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“The first and best of victories for a man is 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 (沖動) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has lost many friends. 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. “Whoever the gods would destroy, they first make them mad.” “Keep cool,” says Webster, “anger is not argument.” “Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “begins with foolishness 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 and 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 too

1. 1.
   What’s the main idea of the passage?
   1. A.
      Self- control is important for a man
   2. B.
      We should learn to be strong
   3. C.
      A man who keeps cool won’t lose any game
   4. D.
      The great heroes in history knew how to control themselves
2. 2.
   What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
   1. A.
      If you are mad, the gods will fail you
   2. B.
      If you lose your temper first, gods will fail you first
   3. C.
      If you can’t control yourself, you will be crazy
   4. D.
      If the gods want to fail you, they will make you mad first
3. 3.
   Which of the following is NOT true, according to passage?
   1. A.
      The first and best of victories for a man is to conquer himself
   2. B.
      You will make a small mistake serious if you don’t keep cool
   3. C.
      You must measure a man’s strength by the power of the feelings which conquer him
   4. D.
      Anger begins with foolishness and ends with regret
4. 4.
   Which of the following can’t help you avoid anger, according to the passage?
   1. A.
      Being calm in arguing
   2. B.
      Checking your temper or anger by speaking low
   3. C.
      Keeping your mouth shut
   4. D.
      Trying to make the other angry first
5. 5.
   If a man lacks self-control,____________
   1. A.
      He will always be controlled by all the people all the time
   2. B.
      He will began with foolish everything every day and lack the strength
   3. C.
      Moral strength and nerve of character will lack as well
   4. D.
      He will have power of gover himself

Answer 1

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試題分析：本文主要闡述自控的重要性，自控有什么好處，缺少自控會帶來什么后果。
1.主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第 1 段的第 2 句 Self-control is at the root of all the advantages 及全文的內(nèi)容可知，本文的大意是“自控的重要性”。故答案選 A。
2.語義理解題。根據(jù)上文 you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease 可知如果上帝想要你失敗，先讓你生氣。答案選 D。
3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第 3 段的最后一句 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 可知，選項(xiàng) C 與之矛盾。故答案選 C。
4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第 2 段的第 2 句和第 3 句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.以及最后一句“Be calm in arguing,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault.”可以排除選項(xiàng) A、B、C，從而得出答案為 D
5.細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的最后一段的內(nèi)容：If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking too. 可知如果一個人缺乏自控力，他也會缺乏道德力量和勇氣性格。選C 
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