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Directions: In the following questions read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps, for there is a companionship of books as well as of men and one should always live in the best company whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, arousing and interesting us in youth, comforting and consoling us in age.

The statement A good book may be among the best of friends' means

A) our friends read the same good books

B) a good book is the worst enemy

C) books may be good friends, but not better than good men

D) a good book can be included among the best friends of mankind