When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺點). 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 hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark(標記) the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. 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 go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused(拒絕) to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help 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 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.
小題1:What does “Week by week her list grew” mean in the first paragraph?
A．As time went by, she discovered more shortcomings of mine.
B．She made a longer list of my shortcomings the next week.
C．She more and more disliked me as time went by.
D．She added one more shortcoming on the list every week.
小題2:What did the father ask her daughter to do when she complained(抱怨) about her “enemy”?
A．To pay no attention to her “enemy’s” gossiping.
B．To keep away from her “enemy” at school.
C．To write down what the girl said and accept the truth.
D．To do whatever she wanted to as usual.
小題3:Why did her father refuse to take the list her daughter made?
A．Because he wanted her daughter to perfect herself.
B．Because what the list said were not his shortcomings.
C．Because he thought the list didn’t belong to him.
D．Because he believed the list could be well kept by her.
小題4:Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A．Not an Enemy, But a Good Friend B．The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C．My Father and I D．My Childhood

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：
小題1:推理題，由第一段的第二行I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on.可以知道隨著時間的流逝，她發(fā)現(xiàn)作者的缺點越來越多，所以選A
小題2:細節(jié)題，由第二段的最后一句Go and make a list of everything she said and mark(標記) the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.可以知道寫下小女孩說的并且接受事實，所以選C
小題3:推理題，由最后一段爸爸說的“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help 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 is the right thing to do.”可以知道他這樣做是讓作者更完美，所以選A
小題4:推理題，由本文的主要意思“爸爸對自己的女兒說要敢于面對自己的缺點，這是作者一生最好的建議”，所以選B
點評：本文講述了做這場被一個女孩說他的缺點，那一天她哭著去找爸爸，爸爸讓她所做的事是要敢于面對自己的缺點的故事，先通讀全文，然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。本文主要考查推理題，要求學生有很強的推理分析能力。
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