Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship usually develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends that you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence your development, maturity （成熟）and sense of responsibility. A familiar expression is “You can tell a lot about a person by knowing who his friends are.” Friendship is based on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends are likely to be athletic. If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do the same.
Some people call you their friend for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial（表面的）only “friends” on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if it is to their advantage. True friends are there whether you are rich or poor. It is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By this time you should be able to separate your friends into the real or the “phoney”.
True friends are most special. They are also difficult to find. You can consider yourself very lucky if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. He or she knows you would do the same for them. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friends have good understanding of each other. True friends support you, take your side. And build up your confidence.
56. The first paragraph tells us _________.
how to make a true friend
we should make friends in our childhood.
What is friendship based on
Friends play a very important part in our life
57. What does the underlined word mean in the second paragraph?
A. bad things B. false things
C. serious things D. believable things
58. Which expression misunderstands the meaning of the passage?
A. You should tell true friends from phoney.
B. True friendship is too difficult to find
C. You can share your joys and sorrows with a true friend.
D. A true friend will stand by you whatever happens.