Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices. Please choose the best choice according to Text A to complete the sentence.People who base their friendship on utility do not spend much time together because __________.

A. they are too old to go out a lot
B. they are busy making a living
C. they don't even like each other
D. they take time to forge the relationship

Young friends do like to spend the day and live together because they __________.

A. want to enjoy the pleasure together
B. need to know more about each other
C. hope to take advantage of each other
D. realize the importance of friendship

Friendships based on goodness are rare because of the following reasons EXCEPT __________.

A. men who share similar goodness are few
B. it takes time to develop true friendships
C. true friends need to be tested and proved
D. most people change their tastes quickly

According to Cicero, the good should do the following EXCEPT __________.

A. acting with honor, purity, equity and liberality
B. being free of greed, lust and violence
C. having the courage of their convictions
D. surpassing others in genius, fortune, or rank

From the text, we can infer that friendships based on __________ are more likely to last for a long time.

A. utility
B. pleasure
C. goodness
D. sympathy

Directions: In the text, the authors reviewed the classical views of friendship by Aristotle and Cicero. Please scan the text and finish the following table.AristotleFriendships based on 1 seem to occur most frequently between the elderly and are also frequently found among those in middle or early life. Such persons do not spend much time together, because sometimes they do not even like one another, and therefore feel no need of such an association unless they are2 useful. When the ground for friendship disappears, the friendship also breaks up because that was what kept it alive.Friendship between the young is thought to be grounded on3, because the lives of the young are regulated by their feelings, and their chief interests are in their own pleasure and the opportunity of the moment. With advancing years, however, their tastes change too, so that they are 4 to make and to break friendships.Perfect friendship is based on5 . It is between good men that both love and friendship are chiefly found and in the 6 form. Such friendships are rare because men of this kind are few and they need time and intimacy. And no two persons can accept each other and become friends until each has proved to the other that he is 7 of love, and so won his trust.CiceroTrue friendship is only possible between good men. The friendship between good men, based on 8, does offer material benefits, but it does not seek them. Moreover, in friendships and relationships, those who possess any superiority must regard themselves as9 of those who are less fortunate. And these latter must not be10 at being surpassed in genius, fortune, or rank.

Directions: Read the following statements and then decide whether each of them is true or false based on the information in the text. Mark T for True and F for False.1)_____Most of us have definite criteria for choosing friends.2)_____The famous ancient Roman philosopher Aristotle classified friendship into three kinds.3)_____The elderly base their friendship on pleasure because they want to enjoy the last few years of their lives.4)_____People who are pursuing their own advantage may establish their friendship on utility.5)_____Young people are quick to make and to break friendships because their lives are regulated by their feelings which change quickly.6)_____If friends love each other for what they are, they have perfect friendship.7)_____True friendship can develop rapidly if people have strong wish for it.8)_____Cicero believes that good people's actions and lives won't cause any doubt on their honor, purity, equity and liberality.9)_____In Cicero's opinion, genius, fortune or rank would not affect true friendship.10)_____Virtuous friends are like mirrors to each other because they can know themselves by knowing their friends.