Question

When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺點(diǎn)). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.” I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could--and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”

Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

1.What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint(抱怨)?

A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.

B. He criticized (批評) her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.

C. He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.

D. He refused to take the list and have a look at it.

2.What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?

A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.

B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.

C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.

D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.

3.Why did her father listen to her quietly?

A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy ”said was mostly true.

B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.

C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.

D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.

4.How did the author feel after she did as her father told her?

A. Angry. B. Disappointed.

C. Bored. D. Thankful.

5.Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?

A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend

B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had

C. My Father

D. My Childhood

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者十二歲的時(shí)候，有一個(gè)女孩總是喜歡指出作者的缺點(diǎn)。后來，作者忍無可忍，就跑去向父親哭訴。父親讓她把這些評價(jià)列出來，然后挑出真實(shí)的評價(jià)，不要去在意那些不真實(shí)的評價(jià)。

1.Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”可知，父親讓作者把真實(shí)的評價(jià)做上標(biāo)記，不要去在意那些不真實(shí)的評價(jià)，故選C。

2.I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on”可知，那個(gè)女孩指出了作者越來越多的缺點(diǎn)，故選A。

3.I discovered that about half the things were true”可知，女孩說的有一半都是真的，根據(jù)第四段“Our world is full of people who think they know your duty.”可知，作者的父親建議作者多傾聽他人的意見和評價(jià)，說明父親了解作者，也知道他人對作者的評價(jià)大部分都是真實(shí)的，故選A。

4.To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could”可知，按照父親的建議去做的時(shí)候，作者發(fā)現(xiàn)那個(gè)女孩說的很多都是真實(shí)的，作者對自己有了更清晰的認(rèn)識(shí)，說明作者是心懷感激的，A、B、C三項(xiàng)應(yīng)該是作者以前的反應(yīng)，故選D。

5.Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.”可知，父親的建議在很多重要的時(shí)刻給了作者很大的幫助，作者認(rèn)為那是最好的建議，由此可知，文章主要寫的是父親給作者的建議，故選B。

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