure these
friends if you already have them. If you don't continue to search, because once you have them, life will
become so much easier to live, no matter what happens. I have been through very difficult times and I
dare say, without my friends, I would not have made it.
Friendships need lots of energy and patience to maintain them. Not to mention time. When your friend
needs you, and when things are not going too well on your side, it is often so easy to
turn a deaf ear to
their requests. It is especially during these times, that you must find the strength to help your friend. And it
is during these times that your friendship will be made stronger.
And you must always be happy for their successes, even when things are not going too well for you. It might be hard to do this, but it is something that you need to learn. Think about all the sacrifices your
friend has made for you and all the times when he was happy for you despite his own troubles. Think
abut all the happy times you enjoyed and the sad, difficult times you went through together. That should
give you plenty of patience to actually be a true friend. Remember, true friends are the next best thing to
family. They will always be your supporters.
1. What is the best title for this passage?
A. A precious friendship
B. A true friend
C. A happy time
D. Friend, a treasure
2. According to the passage, to be a true friend, you do NOT need to _____.
A. trust your friends
B. forgive your friends' mistakes
C. spend much money on frien
ds
D. be helpful to your friends
3. True friendships are hard to achieve because ______.
A. friendships can help you through difficult times
B. friendships need lots of energy and patience
C. your friends need you to give more help to them
D. you should be always on your friends' side
4. The underlined phrase "turn a deaf ear to" in Paragraph 2 probably means "_____".
A. pretend not to know
B. take no measures to
C. have no means to
D. turn to a deaf for
5. From Paragraph3 we can conclude that ____ .
A. a friend won't achieve success without your support
B. most people in trouble are not happy about their friends' success
C. you should support your friends on any conditions
D. a true friend appears only when you have troubles