[沖刺中考]英語(yǔ)閱讀與填空：17-Thursday 生活故事 316詞

17-Thursday 生活故事 316詞

題材： 生活故事　 詞數(shù)： 316　 建議閱讀時(shí)間： 6.5分鐘

閱讀下面短文，把A~C三個(gè)句子填入文中空缺處，使短文內(nèi)容完整正確，然后完成第4~5題。

When I was about 14，I hated a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings ．Week 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 stand all this as long as I could．At last，I became very angry．I cried and ran to my father．

　　　1　　　 ．Then he asked，“Are the things she says true or not？Jane，didn't you ever wonder what you're really like？Well，you now have the 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.”

　　　2　　　 ．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 got a fairly clear picture of myself．

I brought the list back to Daddy．　　　3　　　 ．“That's just for you，”he said，“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself．But you have to learn to listen．You shouldn't close your ears angrily and you shouldn't feel hurt．When something said about you is true，you'll find it will be helpful 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．It 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．

A．He refused to take it

B．I did as he told me

C．He listened to me quietly

4．The word“shortcomings ”in this passages means________．

A．habits

B．mistakes

C．disadvantages

5．According to the passage，which of the following is true？

A．What people say about you is always right．

B．A person should learn to listen to others' opinions．

C．You'd better close your ears when a person says something about you．

生詞

shortcoming　n． 缺點(diǎn)，短處：She was quick to list all his shortcomings．她很快將他的缺點(diǎn)全都列舉出來(lái)。

stand　v． 忍受，經(jīng)受：My eyes can't stand the glare．我的眼睛忍受不了這炫目的強(qiáng)光。

mark　v． 做記號(hào)，留痕跡：The disease had marked her face for life．這種病已在她臉上留下了一輩子去不掉的疤痕。

參考譯文

在我14歲時(shí)，我很恨一個(gè)喜歡指出我缺點(diǎn)的女孩。每過(guò)一周，她列出的缺點(diǎn)清單都在加長(zhǎng)：我太瘦，我學(xué)習(xí)不好，我愛說(shuō)話，我太驕傲等。只要我能，我一直盡量忍受。但終于有一天我憤怒了。我哭喊著跑去找爸爸。

他靜靜地聽我說(shuō)，然后問(wèn)道：“她說(shuō)的這些事是真的還是假的？簡(jiǎn)，難道你不想知道自己的真實(shí)情況嗎？現(xiàn)在有這個(gè)女孩的意見作為參照了。去把她所說(shuō)的每件事列個(gè)單子，把那些真實(shí)的標(biāo)出來(lái)，其他東西就不用管了。”

我按照他告訴我的做了。讓我大為吃驚的是，我發(fā)現(xiàn)有大約一半的事情是真的。其中的一些我無(wú)法改變（比如很瘦），但有很多我能改變。突然之間我有了改變的欲望。我第一次看到了清晰的自己。

我把這張單子拿給爸爸看。他沒(méi)有接受?！斑@只是給你的，”他說(shuō)，“你比任何人都更了解自己。但你必須學(xué)會(huì)傾聽。你不應(yīng)該憤怒地捂住耳朵，你也不應(yīng)該覺得受到了傷害。如果別人說(shuō)你的事情是真的，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)這對(duì)你有幫助。這個(gè)世界到處都有這樣的人：他們覺得他們知道你應(yīng)該怎樣做。不要捂住你的耳朵。傾聽所有這一切，但只選擇真話，做你認(rèn)為正確的事情。這才是你應(yīng)該做的”。

在許多重要的場(chǎng)合，我都會(huì)想起爸爸的話。我這一生中，再也不會(huì)有比這更好的建議了。

參考答案

Thursday 1．C　2．B　3．A　4．C　5．B