Read the following passage and answer the questions.
Generally, friendship exists for three reasons: virtue, usefulness, or pleasure. When virtue is the reason, friendship exists for the sake of friendship; where both like each other and cherish each other for some creditable values in the other's personality. You know that you would even die to swear your friendship for that person. You also know that the other would make you live than die for him/her regardless of intelligence, handsomeness, utility or the capability of giving pleasure.
A friendship of the second kind is formed for the practical value of it. How useful so and so is to me? What can I benefit from him? Will he use his reputation and influence to fetch me a good job? Thus a person may maintain relationship for practical, professional, and political reasons. However, once we do away with the usefulness, the friendship eventually dies.
Friendship of the third kind is formed essentially on account of the pleasure the relationship can give. He is a joker. The moment he enters, you forget all your worries. She is cute, intelligent and charming. The very notion that she is your friend makes you feel proud. The point rests here: How good is he/she in giving me pleasure-physically, emotionally, mentally and materially?
Now to the question: Which of the three is good? The second type is good, yet since basing on utility, it falls short of longevity and quality. The third type is good too, but how long one enjoys only pleasure in life? But the first type, virtue-based friendship is fantastic for this reason: it lasts till the end of this universe.
0Câu 46
It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that…
A. real friendship does not count one person’s cleverness, appearance, utility and his/her aptitude for creating fun.
B.
C.
D. you have to die in order to prove your friendship.
Câu 47
Which of the following has the closest meaning to the phrase “do away with” in Paragraph 2?
A. escape from
B.ask for
C. kill
D. get rid of
Câu 48
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the reading passage?
A.
B.Friendship usually does not last long if it is built on materialistic needs.
C. Virtue-based friendship’s core is a friend’s creditable traits in his or her personality.
D.
Câu 49
Synonym(s) of the word “utility” can be found in…
A. Paragraph 3
B.Paragraph 1
C. Paragraph 4
D. Paragraph 2
Câu 50
What kind of friendship is the most unshakable?
A. The second
B.The first
C. The third
D. Not mentioned
You also know that the other would make you live than die for him/her regardless of intelligence, handsomeness, utility or the capability of giving pleasure.
Đáp án Câu 47 : D
do away with = get rid of: thoát khỏi, rũ bỏ cái gì
escape from: trốn thoát khỏi nơi nào
Đáp án Câu 48 : A
Friendship based on the ability to create pleasure still possesses some uncertainty.
Đây là loại số 3. Đoạn cuối nói nó cũng không lâu dài. The third type is good too, but how long one enjoys only pleasure in life?
Friendship usually does not last long if it is built on materialistic needs.
However, once we do away with the usefulness, the friendship eventually dies.
Virtue-based friendship’s core is a friend’s creditable traits in his or her personality.
When virtue is the reason, friendship exists for the sake of friendship; where both like each other and cherish each other for some creditable values in the other's personality.
Đáp án Câu 49 : D
Đoạn 4 nói The second type is good, yet since basing on utility
à utility liên quan đến loại tình bạn số 2 (được nhắc đến ở đoạn 2) nên từ đồng nghĩa của nó sẽ xuất hiện ở đoạn này.
Utility = usefulness sự có ích
Đáp án Câu 50 : B
Đoạn cuối nói về 2 loại 2 và 3 cũng tốt nhưng 1 mới là tuyệt nhất (But the first type, virtue-based friendship is fantastic)
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