When I was about 12 ,I had an enemy ― a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings.

  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 bear all these things 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,and then he asked, "Are the things she said true or not? Janet,didnt you ever wonder what you are really like? Well,you now have the girl's opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that arc true. Pay no attention to other things she said.” I did as he told me. To my great surprise. I discovered that about half of 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 got a 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 closing your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true,you'll find it will be of help to you. Don't shut your ears. Listen to other people's opinions,but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” Daddy's advice returned to me at many important moments. In my life,I've never had a better piece of advice.

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

   A. Not an enemy,but a best friend

   B. The best advice I've ever had

   C. My father

   D. My childhood

7. What does the underlined part mean?

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

   B. She had made a list of shortcomings and kept on adding new ones.

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

   D. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out.

8. Why did his father listen to her quietly?

   A. Because he believed that what his daughter's "enemy" said was mostly true.

   B. Because he had been so angry at 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.

9. What did the father do after he heard his daughter's complaint?

   A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her ** enemy" said.

   B. He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.

   C. He told her to pay attention only to the things that were true about her.

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

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