Question

At a physics conference dinner with my husband Alex, I sat next to a man I'll call Clayton. Clayton kept talking about himself all through the entire conversation: he had solved problems no one else could; only his views were right; other researchers' work was inaccurate or unimportant. I could not put in a word. Extremely annoyed, I planned to avoid Clayton in that future. In fact, I decided never to have another conversation with him.

A few days later I was in an education class. Our professor explained how one child could become the target of the other students' ridicule(譏笑)．

“Usually it's because the class sees their own weaknesses glaringly magnified(放大) in that student. They don't want to admit they have the same weakness, so they ridicule and exclude the student. The behavior of both the class and the excluded student is caused by personal insecurity.”

As I took notes, suddenly I thought of Clayton. It struck me that I have many of the same faults. How easily I rule a conversation and leave others out. I, too, sometimes feel that only my opinion is right. My concerns or work easily seems most important. As my professor had described, I reacted negatively to someone in whom I experienced my own weakness.

I changed my mind. Instead of avoiding Clayton, I'll try to listen patiently with the same kindness and acceptance that I need.

20．The writer was extremely annoyed with Clayton partly because ________．

A．he said not all his views were right

B．he wouldn't let her put in a word

C．he kept silent all through the dinner

D．he was too particular about the food

21．Who said the words in Paragraph 3?

A．Clayton. 

B．The writer's husband.

C．The writer. 

D．The writer's professor.

22．The fourth paragraph was written to show ________．

A．why the writer changed her mind

B．how the writer was annoyed

C．when the writer had her education

D．what weakness the writer had

23．We can infer from the last paragraph that ________．

A．the writer will see other people more positively

B．Clayton will not rule a conversation any longer

C．the writer will try to avoid talking with Clayton

D．Clayton will find out he has his own weakness

Answer 1

古語說，“以人為鑒，可以知得失”。教授的話使作者在Clayton身上看到了自己的一些缺點(diǎn)，于是她改變了以前的想法，不回避Clayton，而是耐心地聽他說話。

20．B　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的第二句和第三句可知，由于Clayton一直談?wù)撝�自己，作者插不上話，所以�?duì)他非常厭煩。

21．D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的“Our professor explained how one child…”可知，第三段的話是出自那個(gè)教授之口。

22．A　推理判斷題。第四段講述了作者在聽教授的課時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己與Clayton有很多共有的毛病，這就是她決定改變自己想法的原因。

23．A　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段可知，為了改正自己的缺點(diǎn)，作者決定不回避Clayton，而是耐心去傾聽他說話，由此可推知作者會(huì)用更積極的眼光去看待他人。