18.There is a boy called Bill in my gym class who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant.Recently another boy told Bill that he should"go Ajax"his teeth.Bill was crushed.If the other boy had been thinking,he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situation.He could have dealt with it with tact.He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful,sensitive way-that's"tact".
If a person isn't sensitive to another's feelings,there is no way he or she can be tactful.Yesterday,my 5-year-old brother proudly announced that he had cleaned the screen on our television set.Unfortunately,he used furniture polish,which produced an oily film on the television screen.My mother smiled arid thanked him for his efforts-and then showed how to clean the screen properly.Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect.Yet,sensitivity alone does not make tact.
"Tactfulness"also requires"truthfulness".Doctors,for example must be truthful.If a patient has just been disabled in an accident,a tactful doctor will tell the truth-but express it with sensitivity.The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling them curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available.Doctors must use tact with patients'relatives as well.Instead of bluntly saying,"Your husband is disabled,"a doctor might say,"I'm sorry,but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and…"
Tact should not be confused with trickery.Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection(注射) and says,"This won't hurt a bit."Instead of trickery,the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it.It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patients about some of these benefits.
Tact is a wonderful skill to have,and tactful people are usually admired and respected.Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in.

68.The underlined word"crushed"in the first paragraph probably meansD.
A.surprised        B.cheated         C.regretful     D.painful
69.According to the author,his mother's praise for the brother isB.
A.sensitive and tactful                   B.sensitive but not tactful enough
C.truthful but not tactful enough         D.sensitive but trickish
70.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?C

(The numbers stand for the paragraphs)

分析 本文是一篇人生感悟類閱讀,文章第一段用 Bill 的例子引出"機(jī)智"的概念,第二三四段分別敘述了怎樣才是"機(jī)智",最后一段總結(jié)"機(jī)智"的意義:沒有機(jī)智,我們的社會(huì)將成為一個(gè)無法忍受的生活場(chǎng)所.

解答 68-70 DBC
68.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段"There is a boy called Bill in my gym class who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant.Recently another boy told Bill that he should"go Ajax"his teeth."可知Bill 有一口讓人不舒服的黃牙齒,另一個(gè)男孩告訴他去修牙齒.再由第一段最后一句"He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful…"可知,這件事是傷人的,所以 Bill 在聽完男孩的話后是痛苦的,D項(xiàng)符合文意,故正確答案為D.
69.B細(xì)節(jié)判斷題.根據(jù)第二段最后兩句"Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect.Yet,sensitivity alone does not make tact."可知她的敏感使我的兄弟保持自尊,但敏感并不能使人機(jī)智.故正確答案為B.
70.C理解判斷題.文章第一段用 Bill 的例子引出"機(jī)智"的概念,第二三四段分別敘述了怎樣才是"機(jī)智",最后一段總結(jié)"機(jī)智"的意義,所以文章的結(jié)構(gòu)為總分總結(jié)構(gòu),故正確答案為C.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文考察學(xué)生的理解推斷能力以及細(xì)心程度,只要抓住文章的關(guān)鍵詞,采用尋讀的方法查找細(xì)節(jié),就能找到正確答案.

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