Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it’s other people—society, colleagues, friend, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us.
So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug—we are addicted to (沉溺于) it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (一劑毒品), we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.
But just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda（心思，計謀）, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they’re more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.
So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values—not values imposed（強加） from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value system of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.
(Note: Answer the questions in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)
小題1:What happens to people if they care too much for the approval of others?
小題2:The price of the approval of others is ______________
小題3:Why is it unreliable for us to live by the opinions of others?
小題4:What’s the main idea of this article?

小題1:They are likely to live unhappy and limit lives./They will live unhappy and limit lives.
小題2:The freedom to be ourselves.
小題3:Because people change their opinions all the time.
小題4:We should take control of our lives by stopping caring other’s thoughts.

試題分析：文章闡述了我們不應(yīng)該太在意別人的觀點，得到別人同意的代價是我們自己的自由，我們應(yīng)該不要在乎別人的想法來控制我們的生活
小題1:細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to.可知太在意別人的感受使我們生活的不快樂，受到限制，They are likely to live unhappy and limit lives./They will live unhappy and limit lives.
小題2:細節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. 可知得到別人同意的代價是我們自己的自由：The freedom to be ourselves.
小題3:細節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. 可知人們一直在改變想法，所以依照別人的觀點生活是不現(xiàn)實的：Because people change their opinions all the time.
小題4:主旨題：從最后一段的句子：If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value system of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.可知我們應(yīng)該不要在乎別人的想法來控制我們的生活： We should take control of our lives by stopping caring other’s thoughts.
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