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【題目】When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺點). Wee k by week her 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. 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 things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re 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 go to fairly clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s 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’ll 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 what you know is the right thing to do.”

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

【1】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 (批評) her and told her to overcome 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 refused to take the list and have a look at it.

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

A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.

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

C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.

D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.

【3】Why did her father listen to her quietly?

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

B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.

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

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

【4】Which do you think would be the best title 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講了當“我”12歲時，有一個女生特別喜歡說“我”的缺點，最后我實在無法忍受，哭著向爸爸訴苦，但是爸爸反而很平靜地叫“我”把那個女生說的一切列舉出來，建議“我”把那些真正存在的缺點一一改正，爸爸的建議在“我”的生活中幫助了我很多。

【1】細節(jié)題。 根據第二段爸爸說的話“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.”可知爸爸是叫我把那個女生說的話都列出來并要注意一下本身自己就有的缺點。故選C。

【2】推斷題。結合上下文，在“Week by week her list grew”此句話之前，說的是一個女生喜歡指出“我”的缺點，在此句話之后，作者羅列了一串缺點，可推斷出，此句話的意思是“一周周下來，她指出了‘我’越來越多的缺點。故選A。

【3】推斷題。當爸爸很平靜地聽著我把事情說完，他并沒有責怪那個女生，反而問“我”那些缺點說的是真的還是假的，并反問我有什么想過那些缺點，再加上現實生活中爸爸對孩子本來就很理解，推斷出爸爸是因為相信那個女生說的大部分是真的，所以才很平靜地聽著。故選A。

【4】主旨大意題。選擇合適的標題需要根據文章大意，文章主要講了當我面對別人指出的缺點時，爸爸的建議讓我從這些缺點中學會完善自我，而且他的建議在我日后的生活中給予了我很大幫助。全文線索是爸爸的建議。故選B。