10. Which of the following statements about the real poet is NOT true? 关于真正的诗人下列哪项不正确？ A. He is no more than a master of words. 他只不过是一个文字的掌握者。 B. He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music. C. He can move men to tears. D. His style is always charming.
Passage 16
Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes?
羞怯是许多人不快乐的原因。害羞的人焦虑不安，自我意识强，也就是说，他们过分在意自己的形象和行为。焦虑时常萦绕在他们的脑海中：我给人留下了什么印象?他们喜欢我吗?我让人觉得很傻吗?我的穿着是否不吸引人? It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must negatively affect people. A person’s conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people’s reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives.
显而易见，这种不舒适的感觉必然给人们带来了不利的影响。一个人的自我意识反映在他或她的行为上，而一个人的行为会影响他人的反应。一般而言，人们认识自己的方式对他们的生活的方方面面有深远的影响。 Shy people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing “the right thing.” Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliment with a statement like this one, “You’re just saying that to make me feel good. I know it’s not true.” It is clear that while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.
羞怯的人非常自卑，他们可能很被动，容易受他人的影响。他们需要得到他人的再次确认：他们所做的是“正确的事情”。羞怯的人对批评很敏感，他们认为批评使得他们更低人一等。他们也发现自己很难因为受到类似的表扬而高兴，如：你刚才所说的使我感觉很好。我知道那不是真的。很明显，尽管具有自知之明是件好事，但过度自谦则是有害的。 Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteems, it is important for people to accept their weakness as well as their strengths. 羞怯能根除吗?或至少能减少些吗?幸运的是，许多人能通过坚决而有耐心地建立自信来克服羞怯。既然羞怯与自卑天生相伴，那么人们能看见他们的优缺点是很重要的。 Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Let’s not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life. 每一个人都是独一无二的，都有其价值所在。我们对我们自己个人的方式感兴趣。我们了解自己越多，我们就越容易充分发挥自己的潜能。不要让羞怯妨碍我们实现富裕而有成效的人生。 11. What does the author try to prove by citing “what kind of impression am I making?” 作者通过引用“我给人留下了什么印象?”来试图说明什么？ A. Shy people benefit from their caring about their appearance.
B. People’s shyness made them care too much about their appearance and actions. 羞怯使他们过分关注他们的形象和行为。
C. It’s natural that shy people don’t believe other’s compliments. D. Shy people think they are different from others.
12. According to the writer, self-awareness is _______.根据作者的观点，自知之明是一件_______ A. a good quality 好事 B. the cause of unhappiness C. harmful to people D. a weak point of shy people
13. When being praised, shy people feel that it is _______.当被赞扬的时候，羞怯的人感到这是_______
A. good B. unreal 不真实的 C. very reasonable D. harmful 14. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? 根据文章含义，下列陈述哪一个是正确的？ A. Shyness helps us to develop our potential.
B. Shyness enables us to understand ourselves better.
C. Shyness can block our chances for a rich life. 羞怯能够阻碍我们实现富裕人生的机会。 D. Shyness has nothing to do with lack of self-esteem.
15. It can be inferred from the passage that shy people _______.从文章中可以推断出羞怯的人_______ A. should find more of their weakness
B. should understand themselves in the right way应当以正确的方式看待自己 C. had better ignore their weakness
D. can get rid of their shyness while maintaining low self-esteem
Passage 17
When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses.
当John和Victoria Falls到达纽约开始他们的一年生活时，他们没有随身带很多东西。他们计划要么住在装修好的公寓里，要么买些旧家具。但是他们很快了解到越来越多的人正在采用的一种新的方式。租用家具（如窗，桌子，盘子等等）已经成为美国发展最快的行业之一。
What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couple – people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture that they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.
什么样的人是租用家具而不是买家具的呢？从事国际商务的人，政府官员，外国学生，航空公司工作人员，刚结婚的年轻夫妇---- 那些由于工作而被迫频繁来往不同的城市的人。他们可以省去每次搬家具的麻烦和费用。他们到一个新家的时候，只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年轻人不想买那些他们可能很快就不喜欢的便宜家具。他们宁愿等到有钱时买他们真正喜欢的家具。同时，他们发现他们可以租比他们买得起的质量更好的家具。
One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think. (248words)
有个家庭，他们有属于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他们太喜欢租来的家具了以至于他们决定继续租用而不买新的家具。但是人们通常不喜欢告诉别人这些。租家具的想法还是很新的，他们不能确定邻居们对此会怎么想。
6. Which of the following has become one of America’s fastest growing businesses? ____________ 以下哪个行业已成为美国发展最快的行业之一？
A. Selling home furnishings. B. Renting furnished apartments. C. Selling used furniture. D. Renting home furnishings. 租用家具。 7. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? ____________ 为什么人们更喜欢租用家具？
A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new. B. Because it saves them a lot of money.
C. Because it saves them much trouble and money. 因为这样可以省去很多麻烦和钱。 D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.
8. What can you infer from the passage? ____________
从段落中你能推断出什么？
A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.
B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town. 在这对夫妇的家乡，租用家具并不流行。 C. Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture. D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.
9. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? ____________ 下面哪个作为本段的题目最好？
A. Rent or Buy?
B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. 一种新的获得家具的方法。 C. Furnished Apartments. D. A New Idea.
10. Young people liked renting home furniture in that __________.
年轻人喜欢租用家具是由于什么？ 他们没有钱而且不想买便宜的家具。
A. They have less money
B. They don’t want to buy old furniture C. The new furniture is of good quality
D. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furniture
Passage 18
A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. 美国文化的一个特点，并且几乎成为美国的一项传统的是对自我奋斗的人的尊敬――通过自己的努力到达顶峰，通常是白手起家。然而公司，企业的领导，社会地位很高，在社区中获得比一般工人或工厂技术人员更多的尊敬的大学教授，都不愿说出自己的父亲在美国是从一个农民，工人这类人开始奋斗的。 This attitude toward manual（体力的）labor is now still seen many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously（豪华地）furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.
这种对体力劳动的尊敬在美国生活的很多地方都能看到。一个人被邀请到一户家庭赴宴，这户家庭装潢不只舒适，可以说是豪华，处处可证明这家人支付的起国外旅行，奢侈的爱好和孩子的大学教育。但是这样的女主人很有可能自己做饭招待客人，然后洗刷餐具，并且这样的宴会不会仅仅提供快餐式的罐头食品，从附近面包房买的蛋糕或派。相反的，女主人通常为精心准备特别的菜肴而感到自豪。男主人会谈论自己如何洗车，在花房劳作，粉刷房子，他的儿子在外地上大学，做餐厅侍应生，洗盘子来供自己生活花费，或者暑假的时候为建筑队在高速公路工作赚钱付学费。
11. From paragraph 1, we know that in America _______.从第一段我们可以知道在美国_______？ A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man人们对自我奋斗的人评价很高 B. people can always rise to the top through their own efforts C. college professors win great respect from common workers D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors
12. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _______. 从这篇文章来看，女主人自己做饭主要是因为_______？ A. servants in American are hard to get
B. she takes pride in what she can do herself 她对自己可以做的事情感到自豪 C. she can hardly afford servants D. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food 13. The expression “wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_______”. 第二段中，词组“等在桌旁”的意思是什么？ A. work in a furniture shop B. keep accounts for a bar C. wait to lay the table D. serve customers in a restaurant在餐厅为客人服务 14. The author’s attitude towards manual（体力的）labor is _______.作者对体力劳动者的态度如何？ A. positive 积极的 B. negative C. humorous D. critical
15. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage? 下面那项最适合作这篇文章的题目？ A. A Respectable Self-made Family.
B. American Attitude toward Manual Labor. 美国人对体力劳动者的态度 C. Characteristics of American Culture. D. The Development of Manual Labor.
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