15.Sometimes people keep on thinking and asking"Who on earth is in control of our life?Who is pulling our strings?"For the majority of us,it's other people-society,colleagues,friends,family or our religious community.We learned this way of operating when we were very young,of course.We were brainwashed.We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us.As Dr.George puts it,"Most people are other people.Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives and their feelings are imitated."
So when people tell us how wonderful we are,it makes us feel good.We long for this good feeling like a drug-we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can.Therefore,we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives,failing to do the things we really want to.Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(一剂毒品),we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.
But,just as with any drug,there is a price to pay.The price of the approval drug is freedom-the freedom to be ourselves.The truth is that we cannot control what other people think.People have their own plans,and they come with their own baggage and,in the end,they're more interested in themselves than in you.Furthermore,if we try to live by the opinions of others,we will build our life on sinking sand.Everyone has a different way of thinking,and people change their opinions all the time.The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.
So how can we take back control?I think there's only one way-make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think.We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values-not values from the outside by others,but innate values which come from within.If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others,we will live a more authentic,effective,purposeful and happy life.
57.What Dr.George says in paragraph 1probably meansC.
A.most people have a variety of thoughts
B.other people's thoughts are more important
C.most people's thoughts are controlled by others
D.we have thoughts similar to those of others
58.What does the author try to argue in paragraph 3?A
A.We may lose ourselves to please others.
B.We need to pay for what we want to get.
C.The price of taking the drug is freedom.
D.Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.
59.We can conclude from the passage thatB.
A.it's better to do what we like
B.we shouldn't care what others think
C.we shouldn't change our own opinions
D.it's important to accept others'opinions
60.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?C
A.Why Should We Please Others?
B.We Are Eager to Be Accepted
C.Who on Earth Is in Control of Our Life?
D.We Can Not Control Others'Thoughts.
分析 文章讲述了谁是生活的主人这个问题.很多人在生活中太在意别人的目光,总是生活在别人的看法里.到头来,身心俱疲.其实,每个人的想法都不一样,每个人的生活也不一样,所有的想法也不是一成不变的.只要我们能有自己的正确的价值观和人生观,做自己生活的主人,那么我们就可以过上真正的有意义,有目标的幸福生活.
解答 1.C 段落大意题.文章第一段说Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives and their feelings are imitated大部分人的思想是别人的,他们的生活和情感都是对别人的模仿.故选C.
2.A 推理判断题.文章第三段说The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process一个总是想取悦别人的人会精疲力尽,很可能最终谁也讨好不了.故选A.
3.B 推理判断题.文章最后一段说I think there's only one way-make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think唯一解决问题的方法是:作出自己的选择,不要在意别人的想法.故选B.
4.C 主旨大意题.文章第一段说"Who on earth is in control of our life?Who is pulling our strings?"究竟是谁控制了我们的生活,是谁在拉紧我们生活中的那根弦.意思是究竟是谁控制我们的生活,是我们自己还是别人.故选C.
点评 阅读理解是考查语篇理解能力.常考的题型有:推理判断题;主旨大意题;细节理解题;猜测词意题.近几年又出现了两种新的考查方式:写作态度判断题和文章结构题.解题时,在读懂文章的基础上,还有特别注意掌握题型的特征,尤其是细节题和推断题不可混淆:细节题是文章信息的再现;推断题是文章信息的提取.本题是广告类文章,考查主要是以细节题为主,细节题要注意常用的出题陷阱有:夸大,缩小,张冠李戴,偷梁换柱,无中生有等,做题时要看清看准.