Question

【題目】 Several days ago, one of my students came into my office, looking down. He thought he had too much stress — he has homework to do every day, he has too many after-school classes every weekend, he doesn’t like his history teacher, his younger sister is crying all the time when he needs a quiet environment to study, his parents always compare him with his classmates, ...

The problems are commonly seen on most of the Chinese students. I comforted my student with one sentence: Don’t you know you were much stronger than you thought?

Why did I say so? Because everyone has strength.What is strength? It is not always about physical strength. Rather, it is about will, training and the ability to get things done. I know some students who are clever, but they get very little done in their studies. And I know others find work extremely challenging, but are able to move mountains through hard work. They have inner strength. More interesting is that those hard-workers often don’t even notice the stress. When they are asked “How do you make it?”, the answers usually comes back: “I just work harder than the others.”

Some losers often have self-imposed(自己強加的) boundaries(邊界) — I can’t do that(Why?); that is too much for me(How do you know?); I can’t put in that much effort(What would happen if you did?). All these are limits(局限).

Then, how can they get stronger? By pushing themselves until the boundaries disappear. By pushing themselves until they get better.

【1】What can we know from the student’s words？

A.He was looking for something.

B.He was worried and unhappy.

C.His parents didn’t love him.

【2】Most Chinese students have problems with the following aspects（方面）EXCEPT _______.

A.schoolworkB.social relationshipC.teachers’ suggestions

【3】Why do some clever students achieve little？

A.Because they are not willing to spend time working hard.

B.Because the work is too challenging.

C.Because they know how much the stress is.

【4】If your friend complains(抱怨) “I’m not smart enough to solve that,” what the writer may say to him?

A.Let it go.

B.Believe in yourself.

C.Are you really sure about that if you haven’t tried hard?

【5】What can we infer(推斷) from the passage?

A.Hard-workers don’t have any stress.

B.People can find their inner strength through hard work.

C.By pushing themselves, people can get whatever they want.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

本文通過一名學(xué)生抱怨自己壓力太大引出話題，講每個人都有內(nèi)在力量，但不逼自己一把，就不知道自己到底有多強大。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第1段中“He thought he had too much stress — he has homework to do every day, ...”學(xué)生講自己壓力太大，課業(yè)太重、不喜歡歷史老師、妹妹太吵、父母總拿他和別人作比較，由此可知這個學(xué)生是很憂慮且不開心。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第2段中“The problems are commonly seen on most of the Chinese students.”講這些問題在大多數(shù)中國學(xué)生身上都能看到，由此可知說的是上文中那個學(xué)生的問題，“he has homework to do every day, he has too many after-school classes every weekend”指的是學(xué)業(yè)上的問題，而“he doesn’t like his history teacher, his younger sister is crying all the time when he needs a quiet environment to study, his parents always compare him with his classmates”指的是社會關(guān)系上的問題，老師的建議不屬于這些問題。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第3段中“I know some students who are clever, but they get very little done in their studies. And I know others find work extremely challenging, but are able to move mountains through hard work.”可知此處是聰明的學(xué)生和努力的學(xué)生的對比，由此推出聰明的學(xué)生學(xué)習并不好是因為他們不愿花時間努力學(xué)習。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中“I can’t do that(Why?); that is too much for me(How do you know?); I can’t put in that much effort(What would happen if you did?). All these are limits(局限).”可知題中“I’m not smart enough to solve that”是朋友的局限，作者可能會問“如果你沒有努力嘗試，你真的確定嗎？”故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第3段中“And I know others find work extremely challenging, but are able to move mountains through hard work. They have inner strength.”可知有些人通過努力工作移動大山，他們有內(nèi)在力量。故選B。