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【題目】 Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful things that men and animals possess if they are properly used. If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play it until their hands were burnt away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear did not, a child would burn itself again and again, because fear would not warn the child to keep away from the fire that had burnt him or her before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die out.

In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. Even in your house you are not absolutely safe: a plane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of the wood in your roof , and they later may fall on you , or you may get cancer!

The important thing is not to let fear rule you , but instead to use fear as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take.

In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is OK.

In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent a plane from crashing into your house, and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no plants. In this case , fear has given you its warning; you have examined it and decided on your course of action, so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you , and you have to try to overcome it.

【1】Children would play with fire until their hands were burnt away if ________.

A.they were given no warning beforehandB.they didn't have any sense of pain at all

C.they had never burnt themselvesD.they felt afraid of the fire

【2】A really fearless soldier ________.

A.is of a little use to his armyB.is not afraid of battles at all

C.is nothing but a dead soldierD.is easy to get killed in a battle

【3】People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding dangers because ________.

A.they are warned of the danger and take quick action

B.they are quick both in mind and in action

C.they are calm in face of danger

D.they have gained much experience

【4】It is implied but not stated that ________.

A.fear is always something helpful

B.too much fear is harmful

C.fear should be used as a servant and guide

D.fear is something strange and particular

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文講述了恐懼及其伴隨的痛苦是人類和動物擁有的兩種最有用的東西，如果它們被正確利用的話。作者建議恐懼應(yīng)該被恰當?shù)厥褂茫�重要的是不要讓恐懼支配你，而是要用恐懼作為你的仆人和向�(qū)�。在許多情況下，你可以采取迅速和成功的行動來避免危險。還有對特殊危險的恐懼對你來說不再有任何用處，你必須努力克服它。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“If fire did not hurt when it burnt, children would play it until their hands were burnt away.”如果火在燃燒時不疼，孩子們就會一直玩到手燒光為止。可知他們沒有任何痛感，故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier because he is soon killed”可知在戰(zhàn)斗中很容易被殺死，故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take. In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger.”恐懼會警告你危險，然后你必須決定采取什么行動，你可以迅速采取成功的行動來避免危險，可知他們得到危險的警告，并迅速采取行動，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“In some cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger…so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to you , and you have to try to overcome it.”可知此處暗示了過多的壓力是有害的，故選B。