Question

Be Your Own Best Friend

Why would you want to become your own best friend? There are a number of benefits of creating your own support system from within rather than relying on your partner, friends or family to be there for you when you’re suffering. We all have it in us to give ourselves what we need, without seeking it from outside. 1. Here’s how to become your own best friend.

1.Be nice to yourself

The first step in becoming a friend to yourself is to treat yourself like you would treat a friend. 2. Start by accepting your good qualities, talents and abilities and begin to appreciate yourself.

2. Imagine how you would support a friend in the same situation

Think about a loved one, a friend, a family member, or someone dear to you and imagine that they are in the same situation you are facing. 3. Then consider how to best offer help and advice to them. Allow yourself to feel supported, and give yourself what you need.

Write down the words that you would say to your greatest friend and then say them gently to yourself.

3. 4.

Following the theme of considering how you would help a dear friend, you need to start taking your own advice and putting your own needs first. Do you need a day off from work? 5. Whatever it is that you need, allow yourself to put it at the top of the list rather than the bottom.

Use these methods to become your own best friend and start being there for yourself!

A. Honor your needs

B. Believe in yourself.

C. A long hot bath?

D. Help them first and then they will help you.

E. That means that you need to stop being doubtful of yourself.

F. Think about how they’re struggling, suffering with this problem.

G. Isn’t it far better to know how to support yourself in times of need?

Answer 1

1.G

2.E

3.F

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：做你自己最好的朋友。

1.G考查文章的结构和行文逻辑。该句位于文章总领段落（第一段），根据语境可知，该空应填“Isn’t it far better to know how to support yourself in times of need?”——该反问句实则说明上文提到的我们内部有自我支持的体系，再个确定我们可以在需要的时候自我支持，这就引出了下句“Here’s how to become your own best friend.” 即该题正确答案为G.

2.E考查文章的结构和行文逻辑。该句在文章“Be nice to yourself”（对自己好点儿）部分，根据下句“开始欣赏自己”可推知，该句应该对应为“停止怀疑自己”，故该题正确答案为E.

3.F考查文章的结构和行文逻辑。该句在文章“Imagine how you would support a friend in the same situation”（想象一下你将会如何支持、帮助处于相同处境的朋友）部分，该空前句为想象你的爱人、朋友、或是家人处于你现在的处境。该空的后句为接着考虑如何最好地给他们提供帮助和建议。那么在这已给的两个动作中，只能加入的就是“Think about how they’re struggling, suffering with this problem.”（想象他们的感受），故该题正确答案为F.

4.A考查文章的结构和行文逻辑。该空为文章第三个建议部分的概括，通读该部分，可知作者所要提出的建议为“you need to start taking your own advice and putting your own needs first.”，“Whatever it is that you need, allow yourself to put it at the top of the list rather than the bottom. ”即你要尊重你自己的需要。故该题正确答案为A.

5.C考查文章的结构和行文逻辑。该空所在部分讲述的是要尊重你自己的选择。前句讲到假设的你所需要的一种情况：你需要休假一天吗？而后句讲到无论你需要的什么，你都要把这种需要放在首要的位置。故该空应为和前句所并列的问句——你需要洗个热水澡吗？故该题正确答案为C.

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