阅读理解。
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 these 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 surprise, 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 myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it, "That's just for you," he said. "You know better than
anyone else, the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just closing your ears in 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 what you think is right."
Daddy's advice returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I've never had a better piece of
advice.
1. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
[ ]
A. Not an Enemy, but a Best Friend
B. The Best Advice I've Ever Had
C. My Father
D. My Childhood
2. "Week by week her list grew" means " _____".
[ ]
A. Week by Week, my shortcomings grew more serious
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
3. Why did her father listen to her quietly?
[ ]
A. Because he believed that what her daughter's enemy said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter's shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping
silent for a while.
C. Because he didn't believe in his daughter
D. Because he wasn't quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
4. What did the father do after he heard his daughter's complaint?
[ ]
A. He told her not to 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 refused to take the list and have a look at it.