阅读理解。

     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. 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".

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