Question

Dear David,
I’m glad you would like to share your feelings with me. It’s hardly surprising that your feelings of not being “grown up” have come on strongly at this point in your life, just before you’re about to become a father. You are asking: will I make a good father? How will I deal with? Should I have brought another little person into the world? Can I provide for it? Help! I think nearly every sensitive about-to-be-parent must have these occasional feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy（不適）before the birth and it would be most unusual if you didn’t share them.
It’s difficult, honestly, to feel grown-up unless you have something less grown-up to relate to. The boss with a hen-pecking wife may feel like a seven-year-old when he’s at home. But as he walks through the office door, and knows he’s going to be surrounded by staff looking to him for advice, he grows into a fully mature（成熟的）man. And I think it’s a mistake to imagine that we all feel, as we age, a kind of progression of states, from the baby to the adult. Most people feel, on Tuesday, about three years old, and on a Wednesday, around 80. I remember feeling very grown-up at eight, a time when I was weighed down with responsibility. These days, much older, I can, in the company of people I feel at ease with, feel like a young girl.
There’s a common remark that “all men are little boys”, but it’s not true. It’s more true that men often behave like little boys. But nearly all people, at some moments in their lives, are able of great maturity.
Once your baby arrives, you’ll soon feel less childlike, or rather, less often. When your child tries to put its fingers into the electric plug, the adult in you will rise up to prevent it. You’ll see you have very little in common with a needy child, particularly if it’s looking to you for comfort and support.
Comfort yourself, David, with two truths. One is that your friends laugh when they talk about this subject because they, like you, feel frightened. And remember that people who haven’t grown up don’t go around talking about the fact that they don’t feel grown-up.
Hope my advice will be helpful and good luck to you and your little one.
Sincerely Yours,
Miss Advice
【小題1】According to the passage, Miss Advice thinks David’s self-doubt _______.

A．valuable	B．natural
C．unusual	D．bearable

【小題2】 From Paragraph 2, we can learn that people’s sense of maturity _______.

A．will increase with age

B．is obviously seen at home

C．changes with different situations

D．becomes stronger with familiar people

【小題3】Miss Advice holds the view that _______.

A．a(chǎn)ll men always behave like little boys

B．men with a baby feel more grown-up

C．people tend to need comfort and support

D．people enjoy talking about their immaturity

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】B

解析試題分析: 本文為書信類文章，主要就一個準(zhǔn)爸爸懷疑自己是否成熟的問題給出建議。作者認(rèn)為成熟感會隨著處境的不同而變化，有了小孩的男人會變得成熟。
【小題1】B。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段 it would be most unusual if you didn’t share them可知不分享那些感受才是不正常的。所以Miss Advice認(rèn)為David的這種自我懷疑是正常的。故選B。
【小題2】C。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段It’s difficult, honestly, to feel grown-up unless you have something less grown-up to relate to可知作者認(rèn)為當(dāng)你面對一些不成熟的事物時，你就會感覺自己成熟。通過后文舉的例子有一個嘮叨的妻子，丈夫在家就像小孩一樣。然而當(dāng)他面對員工時，他就會變得非常成熟。說明人們的成熟感會隨著處境的不同而變化。故選C。
【小題3】B。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段Once your baby arrives, you’ll soon feel less childlike, or rather, less often.可知作者認(rèn)為男人有了小孩之后會變得成熟。故選B。
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