Test of Written English
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》It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examles to explain your answer.
Example writing:
What friends are for if they cannot exchange favors like lending or borrowing money once in a while? The value of real friendship is best demonstrated in times of desperate need. Life's is an irony to think that lending the money is losing a friend, as if money should separate more friends than it could make. Lack of faith in friendship leads to mistrust between friends. Without mutual trust about money, they are more like acquaintances than true friends. In fact, they should not have been friends in the first place.
The old saying that "neither a lender nor a borrower be" should not apply to friends of good faith. This cliche wrongly implies a loss in life. Losing money may be a big loss. Losing a friend is a bigger loss. The biggest loss is losing faith. About lending money, it's better to have faith, hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. What is a little money between faithful friends?
Such is an irony about lending money or not lending it. A friend, seemingly so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring as if to last through a whole lifetime, turns out to be indifferent, if asked to lend money. At this point, faith dies and friendship is gone. In this case, it seems that the friendship is damaged because of money.
The friendship that can be harmed so easily is not built on solid rock of faith. In a certain sense, money may be the best way to tell a real friend of faith from simply an acquaintance. There are always plenty of acquaintances but very few friends. Therefore, should people want to know how many true friends they think they have, go and try to borrow some money!
