About seven years ago, whenever I notice someone looked nice, I started telling them they looked nice. Shortly afterwards, I came up with an observation: If you tell five people during the day that they look nice, at the end of the day, six people feel great. Here are some fruitful experiences I have with this.

One day, I was riding with a friend when we rolled to a stop at the traffic light. As we waited for the light to turn green, a man walked across the crosswalk. He looked very together, so I called out, “Hey, you look sharp today!” Pointing towards a building, he said, “Thanks, but I was sharper there.” His comment puzzled me. But before I could ask about it, the light turned green, and we drove on. I asked my friend what he meant. My friend informed me that we were at the corner of a radio station and the man was the voice on the radio. Then I understood. But no matter who he was the biggest thing for me was that he was smiling when he accepted my compliment (贊揚(yáng)).

Later that day, there was a woman standing on the corner where we were turning, and I yelled (大喊) the compliment again, “You look nice!” She was just taking a sip of a bottle of water and started to laugh. I felt good to get a laugh.

Another day, while seated in a restaurant, there was a lady sitting near me. I really did not care for her skirt, but she did look nice in it, so I told her, “You look nice today.” She looked at me and rolled her eyes a little. Well, her friend sitting next to her told her, “He just gave you a compliment. Say thank you.” I don’t remember whether she said “thank you” or not, but what I did notice was that her friend was smiling at my “You look nice today” compliment.

1.The underlined word “sharp” in Paragraph 2 probably means_________.

A. attractive                                  B. sudden

C. strict                                         D. mild

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The first man the author praised accepted his compliment.

B. The first man the author praised worked at a radio station.

C. The woman standing on the corner didn’t like the compliment

D. The friend of the lady in the restaurant felt happy about the compliment.

3.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Fruitful Experiences

B. Help Others, Help Yourself

C. Learn to compliment.

D. “You Look Nice Today”

 

【答案】

 

1..A

2..C

3..D

【解析】

試題分析:文章大意:記述作者對于贊美別人這一行為的認(rèn)識,并通過幾件事例加以印證。

1.猜詞題,根據(jù)文章所述應(yīng)為贊美的詞,為褒義詞,A項(xiàng)意思為“吸引人的”為贊美詞。

2.判斷正誤題,只有C項(xiàng)不合文章主旨“坐在拐角的那位女士不喜歡贊美”。

3.概括大意題,本文表作者對于贊美別人這一行為的認(rèn)識,D項(xiàng)文中反復(fù)出現(xiàn),故選D。

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