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【题目】“The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy, they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “begins with foolishness and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too.

【1】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Self- control is important for a man.

B. We should learn to be strong.

C. A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game.

D. The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves.

【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. If you are mad, the gods will fail you.

B. If you lose your temper first, gods will fail you first.

C. If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy.

D. If the gods want to fail you, they will make you mad first.

【3】Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?

A. The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself.

B. You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.

C. You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.

D. Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret.

【4】Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?

A. Being calm in arguing.

B. Checking your temper or anger by speaking low.

C. Keeping your mouth shut.

D. Trying to make the other angry first.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

试题分析: 本文的大意是自控对人的重要性，阐述如何控制我们的情感，失去控制意味着失去一切。

【1】A 主旨大意题。根据第一段的“The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,”及全文内容可知，本文是说自控的重要性。故选A。

【2】D 语义理解题。根据上文you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease.可知答案选B。

【3】C 推理判断题。根据文章倒数第三段最后一句You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.可知，选项C与之矛盾，故选C。

【4】D 推理判断题。根据文章第二段的第二句和第三句以及最后一句可以排除选项A，B,，C，从而得出答案为D。。