When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomin

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When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings.Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud and so on.. I tried to bear all the all the things as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.He listened to me quietly, then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have the girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to other things she said.”I did as he told me. To my great surpri, I discovered that about half of the things were true. some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of mylf.I brought the list back to Daddy. He refud to take it, “That’s just for you,” he said. “ You know better than anyone el, the truth about yourlf. But you have to learn to listen, not just closing your ears anger and feeling hurt . When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to other people’s opinions, but hear the truth and do you know is right thing to do.”Daddy’s advice returned to me at many important moments. IN my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.小题1:Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?A Not an Enemy, but a Best FriendB The Best Advice I’ve Ever HadC My FatherD My Childhood小题2:What does “ week by week her list grew” mean?A Week by Week, my shortcomings grew more rious.B She had made a list of shortcomings and kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.C I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.D Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and point them out.小题3:Why did her father listen to her quietly?A Becau he believed that what her daughter’s enemy said was mostly true.B Becau he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.C Becau he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.D Becau he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.小题4: What did the father do after he heard his daughter’s complaint?A He told her not pay any attention to what her “enemy” said B He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings.C He told her to write down all that her “enemy” had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true.D He refud to take the list and have a look at it. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B小题2:D小题3:A小题4:C

解析

小题1:全文最后一句是概括句，父亲给自己一条最好的忠告。小题2:结合语境可知，D项为最佳答案。小题3:父亲耐心的倾听是因为他认为这些话大多是事实，这样会促使女儿发现自己的不足。小题4:依据第三段最后两句知道，父亲建议女儿标出真实的缺点，不要理会不真实的。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“When I was about 12,.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。 人生感悟类阅读

人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。