Friendship is the relationship between persons who can help each other in need and who have much in common．
Friendship can make people happy and successful．In my opinion, friendship is one of the most precious things we have for several reasons．First, we can lead a happy life if we have some friends to share feelings, for joy that is shared will be doubled and sorrow shared will be reduced．For instance, I felt a little lonely during my first days after I came to college because it was my first time to be away from my family and away from my old friends．I often felt worried about my study and life．Later, I made friends with some of my fellow students．We talked about our ambitions on how to improve ourselves and how to contribute to society．Through our heart-to-heart talks, we got to know each other well and became eager to help each other．And from then on, whenever I am in trouble, I always have someone to turn to．Now I don’t feel lonely any more but feel that life is really meaningful and enjoyable．Second, the company of friends can help us win success．It is well-known that the friendship between Karl Marx and Engels largely contributed to their great success．Besides great figures, common people can also benefit a great deal from their friendship．For example, in the second year of my college, we were required to take the yearly test for English Majors(Band Four)．It is a difficult national examination．While I was preparing for it, I felt very worried．But my friends and I helped and encouraged each other．As a result, we all passed the test with good scores．
Moreover, friendship has an influence on our personalities．To win friendship we should have a pleasant manner．And to keep the friendship that we have obtained we ought to be self-disciplined(自律)and learn to be considerate(体谅)．If everybody has friends and knows how to keep friendship, personalities of people will be improved and society will be in harmony(和谐)．
So we can say that friendship can do good not only for individuals but also for society, and a society that is full of friendship will be full of love and hope．
(1)
According to the writer, friendship is _________．
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A．
what makes people happy
B．
what people turn to when in trouble
C．
precious relationship between people
D．
what makes people successful
(2)
Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?
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A．
Friends should help each other．
B．
College students should have friendship．
C．
Friends should share joy as well as sorrow．
D．
Friendship brings us happiness and success．
(3)
Which of the following belongs to the personalities that keep up friendship?
On the first day of school we were challenged to get to know a new classmate．I was looking around, when a gentle hand touched my shoulder．I found a little old lady with a warm smile．
She said, “Hi, handsome! I'm Rose．I'm 87 years old．Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?” I laughed and heartily responded, “Of course!”
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent(天真的)age?” I asked．
She jokingly replied, “I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then travel around．”
“No, seriously,” I asked．I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age．
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!” She told me．We became instant friends．
Over the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像)and she easily made friends wherever she went．She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students．She was living it up．
At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet．I'll never forget what she taught us．
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing．Here are the secrets to staying young．You have to laugh and find humor every day．You've got to have a dream．When you lose your dreams, you die．We have many people walking around who are dead, and they don't even know it!” she said．
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up．Anybody can grow older．That doesn't take any talent or ability,” she added．“But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change．The elderly usually don't have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do．”
One week after graduation that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep．She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be．
(1)
Rose started college at the age of 87 in order to ________．
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A．
marry a rich man
B．
travel around the world
C．
make more friends
D．
realize her dream
(2)
Which of the following best explains “she was living it up” in the seventh paragraph?
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A．
She was living a long life．
B．
She was enjoying herself．
C．
She was spending a lot of money．
D．
She was killing time．
(3)
When you lose your dreams, you die because ________．
