Question

Finding a friend doesn’t seem like a difficult job. However, bad friends are easier to find than good friends these days. If you’re sitting there and wondering if you have a bad friend, let me define it for you.

A bad friend is someone whose jealousies and insecurities outweigh their love for someone. They night want to be a good friend but they’re too messed up in their own head to ever actually do it. They wonder if their friends are going out without them or if they’re being forgotten and left behind. People who are violently insecure don’t have what it takes to be the quality of a friend.

Bad friends are narcissistic(自戀的). They look for any opportunity to bring the conversation back to them. Worse, they might not even be aware that they’re doing it. In their mind, they might think they are the best friend ever, which is truly frightening.

Bad friends are quick-change. They’re by your side when you’re fun and you have something to give them but as soon as you’re going through a difficult time, they will become indifferent quickly. They won’t bring you cold medicine. They won’t give you a ride to the doctor, everything they do is self-serving.

If you find a friend who has these same characteristics, send them to your bad friend list immediately. Your friends are supposed to be the solution to your problems, not the source.

I believe your twenties are a time when you need positive and helpful friends. In such a time, friendships aren’t easy to maintain like they once were in school. Now we actually have to put work into it, we have to make a conscious effort to keep the friendship going. You need to ask yourself, “Is this person worth it? Do they treat me like a fool or what?” if your have doubts, try to make them clear by considering the past experiences. Toxic(有毒的) friendships do nothing but drag you down. My point is that you have to take care of yourself and stop getting in touch with your bad friends. Only surround yourself with people who bring out the best qualities in you. It may sound cruel but it’s true,.

1.The author believes that we can easily find a .

A. close friend B. poor friend

C. good friend D. bad friend

2.Bad friends give the author the following impressions EXCEPT being .

A. outgoing B.insecure

C. narcissistic D. self-centred

3.We can infer from the passage that a bad friend will when you have trouble.

A. feel worried as you do B. try hard to help you out

C. do nothing but leave you D. pay more attention to you

4.In the last paragraph, you are advised .

A. not to treat your friends like fools

B. not to keep a terrible friendship

C. not to be a bad friend of others

D. not to doubt but ask yourself

5.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To tell us finding a friend is not an easy job for everyone.

B. To help us know about bad friends and get rid of them.

C. To encourage us to make more friends in school.

D. To advise us not to treat our close friends badly.

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了壞朋友所具有的特征。壞朋友嫉妒心太重，沒有安全感；壞朋友非常自戀，總是以自己為中心；壞朋友非常善變。如果你的朋友具有以上特征，他不值得你去交往。

1.細節(jié)理解題。第一自然段“However, bad friends are easier to find than good friends these days.”意思是然而，當(dāng)今社會壞朋友比好朋友更容易找到。故選擇D。

2.“A bad friend is someone whose jealousies and insecurities”意思是一個壞朋友嫉妒心過重，沒有安全感；第三自然段“Bad friends are narcissistic(自戀的).”意思是壞朋友是自戀的；第三自然段“They look for any opportunity to bring the conversation back to them.”意思是他們一直想使對話以自己為中心。A“外向的”沒有提到，故選擇A。

3. soon as you’re going through a difficult time, they will become indifferent quickly.”意思是只要你陷入困難，他們就會迅速變得無情。故選擇C。

4. point is that you have to take care of yourself and stop getting in touch with your bad friends.”意思是我的建議是，照顧好自己，不要和壞朋友交往。故選擇B。

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