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The art of pleasing is a very necessary one to possess; but a very difficult one to get. It can hardly be reduced to rules; and your own good sense and observation will teach you more of it than I can. Do as you would be done by, is the surest method that I know of pleasing. Observe carefully what pleases you in others, and probably the same things in you will please others. If you are pleased with the friendliness and attention of others to your humors, your tastes, or your weaknesses, depend upon it. The same friendliness and attention, on your part, to theirs will equally please them. Take the tone of the company, that you are in, and do not pretend to give it; be serious, gay, as you find the present humor of the company. Do not tell stories in company; there is nothing more boring and unpleasant; if by any chance you know a very short story, and suitable to the present subject of conversation, tell it in as few words as possible; and even then, show that you do not love to tell stories; but that the shortness of it attracted you. Of all things, dismiss the egotism (自大) from your conversation, and never think of entertaining people with your own personal concerns, or private affairs; though they are interesting to you, they are impolite and uninteresting to everybody else; besides that, one cannot keep one's own private affairs too secret. Whatever you think your own excellencies may be, do not show them in company; nor take the trouble, as many people do, to give that to the conversation. If they are real, they will surely be discovered some day, without your pointing them out yourself, and with much more advantage. Never continue an argument with heat and shout, though you think or know yourself to be in the right; but give your opinion modestly (謙虛地) and cooly, which is the only way to persuade; and, if that does not do, try to change the conversation, by saying with good humor, “We shall hardly persuade one another, nor is it necessary that we should, so let us talk of something else.”

1.According to this passage, what does the author suggest to us to please people?

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A.Try to make others pleased with your friendliness.

B.Remember what you are pleased with may be the same thing you could do to please others.

C.Forget who you are and do everything other people like.

D.Speak in a pleasing tone in company while you feel unhappy.

2.What is the author's opinion of private affairs?

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A.One shouldn't keep his own private affairs secret.

B.One's private affairs can surely entertain others.

C.One can talk with other people about his interesting private affairs.

D.One should keep his private affairs as secret as possible.

3.What is the author's suggestion about what to do with argument?

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A.If one knows that he is in the right, he may continue the argument with heat.

B.Do not change the conversation unless you persuade the others.

C.If you are not quite confident in yourself, give your opinion modestly.

D.Talk something else when you can't persuade the others.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

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A.The Art of Pleasing.

B.What One Should Talk about in Company.

C.Getting Rid of Egotism.

D.The Art of Speech.

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