The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

 Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.

 If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

1.What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

   A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

   B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

   C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

   D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

2.What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad ”in paragraph 2 ?

   A. If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.

   B. If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

   C. If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

   D. If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

3.If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.

   A. the very backbone and nerve of character   

   B. the patience and power to control himself

   C. strong feelings                        

   D. self-confidence

4.The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.

   A. explain that self-control is the key to success

   B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

   C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

   D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

5.The passage is mainly developed by _____.

   A. analyzing causes             B. making comparisons

   C. examining differences             D. listing quotations

 

The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.

Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.

If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.

1. What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?

A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

2. What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad ”in paragraph 2 ?

A. If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.

B. If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

C. If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

D. If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

3. If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.

A. the very backbone and nerve of character

B. the patience and power to control himself

C. strong feelings

D. self-confidence

4. The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.

A. explain that self-control is the key to success

B. teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

C. distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

D. advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

5. The passage is mainly developed by _____.

A. analyzing causes                         B. making comparisons

C. examining differences         D. listing quotations

 

Many a student                that mistake before.

　　      

A．has made

B．have made

C．has been made

D．had made

　　   　　   

单词拼写：（每小题1分，共10小题）

1.In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven_____(木制的) boxes.                                               

2.Li Yan, a___ ( 志愿者 ) for the 2008 Olympic Games, is interviewed by Pausanias.                                              

3.Tom is ___(有信心的) to succeed.                                           

4.Seeing this, many a ___(路人) came to help the old woman.                       

5.What do you think of the play ___(表演) by the little children?                   

6.__(如今), many young people spend at least 3 hours on the Internet.

7.He explained __(简要地) what we were to do next.                             

8.Theses ___(昆虫) can fly .                                                                             

9.They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more ___(熟悉的) with them.                                            

10.Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be ___(接纳) as competitors.

 

The mountain village is my hometown.   I spent   _____   merry night there when I was young.

   A. a great many B. plenty of   C. many a         D. a great deal