第二部分 阅读理解
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分， 满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑
C
Who’s in control of your life? Who is
pulling your strings? For the majority of us, it’s other people – society,
colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of
operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We
discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience
and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As
Oscar Wilde puts it,“Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone
else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿),
their passions a quotation.”
So when people tell us how wonderful
we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug—we are
addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for
the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives,failing to do the
things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened
lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品),
we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval．
But just as with any drug, there is a
price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control
what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their
own baggage and, in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you.
Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our
life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people
change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone
will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.
So how can we take back control? I
think there’s only one way: make a conscious decision to stop caring what other
people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—not values
imposed from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If
we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value
systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and
happy life.
29.What Oscar Wilde says implies that ____________ .
A.we have thoughts similar to those of
others
B.most people have a variety of
thoughts
C.other people’s thoughts are more
important
D.most people’s thoughts are
controlled by others
30.What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?
A.Changing opinions may cost us our
freedom
B.We may lose ourselves to please
others
C.We need to pay for what we want to
get
D.The price of taking the drug is freedom
31.It can be concluded from the passage that____________ .
A.we shouldn’t care what others think
B. it’s better to do what we like
C.we shouldn’t change our own opinions
D.it's important to accept others’
opinions
32.The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by ________
..
A.analyzing causes and effects B.providing examples and facts
C.discussing questions D.making suggestions
D
If you could
have one superpower, what would it be?
Dreaming about
whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman
strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of
what
really matters in your life.
Every day in
our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary things to
improve the world.
They have a
different kind of superpower that all of us possess: the power to make a
difference in the lives of others.
We’re not
saying that everyone needs to contribute their lives to the poor. Your lives
are busy enough doing homework, playing sports, making friends, seeking after
your dreams. But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you
devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself.
Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can,
contribute a little money to a cause. Whatever you do, don’t be a bystander.
Get involved. You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when
you’re older. But why not start now?
Our own
experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty
years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives. It has changed who
we are and continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the
poorest people will improve in the years ahead.
33.What does the underlined part in Paragraph
2 refer to?
A. Your life style. B. Your life value.
C. Your trouble in life. D. Your life experience.
34.Why does the
author say they are inspired every day?
A.They possess different kinds of
superpowers.
B. They have got the power to change the
world.
C. Some people around them are making the
world better.
D. There are many powerful people in their
life and work.
35.What does
the author stress in Paragraph 5?
A. Learning more and contributing more to a
cause.
B. Rising above self and acting to help
others.
C. Working hard to get a bigger opportunity.
D. Trying your best to help the poor.
参考答案：
29—32 DBAA
33—35 BCB
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