When I was about twelve years old, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings (缺点). Week by week her list became ______: I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand(忍受)all of these as long as I could. __________, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears(眼泪) in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever ______ what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s ideas. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are _____. Pay no attention to(别在意) the other things that she said.”

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t ______, like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the _____ time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

I brought the list back to my father. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said, “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you ______ learn how to listen, and not just ______ your ears in anger and feel hurt(受伤害). When something that is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be ____to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them, _____the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.” I have remembered my father’s advice at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

1.A. longer B. shorter C. wider D. bigger

2.A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Finally D. Happily

3.A. made sure B. talked about C. got over D. thought about

4.A. crazy B. wrong C. true D. different

5.A. support B. know C. understand D. change

6.A. first B. second C. last D. next

7.A. like to B. needs to C. have to D. would like to

8.A. open B. close C. cover D. care

9.A. cheerful B. beautiful C. wonderful D. helpful

10.A. hear B. watch C. notice(注意) D. record

Now, almost everybody knows the hottest English word "selfie". Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford (牛津) online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smart phone and send them to Wechat (微信) or Qzone (QQ 空间).

"Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone," said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.

Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. "She has used many selfies to tell us about her life and work," said Li.

What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自恋). "The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!" said US psychiatrist(精神科医生) Carole Lieberman.

Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in the Guardian. (《卫报》) "The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others," wrote Freedland.

Huang Xu agrees with that. “During the summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.

1.According to the story, a "selfie" is ________________.

A. a person with a smart phone B. a smart phone which can take photos

C. a photo taken by oneself D. an English dictionary

2.We can tell from the story that _____________.

A. only famous people enjoy taking selfies

B. people love to share selfies online

C. all the people love selfies because of narcissism

D. US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies

3.We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way.” at the beginning of ______.

A. Paragraph 3 B. Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 5 D. Paragraph 6

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