Question

【题目】短文5选4

Ways to Increase Your Confidence

There are some ways you can use to increase your self-confidence. Some of them you'll need to practice a lot before they start to work. It's like playing the guitar or soccer. They might not work too well the first or second time you try them. But as you do them, you build a deeper confidence in yourself.

【1】

Exercise will improve your confidence and your way of looking at life. Plus, being healthy and looking better can also help you feel more confident.

Create something.

Everyone is a creative(有创造力的) person. Rediscovering your creativity is a good way to improve your confidence in yourself. Creating something is a wonderful but not always easy experience. But when you're done, you not only feel good about yourself. 【2】

Use your body.

If you start to walk fast you'll soon start to feel nervous. If you start to walk slower you'll soon start to feel more relaxed. To feel more confident, use your body in a more confident way. 【3】 Learn how confident people around you or on the TV use their bodies.

Compare yourself to yourself.

This will take away a lot of unnecessary pain in your life. 【4】 Compare yourself to yourself. Improve yourself and see how you grow and become a more successful, more confident and happier person.

A. Take exercise.

B. Take it into the future.

C. Walk, sit, stand and move in a more confident way.

D. Sometimes you will also discover new parts of yourself.

E. Pay attention to yourself, not the other people around you.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】E

【解析】

本文给出了几种增加你的自信的方式。做锻炼；创造一些事情；使用你的身体；自己跟自己比较。这些方法需要持之以恒的练习，时间久了，你就会对自己有很强大的自信。

【1】根据下文Exercise will improve your confidence and your way of looking at life.可知，本段的小标题是锻炼，故选A。

【2】根据上文But when you're done, you not only feel good about yourself，你不仅会对自己感觉很好。本句话中有一个关键连接词为“not only”根据此线索，可知，空格处的句子应包含“but also”的字眼，有时你也会发现自己新的部分，故选D。

【3】根据小标题Use your body可知，本段话主要讲述如何使用身体。根据上一句To feel more confident, use your body in a more confident way.以一种更自信的方式使用你的身体，走路，坐下，站起来和移动都以一种更自信的方式，故选C。

【4】根据小标题Compare yourself to yourself自己和自己比较，而不是和其他人进行比较，故选E。