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(一劑毒品),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 文章講述了誰是生活的主人這個問題.很多人在生活中太在意別人的目光,總是生活在別人的看法里.到頭來,身心俱疲.其實,每個人的想法都不一樣,每個人的生活也不一樣,所有的想法也不是一成不變的.只要我們能有自己的正確的價值觀和人生觀,做自己生活的主人,那么我們就可以過上真正的有意義,有目標的幸福生活.
解答 1.C 段落大意題.文章第一段說Their thoughts are someone else's opinions,their lives and their feelings are imitated大部分人的思想是別人的,他們的生活和情感都是對別人的模仿.故選C.
2.A 推理判斷題.文章第三段說The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process一個總是想取悅別人的人會精疲力盡,很可能最終誰也討好不了.故選A.
3.B 推理判斷題.文章最后一段說I think there's only one way-make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think唯一解決問題的方法是:作出自己的選擇,不要在意別人的想法.故選B.
4.C 主旨大意題.文章第一段說"Who on earth is in control of our life?Who is pulling our strings?"究竟是誰控制了我們的生活,是誰在拉緊我們生活中的那根弦.意思是究竟是誰控制我們的生活,是我們自己還是別人.故選C.
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