Question

【题目】Learn to Refuse

Believe it or not, I’ve always been a people pleaser. I often put others before myself because I want to make my friends happy. 【1】.

“Can you help me with English practice?” Grace asked me on the first day after she became my desk mate. “Of course.” I replied without hesitation (犹豫). Grace has been working really hard on her studies and needed my help – although I didn’t have much time left for her.

One day after school, while I was doing a huge amount of homework. Grace’s phone call came. She complained a lot and it made me feel bored, but I still felt bad about saying no. When Grace ended the call, the clock said it was 00:15 a.m. 【2】. This was bad for a Junior 3 student who is going to take an important exam this June. Finally I burst into tears. I felt so tired and realized that the stress had an effect on my health. I tried to get myself out.

【3】, so Grace has to come the second. It’s now important for me to say no,no,no.

“Can you do me a favor?” Grace asked. “Sorry….I just have to review my biology notes,” I answered. “All right, it’s up to you,” she said. 【4】. Anyway, it’s not so hard to say no at all.

To be honest, I have felt much happier since learning to refuse. I have more time to spend on my study at present.

【5】, but sometimes I say no because I know everyone has a limit.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 C

【5】 E

【解析】

作者曾经是一个非常愿意帮助别人的人，但后来发现自己的学习更重要，慢慢学会了如何拒绝他人。

【1】句意：如果任何人向我求助，我总是说“好的”。前句是在说“信不信由你，我一直是一个让人高兴的人。 我经常把别人放在自己面前，因为我想让我的朋友们开心。”所以作者总是答应别人的帮助，故选B。

【2】句意：但是我还有一些家庭作业剩下，我想要去睡觉。前句说“格雷斯结束通话时，钟表上是凌晨00:15”，说明这个时候作者作业还没写完，想睡觉，故选A。

【3】句意：学习比其他的东西都要重要。后面说“格蕾丝不得不排第二”，所以这里是说学习应该排第一，也就是最重要的，故选D。

【4】句意：当我听到她的回复的时候，我感到完全地放松。后句说“无论如何，说不并不是很难。”说明作者听到格蕾丝的回复后，感觉很轻松，拒绝不是那么困难，故选C。

【5】句意：我仍然竭尽所能去帮助其他人。后句说“但有时我说不，因为我知道每个人都有自己的局限。”说明作者还是愿意去帮助人的，但有时候会拒绝，故选E。