12.People often talk as if shyness is a disease or mental condition that can be cured.I prefer to think of it as an emotional disability.It's something we are born with and something we carry with us in our entire lives.There are too many people,however,who seem to be determined to find some way of doing away with their shyness.In my opinion,it's a waste of time.I don't mean that we should do nothing about it; quite the contrary,I think we need to separate the basic fact of our shyness from our ability to take part in a social environment.
Look at one of the most famous shy people of them all,Johnny Carson.This man is painfully shy,yet for decades he made a living talking and associating with different people every night,in front of a national audience.Carson has never done away with his shyness,but he has successfully found a way to deal with it to the extent that he could be,not just a talk show host,but a legend among talk show hosts.Look also at Sally Fields,who has recently admitted her problem with shyness.This is a woman who has appeared in many films,TV shows and interviews,yet in her early years she was so shy that she turned down a lunch invitation from Jane Fonda because she was terribly afraid of meeting her.
I guess that our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity and this insecurity prevents us from reaching out to others the way people with a more open personality do.As we grow up and become adults,we allow our social skills to grow and develop.But we are still stuck in kindergarten or elementary school or wherever it was when our shyness took root in our soul.
62.In the author's view,shyness can be explained asD.
A.a(chǎn) not very normal mental condition
B.a(chǎn) disease that can be easily cured
C.something we pick up after birth
D.a(chǎn) kind of emotional disability
63.From the passage,we know that Johnny CarsonA.
A.has dealt with shyness very successfully
B.has done away with his shyness carefully
C.is described as a hero in some legend books
D.failed to become a good talk show host
64.The passage tells us that Sally Fields wasD.
A.proud all the time
B.close to Jane Fonda
C.impolite when young
D.shy in her early years
65.The author thinks that our shyness is there becauseB.
A.we are not open enough
B.we don't feel secure at heart
C.we try to reach out to others all the time
D.we lack some social skills.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了羞怯是一種天生的人性,然而羞怯并不意味著無法參加社會(huì)生活中的交際,作者用名人的例子證明了這一點(diǎn).
解答 62.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段中的I prefer to think of it as an emotional disability.可知作者認(rèn)為害羞是一種情緒障礙,故選D項(xiàng).
63.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段中的Carson has never done away with his shyness,but he has successfully found a way to deal with it to the extent that he could be,可知雖然Carson未能除掉害羞這一障礙但他還是成功地找到了解決這一困難的方法,故A項(xiàng)正確.
64.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段最后一句中的yet in her early years she was so shy that she turned down a lunch invitation from Jane Fonda because she was terribly afraid of meeting her.可知選D項(xiàng).
65.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段中的I guess that our shyness is there because each of us is born with some insecurity and this insecurity prevents us from reaching out to others the way people with a more open personality do.可知作者認(rèn)為人們之所以羞怯是因?yàn)樗麄兲焐狈δ撤N安全感.故選B項(xiàng).
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.