Question

Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men and animals possess, if they are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play with it until their hands were burnt away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear didn’t, a child would burn himself or herself again and again, because fear would not warn himself or herself to keep away from the fire that had burnt himself or herself before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist, is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die out.

In our first sentence we suggested that fear should be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. Even in your house you are not absolutely safe: an aeroplane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of the beams in your roof so that the latter falls on you, or you may get cancer!

The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take.

In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you. Fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.

In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you can’t prevent an aeroplane crashing onto your house. In this case, fear has given you its warning; you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it.

1.Children would play with fire until their hands were burnt away if _________.

A．they were given no warning beforehand

B．they had never burnt themselves

C．they had no sense of pain

D．they were fearful of the fire

2.A really fearless soldier _____________.

A．is of great use to the army

B．is not a real soldier

C．is nothing but a dead soldier

D．easily gets killed in a battle

3.People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding the danger because _________.

A．they have gained experience

B．they jump out of the way in time

C．they are calm in the face of danger

D．they are warned of the danger by fear and take quick action

4.What's the writer's suggestion when the danger can't be avoided?

A．You have to try to overcome it．

B．Fear can really help you to run away.

C．Fear always helps you stay safe．

D．Fear is of great use to you.

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述如果能合理利用恐懼和疼痛，他們會成為人和動物最有用的東西。不能讓恐懼控制自己而應(yīng)該去控制恐懼，將恐懼當(dāng)做仆人和向?qū)В�如危險來臨時，恐懼會警告你，你便可采取行動避免危險。而對于無法避免的危險，你應(yīng)嘗試去克服此類恐懼。

1. fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play with it until their hands were burnt away.火燃燒時不痛的話，孩子們就會玩火直到手燒沒了，故選C

2. really fearless soldier—and some do exist, is not a good soldier because he is soon killed一個真正無所畏懼的士兵，有時是存在的，他不是一個好士兵，因為他很快會被殺，可知真正無所畏懼的士兵很容易在戰(zhàn)爭中被殺，故選D

3. many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you. Fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.

很多時候你能采取迅速且成功的行動來避免危險。例如，你看見一輛車朝你沖過來�？謶志�告你，你就會跳開，就沒有事了�？芍�人們能成功避免危險是因為恐懼的警告，故選D

4. fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it恐懼這種特殊的危險對你沒有任何用處，你不得不嘗試去克服它，故選A

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