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13.Who's in control of your life?Who is pulling your string?For the majority of us,it's other people-society,colleagues,friends,family or our religious community.We learned this way of operating when we were very young,of course.We were brainwashed.We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us.As Oscar Wilde puts it,"Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives a mimicry(模仿),their passions a quotation."
So when people tell us how wonderful we are,it makes us feel good.We long for this good feeling like a drug.Therefore,we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives,failing to do the things we really want to.Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (一剂毒品).We worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.
But,just as with any drug,there is a price to pay.The price of the approval drug is freedom-the freedom to be ourselves.The truth is that we cannot control what other people think.People have their own agenda,and they come with their own baggage and,in the end,they're more interested in themselves than in you.Furthermore,if we try to live by the opinions of others,we will build our life on sinking sand.Everyone has a different way of thinking,and people change their opinions allthe time.The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.
So how can we take back control?I think there's only one way-make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think.We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values---not values imposed(强加)from the outside by others,but innate values which come from within.If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others,we will live a more authentic,effective,purposeful and happy life.

21.What Oscar Wilde says implies thatA.
A.most people's thoughts are controlled by others
B.most people have a variety of thoughts
C.we have thoughts similar to those of others
D.other people's thoughts are more important
22.What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?C
A.We need to pay for what we want to get.
B.Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.
C.We may lose ourselves to please others.
D.The price of taking drugs is freedom.
23. In order to live a happy,effective and purposeful life,we shouldC.
A.care about others'opinions and change opinions all the time
B.guide ourselves by means of values from the outside
C.stick to our own values
D.persuade others to accept our opinions
24.It can be concluded from the passage thatD.
A.it's important to accept others'opinions
B.it's better to do what we like
C.we shouldn't change our own opinions
D.we shouldn't care what others think too much.

分析 作者在文章中告诉我们生活中很多人都在取悦他人,总是为他人而活.最后的结果往往不如之前所料.作者建议我们不要过度的关注他人看法,活出自己.

解答 ACCD
21 A 推理题.根据文章第一段后2行As Oscar Wilde puts it,"Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives a mimicry(模仿),their passions a quotation."可知很多人都被别人的思想所控制.故A正确.
22.C 考查细节理解题.根据第三段提到The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process想取悦每个人的人结果是筋疲力尽的,可能谁也取悦不了,故选C项.
23.C 考查细节理解题.根据最后一段提到We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values---not values imposed(强加)from the outside by others,but innate values which come from within我们应该通过加强自己的是想法来引导自己,故选C项.
24.D 考查推理判断题.根据最后一侧面提到If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others,we will live a more authentic,effective,purposeful and happy life可知我们应该不要在乎别人的想法来控制我们的生活,故选D项.

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