Thefirstandbestofvictoriesforamanistoconquerhimself.“Tobeconqueredbyhimselfisofallthingsthemostshameful”saysPlato.Self-controlisattherootofalltheadvantages.Letamangiveintohisimpulses（冲动）an

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The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself. “To be conquered by himself is of all things the most shameful ” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses（冲动）and feelings and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many friends. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whoever the gods would destroy they first make them mad.” “Keep cool ” says Webster “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing ” says George Herbert “for fierceness（暴怒） makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger ” says Pythagoras “begins with folly（愚蠢）and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last and greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

1．What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The importance of self- control.

B．How to conquer oneself?

C．The relation between a man’s moral freedom and his feelings.

D．A man should keep cool.

2．What does the underlined word “it” （in the last paragraph） really refer to?

A．Self—confidence of a man.

B．Self—control of a man.

C．Great victory for a man.

D．The power that conquers a man.

3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself.