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同等学力英语每日一练（2013-12-2）
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So many of us hold on to little resentments that may have stemmed from an argument, a misunderstanding, or some other painful event. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle (重新激起) a friendship or family relationship.
An acquaintance of mine whose health isn’t very good recently told me that she hasn’t spoken to her son in almost three years. “Why not?” I asked. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn’t speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she resisted initially and said, “I can’t do that. He’s the one who should apologize.” She was literally willing to die before reaching out to her only son. After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own.
As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, he wins. Whenever we hold on to our anger we turn “small stuff” into really “big stuff” in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn’t mean that you’re wrong. Everything will be fine. You’ll experience the peace of letting go as well as the joy of letting others be right. You’ll also notice that as you reach out and let others be “right” they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But if for some reason they don’t that’s okay too. You will have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world and certainly you’ll be more peaceful yourself.

1. In the sentence “Stubbornly we want for someone else to reach out to us...” the phrase “reach out” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. offer help B. be in pursuit of
C. offer an apology D. offer one’s hand
2. According to the passage, the author’s friend never spoke to her son for three years because ______.
A. she had got an argument with her daughter-in-law
B. she had disagreed about her son’s marriage
C. she had got an argument about her daughter-in-law
D. she had disliked her son’s wife for many years
3. By telling the story about a mother and her son, the author wants us to learn that ______.
A. it’s fine to be the first one to apologize
B. his friend is very stubborn
C. if taking the chance we’ll all win
D. position is more important than happiness
4. Which of the following is NOT the reason for people to be unwilling to apologize first?
A. People believe that they are always right.
B. People always wait for others to offer an apology first.
C. People consider the position more important than happiness.
D. People want to get an inner satisfaction.
5．The purpose of the passage is to ______.
A．instruct the readers how to apologize
B．teach the readers how to gain inner peace
C．inform the readers the importance of being forgiving
D．tell the readers to reach out first when there is resentment

答案：
1．[C]词义推断题。文章第2句破折号后面半句是对前半句的解释说明，由forgive及第2段所举朋友与其儿子的事例可以推测reach out在此文中最接近“道歉”之义。其他选项也都是reach out的意义，但不符合上下文的意思。
2．[C]事实细节题。根据第2段中的had a disagreement about his wife，可知选项C是对这个说法的近义替换。
3．[A]推理判断题。本题考查例子与观点的关系。作者正是用朋友的故事作为论据来说明第3段第1句中表明的观点。例子通常与文章主旨密切相关，而选项B，C和D都与本文的主题无关，且选项C和D与文章观点不符，因此都不正确。
4.[D]事实细节题。根据双重否定相当于肯定这一规则，题目中的NOT... unwilling即等同于willing，由此可以看出选项D中的get an inner satisfaction是人们主动讲和的原因，从最后一段最后一句也能得到佐证。文中虽没有明确指出选项A和B是人们不愿主动道歉的原因，但从作者朋友的例子可以推断出这两个原因。最后一段第3句指明选项C也是其原因。
5.[D]推理判断题。文章第一句就点出了本文将要讨论如何面对怨恨情绪，接着作者以朋友的例子说明应主动和解，由此可推断选项D为正确答案。其他选项都具干扰性。选项A极具迷惑性，事实上，本文并无说明“道歉”的方法，只是表明应首先道歉。选项B中的inner peace在文中也有出现，但是原文只是指出首先道歉能带来inner peace，并未从多个方面说明如何才能gain inner peace。选项C中的being forgiving不是文章的重点，本文说的是“道歉”，而不是“原谅”。

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