完形填空
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
When I was about twelve years old. I had an enemy (敌人)，a girl who liked to tell me about my shortcomings. She always
1 me that I was very short, and I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as long as I could. Finally, I became very
2 . I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me
3 , and then asked, “Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever
4 what you’re really like? Now you have that girl’s
5 . Go and make a list of everything she said and find out if that are
6 . Pay no attention to the things that are not true.”
I did
7 he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t
8 , like being very short, but a good number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things in me, and for the
9 time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.
I brought the list back to my father. He
10 to take it. “That’s only just for you,” he said, “You know better than
11 else the truths about yourself, but sometimes others’ opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to
12 , and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something
13 is said about you is true, you’ll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to all of them.
14 hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do.”
I have remembered my father’s
15 at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.
| 小题1: | | A．reminded | B．said | C．shouted | D．laughed |
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| 小题2: | | A．dull | B．brave | C．angry | D．happy |
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| 小题3: | | A．quietly | B．carelessly | C．casually | D．differently |
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| 小题4: | | A．came out | B．dealt with | C．got over | D．thought about |
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| 小题5: | | A．strategies | B．ideas | C．photos | D．books |
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| 小题6: | | A．crazy | B．true | C．strict | D．simple |
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| 小题7: | | A．as | B．against | C．since | D．for |
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| 小题8: | | A．produce | B．check | C．borrow | D．next |
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| 小题9: | | A．decided | B．liked | C．wanted | D．refused |
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| 小题10: | | A．everything | B．anyone | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题11: | | A．shout | B．teach | C．listen | D．read |
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| 小题14: | | A．features | B．excuse | C．advice | D．promises |
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