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Question

When I was about 12 I had an enemy (敌人) a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much;  I was too proud (骄傲) and so on. I tried to hear all these as long as I could. At last I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

     He listened to me quietly. Then he asked “Are the thing she said true or not? Janet didn’t you ever think about what you are really like? Well you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

     I did as he told me. To my great surprise I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin) but a good number I could --- and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a very clear picture of myself.

     I brought the list back to Daddy. He wouldn’t like to take it. “That is just for you ” he said “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true you will find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all but hear the truth and do the right thing.”

      Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important periods. In my life I have never had a better piece of advice.

1.Which do you think would be the best title (标题) for this passage?

A. Not An Enemy But the Best Friend             B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had

C. My Father                                  D. My Childhood

2.Why did the writer’s father listen to her quietly? Because__________.

A. he believed that most of what his daughter’s “enemy” said was true.

B. he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping quiet for some time

C. he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment

D. he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth

3.What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?

A. He told her not to pay any attention to what her “enemy” had said.

B. He criticized(批评) her and told her to overcome (克服) her shortcomings.

C. He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.

D. He wouldn’t like to take the list and have a look at it.

4.What does “I got a very clear picture of myself” mean?

A. I had my picture taken and this time it was a very clear one.

B. I asked someone to draw a very clear picture of myself.

C. The picture I got this time was clearer than those I had got before.

D. I came to know myself very clearly this time.

 

Answer 1

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

分 析：
短文大意：通过阅读短文我们可以知道，面对作者的抱怨，作者的父亲并没有说什么，反而是引导自己的女儿自己去发现问题，最后得到教育，本文很有教育性.

1.标题归纳题。通过阅读短文我们可以知道这篇短文主要介绍的是父亲给作者的一个很好的建议，故选B。

2.细节理解题。联系下文父亲的描述，Then he asked “Are the thing she said true or not? Janet didn’t you ever think about what you are really like? Well 可知父亲认为这些都是真实的，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true.可知，他让自己的女儿列出这些她的女人说的那些问题，并将那些真实的问题改正。故选C。

4.段落大意题。根据短文第三段描述，可知此处指的是，我开始全面的了解自己。故选D。

考点：
考查教育类短文阅读。