Question

Being honest are fundamental requirements if you want to grow spiritually and follow your true destination of personal development. It's not simply about being honest with people. While that will make you a better person and a more accepted one it's more importantly about being honest with yourself.

Living your life honestly means that you've decided to live openly and to show your true self to others and that you can be relied upon to be trustworthy. On the other hand, dishonesty is all about shade and concealment and living your life in 'dark corners'. When you're dishonest, it means that you remain living in the dark and cannot grow spiritually.

Honesty produces trust-trust in ourselves and in all those around us. Trust in turn produces confidence which we all need to overcome life's problems and which also encourages us to take risks in order to achieve our goals.

You'll have no doubt you have heard expressions such as "what goes around, comes around" and "you get back, what you give out in life" and that's very true. If you don't live your lives honestly, you can be assured that the people you'll attract will turn out to be very similar to you and it's therefore unavoidable that one day you'11 be on the receiving end of someone's dishonest actions or words.

There may be situations where telling the whole truth causes you to bring a lot of pain on somebody else. For example, John may have told Paul that he can't go on a weekend fishing trip with him because he has a family commitment arranged that weekend. You know differently and that the real reason John isn't going is because he hates Paul. When Paul asks you if you know whether the reason is true, what do you say? Well, in situations like this, it's often better to be economical with the truth. You might say that you don't know why John can't go or that you think he has something on that weekend." Of course, this isn't telling the complete truth but you are sparing Paul's feelings on something that won't, after all, have strong influence on Paul's future.

1.If you want to grow spiritually, it is best for you to______.

A. follow your destination

B. be true to yourself

C. plan your personal development

D. accept honest people as ends

2.The passage tells us that if you choose to live a dishonest life, you will_____.

A. suffer from dishonesty

B. become very attractive

C. influence honest people

D. have attractive friends

3.The example in the last paragraph is used to prove that______.

A. we should always tell the truth

B. John is not a trustworthy person

C. telling lies causes pain on someone else

D. sometimes we can't be completely honest

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. We should be economical with the truth.

B. People can gain from dishonesty.

C. Honesty helps you develop.

D. Trust produces confidence.

 

Answer 1

1. B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 如果一个人想要获得真正的成长发展就必须要诚实，这是最基本的要求。诚实可以让人们获得别人的理解支持，可以获得良好的人际关系，而反过来不诚实会给人带来虚伪的朋友和语言，在本文中作者对诚实的重要性进行了论述。

1.细节理解题。根据文章首段Being honest are fundamental requirements if you want to grow spiritually可知作者认为如果想要获得精神的成长，一个人必须要诚实，真实，选B。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第四段If you don't live your lives honestly, …… one day you'11 be on the receiving end of someone's dishonest actions or words.可知如果一个人不诚实，那么他周围的人也会不诚实，最后他自己将得不到别人的真诚，故答案选A。

3.细节理解题。文章的例子表明为了人们之间良好的关系，有时候可以说善意的谎言， in situations like this, it's often better to be economical with the truth.故答案选D。

4.主旨大意题。文章首段提出Being honest are fundamental requirements if you want to grow spiritually and follow your true destination of personal development（一个人如果想要精神成长和个人成长，那么他就要诚实坦诚），然后在下文中通过正反论证，通过例子来对此观点进行论证，由此判断C选项更能体现文章中心。

考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。