四、阅读理解 (共15 小题,30分)

阅读下面四篇短文,从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。

I like friends who share my happiness and sorrow,and who possess wings of their own and fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate(照亮)me and help me to express my love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.

When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say,“Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

    When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair(失望) and I was in despair, but our friendship was based on the idea that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we felt awful at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and visited many wonderful places. We walked until our despair disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

    For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters to each other in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell…” We have never met.

    It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist(心理学家), who will only fill up the healing(愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

1. In the eighth grade, what did the author do while her classmates started developing proper social behavior?

A. Become serious about her studies.                B. Went to her friend’s house regularly.     

C. Learned from her claamates at school.           D. Wrote poems and stories with her friend.

2. In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means “______”.

A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us

B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C. our unpleasant feelings about London disappeared

D. we parted with each other in London

3. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend       

A. call each other regularly            B. have similar personalities

C. write stories                      D. sometimes dream about each other

4. In the darkest moments, the author wants to             

A. seek professional help               B. be left alone

C. stay with her best friend            D. break the silence

5. What is a good title for the passage?

A. Unforgettable Experiences          B. Remarkable Imagination

C. Lifelong Friendships                D. Noble Companions

You may be spending far too many of your present moments in efforts to win the approval of others, or in being concerned with some disapproval that you have encountered.We all enjoy applause, compliments(恭维)and praise, and approval in itself is not unhealthy. Approval-seeking is a misleading zone only when it becomes a need rather than a want.

If you want the approval, you are simply happy to have the recognition of the other people. But if you need it, you are going to break down if you don’t get it. That’s when the self-destructive forces move in. Similarly, when approval-seeking becomes a need, you give up a large part of yourself to the “outside person” whose advocacy(拥护)you must have. If they disapprove, then you are immobilized(使丧失机动性)(even in a small way). In such a case, you have chosen to wear yourself——worth on your sleeve for someone to rub or not to rub as they see fit. You feel good inside only if they decide to praise you.

The need for approval of another person is bad enough, but the real trouble comes with the need for the approval of everyone for every act. If you carry around such a need, then you are bound for a great deal of misery and frustration in your life. Moreover, you will be incorporating a wish——washy (软弱无力的)non-person self-image that will result in the kind of self-rejection.

The need for approval must go! No question makes there. It must be completely got rid of from your life if you are to gain personal fulfillment. Such need is a psychological dead end, with absolutely no benefits to you.

1.Approval-seeking is healthy when________

       A.you need the approval

       B.you only want the approval

       C.you need the approval of everyone for every act

       D.you don’t care about the approval

2.The self-destructive forces move in when________

       A.you need the approval and you get it

       B.you want the approval and you get it    

       C.you need the approval but you don’t get it

       D.you want the approval but you don’t get it

3.What does the sentence” You hven chosen to wear your self-worth on your sleeve for someone to rub or not to rub as they see fit.” mean?

       A.You have decided to give up yourself worth in order to get the approval.

       B.You have decided to change yourself worth in order to get the approval.

       C.You have decided to show yourself worth to others and allow them to make a judgment.

       D.You have decided to put yourself worth in other’s hand and allow them to keep it or hurt it as they like.

4.The need for the approval of everyone for every act will enentually result in________

       A.self-rejection         B.real troubles    C.misery     D.frustration

5.What can we infer from the passage?

       A.People can benefit from the need of the approval.

       B.Both the want and need for approval are unhealthy.

       C.The need for the approval is a destructive feeling and people must get rid of it.

       D.Since everyone enjoys praise and compliment, approval-seeking is a natural human need.

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