Question

“The first and best of victories is for a man 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 and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.

A single angry word has lost many a friend. 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 “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” “Keep cool,” says George Herbert, “for fierceness makes error a fault.”

To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong your self. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “bring with folly 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 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 also.

What does the reader learn from the first paragraph ?

The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.

One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.

To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.

If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.

What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad”?

If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.

If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.

If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.

If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.

If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _________.

the very backbone and nerve of character

the patience and power to control himself

strong feelings

self-confidence

The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to ___________.

explain that self-control is the key to success

teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success

distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it

advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends

Answer 1

【小題1】B

【小題2】B

【小題3】C

【小題4】A

解析:

【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。從Let a man give in to his impulses (沖動) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral (道德的) freedom. 可以看出“一個人道德上的自由是建立在自我控制的基礎上的”。其他選項沒有很好的把握本段的大意。

【小題2】 段落大意理解題。文章的第二段主要論述了“生氣”、“發(fā)脾氣”給一個人身體造成的危害，例子中可以看出嚴重的甚至會帶來死亡。其他各項都是作者所列舉的例子，不能概括本段大意。

【小題3】 細節(jié)理解題。文章最后一段介紹了“如果一個人失去了自失，那么他將失去一切，包括耐心、自信、甚至骨氣。而一個人的自控意識是受自己強烈的感情控制的�！逼渌�各項都符合文章的表述。

【小題4】 主旨歸納題。縱觀全文作者寫這篇文章的主要目的就是要向讀者解釋一個問題：自控很重要，它是通向成功的鑰匙。其他三項不能概括全文的大意。