单项选择题

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose the ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some (56) . The above two statements are opposite and seem to be (57) but they can be explained (58) : The latter (59) all evil friends who (60) us astray; the former (61) all good friends who drive us towards good. My (62) friend is of course a good friend (63) goodness is shown (64) . He has no bad (65) , as smoking and drinking. He lives frugally. He studies diligently (66) waste his golden time. (67) he (68) his parents and loves his brothers; at school he re-spects his teachers and (69) his schoolmates. He treats those truly who are (70) him.He never speaks of others’ evils (71) boasts of his own merits. (72) , he has all the good characters better than (73) I can follow him as a model. By his precepts I am (74) the danger of doing a wrong action. By his help I (75) all difficulties. Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never feel difficult and I shall never know the existence of the word "failure. "