Thefirstandbestofvictoriesforamanistoconquerhimself;tobeconqueredbyhimselfisofallthingsthemostshameful”saysPlato.Self-controlisattherootofalltheadvantages.Letamangiveintohisimpulses(冲动)and

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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 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 foolishness 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 too.
【小题1】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Self- control is important for a man

B．We should learn to be strong.

C．A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game.

D．The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves.

【小题2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．If you are mad the gods will fail you.

B．If you lose your temper first gods will fail you first.

C．If you can’t control yourself you will be crazy.

D．If the gods want to fail you they will make you mad first.

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true according to passage?

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

B．You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool.

C．You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him.

D．Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret.

【小题4】Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger according to the passage?

A．Being calm in arguing

B．Checking your temper or anger by speaking low.

C．Keeping your mouth shut

D．Trying to make the other angry first.

【小题5】If a man lacks self-control ______________________________

A．He will always be controlled by all the people all the time.

B．He will began with foolish everything every day and lack the strength.

C．Moral strength and nerve of character will lack as well.

D．He will have power of gover himself.

Answer 1

【小题1】A
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】C  解析
分 析：
本文主要阐述自控的重要性，自控有什么好处，缺少自控会带来什么后果。
【小题1】主旨大意题。根据文章第 1 段的第 2 句 Self-control is at the root of all the advantages 及全文的内容可知，本文的大意是“自控的重要性”。故答案选 A。
【小题2】语义理解题。根据上文 you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease 可知如果上帝想要你失败，先让你生气。答案选 D。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据文章倒数第 3 段的最后一句 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 可知，选项 C 与之矛盾。故答案选 C。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据文章第 2 段的第 2 句和第 3 句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.以及最后一句“Be calm in arguing ” says George Herbert “for fierceness makes error a fault.”可以排除选项 A、B、C，从而得出答案为 D
【小题5】细节题：从文章的最后一段的内容：If he lacks self-control the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too. 可知如果一个人缺乏自控力，他也会缺乏道德力量和勇气性格。选C 
考点：
考查人生百味类短文
点评：
本文集中考查了细节题，推理题，题目设置较为合理，在推理的时候，要结合人物的对话进行准确理解，确定考点，准确判断。要求考生仔细阅读这篇文章，耐心审题，结合题目做出准确的定位判断。必要的时候要进行推理，透过句子表面看作者的真正意图。