Confucius said, “In a group of three people, there is always something I can learn. Choose to follow the strengths of others, and use their shortcomings to reflect upon ourselves.”
As you can see from what Confucius said, everyone that we come across can teach us something useful. As long as we reflect on the lessons learnt from and by other people, we can continuously improve ourselves. But take note that when you reflect on these lessons, you apply some wisdom to each lesson because each situation is unique although they share some common principles.
We can learn a lot from everyone. We always tend to think that we can only learn from those who are higher in status or have more knowledge than us, but that is not really the case. We learn from those who are lower in status than us as well, because the experience and knowledge of each person is very different.
The best thing about this type of learning, reflecting other people’s strengths and shortcomings onto ourselves, is that we do not pay for the mistakes that are made. The only cost to us is the time that is needed to learn about and reflect on these lessons from other people’s lives.
As we all know, some mistakes can be ones which people cannot afford to make, for instance, a broken friendship or a financial loss. Thus constantly using other people’s strengths and shortcomings to reflect upon ourselves makes us realize the costs of these mistakes and reduces the possibility that we will make similar mistakes.
What can we do now to learn from others? By keeping our eyes and ears open. Be observant and able to realize what strengths and shortcomings other people have. A lot of people in this world like to complain about their lives. Listen to them and make you own assessment and from your own assessment, reflect upon your life and make improvements where necessary.
小題1:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A．Confucius thought we should learn from strengths of others.
B．Only from those who have more knowledge than us can we learn.
C．It is by reflecting on the lessons learnt by others that we can improve ourselves.
D．Reflecting upon other people’s strengths and shortcomings can help us make fewer mistakes.
小題2:The underlined part “this type of learning” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to_______.
A．learning from other people’s mistakes
B．learning from others’ experiences
C．finding what strengths and shortcomings other people have
D．reflecting others’ strengths and shortcomings onto ourselves
小題3:From the fifth paragraph, we learn that _______.
A．sometimes we can afford the costs of a broken friendship
B．our reflection will necessarily reduce our mistakes
C．some reflection will help to improve ourselves
D．reflection will stop us from making any mistakes in life
小題4:The passage is probably taken from __________.
A．a(chǎn) magazine about lifeB．a(chǎn) book about travel
C．a(chǎn)n advertisementD．a(chǎn) research report
小題5:What does this passage mainly talk about?
A．How to improve oneself.
B．How to use the shortcomings of others to reflect upon ourselves.
C．How to reduce the mistakes in one’s life.
D．How to learn from other people’s strengths and shortcomings.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：本文主要告訴我們要向別人學習。我們要向每個人學習，無論他的地位高低，知識與經(jīng)驗的多少，都有值得我們學習的地方。并經(jīng)常用別人的優(yōu)點和缺點在我們自己身上進行反思，吸取優(yōu)點，避免犯同樣的錯誤，從而，不斷提高自身的素質(zhì)。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的We can learn a lot from everyone. We always tend to think that we can only learn from those who are higher in status or have more knowledge than us, but that is not really the case. 我們可以向每個人學習，無論他的地位高低，知識與經(jīng)驗的多少，都有值得我們學習的地方。B項的描述是錯誤的故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。第四段的The best thing about this type of learning, reflecting other people’s strengths and shortcomings onto ourselves, 關于這種類型的學習最好的方面,就是把別人的優(yōu)點和缺點反映在我們自己身上。故選D。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。Thus constantly using other people’s strengths and shortcomings to reflect upon ourselves makes us realize the costs of these mistakes and reduces the possibility that we will make similar mistakes.因此經(jīng)常使用別人的優(yōu)點和缺點來反思我們自己，讓我們意識到這些錯誤所付出的代價,減少我們會犯同樣的錯誤的可能性。即反思可以提高自己的能力。故選C。
小題4:篇章理解題�？v觀全文，我們知道這是一篇告訴人們向他人學習從而完善自己，更好的生活的小品文，應可能出現(xiàn)在生活雜志上。故選A。
小題5:主旨判斷題。第一段的Confucius said,“In a group of three people, there is always something I can learn.”孔子說，三人行，必有我?guī)煛Ｗ詈笠欢蔚腂e observant and able to realize what strengths and shortcomings other people have. 有敏銳觀察力的人,能夠認識到優(yōu)點和缺點別人。從中可知全文為主要將我們要學習別人的優(yōu)點和缺點并進行反思。故選D
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