At the age of12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings.

At the age of12, I had an enemy, a girl wholiked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by weekher list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much,I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. Atlast, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in myeyes.                                                                

He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Arethe things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’rereally like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list ofeverything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to theother things she said.”                                                                         

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, Idiscovered 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 tochange. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.            

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused totake it.“ That’s just for you,” he said.“ You know better than anyone else the truthabout yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears inanger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find itwill be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know yourduty. Don’t shut your ears.  Listen to them all, but hear the truth and dowhat you know is the right thing to do.”                   

Daddy’s advice has returned to me at manyimportant moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.                                                          

1. What did the father do after he had heard hisdaughter’s complaint?

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

B. He told her not to pay any attention to whather “enemy” hadsaid.                   

C. He criticized (批评)her and told her to overcome hershortcomings.                 

D. He refused to take the list and have a lookatit.                                  

2.What does “Week by week her list grew”mean?                                   

A .I was having more and more shortcomings astime wenton.                        

B. She had made a list of my shortcomings andshe kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer andlonger.   

C. Week by week she discovered more shortcomingsof mine and pointed them out to me.       D. Weekby week, my shortcomings grew more serious.                         

3.Why did her father listen to herquietly?                                          

A. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl wastelling thetruth.                       

B. Because he had been so angry with hisdaughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for awhile.                                                

C. Because he knew that his daughter would notlisten to him at thatmoment.            

D. Because he believed that what her daughter’s“enemy” said was mostly true. 

4.Which do you think would be the best title forthispassage?                          

A.  The Best Advice  I’ve  EverHad  

B.  No an Enemy, but the BestFriend                                       

C.   My Father         

D.  My  Childhood

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

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