Question

    Several days ago, one of my students came into my office, looking down. He thought he had too much stress — he has homework to do every day, he has too many after-school classes every weekend, he doesn’t like his history teacher, his younger sister is crying all the time when he needs a quiet environment to study, his parents always compare him with his classmates, ...

The problems are commonly seen on most of the Chinese students. I comforted my student with one sentence: Don’t you know you were much stronger than you thought?

Why did I say so? Because everyone has strength.What is strength? It is not always about physical strength. Rather, it is about will, training and the ability to get things done. I know some students who are clever, but they get very little done in their studies. And I know others find work extremely challenging, but are able to move mountains through hard work. They have inner strength. More interesting is that those hard-workers often don’t even notice the stress. When they are asked “How do you make it?”, the answers usually comes back: “I just work harder than the others.”

Some losers often have self-imposed(自己强加的) boundaries(边界) — I can’t do that(Why?); that is too much for me(How do you know?); I can’t put in that much effort(What would happen if you did?). All these are limits(局限).

Then, how can they get stronger? By pushing themselves until the boundaries disappear. By pushing themselves until they get better.

1.What can we know from the student’s words？

A.He was looking for something.

B.He was worried and unhappy.

C.His parents didn’t love him.

2.Most Chinese students have problems with the following aspects（方面）EXCEPT _______.

A.schoolwork B.social relationship C.teachers’ suggestions

3.Why do some clever students achieve little？

A.Because they are not willing to spend time working hard.

B.Because the work is too challenging.

C.Because they know how much the stress is.

4.If your friend complains(抱怨) “I’m not smart enough to solve that,” what the writer may say to him?

A.Let it go.

B.Believe in yourself.

C.Are you really sure about that if you haven’t tried hard?

5.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A.Hard-workers don’t have any stress.

B.People can find their inner strength through hard work.

C.By pushing themselves, people can get whatever they want.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

本文通过一名学生抱怨自己压力太大引出话题，讲每个人都有内在力量，但不逼自己一把，就不知道自己到底有多强大。

1.推理判断题。根据第1段中“He thought he had too much stress — he has homework to do every day, ...”学生讲自己压力太大，课业太重、不喜欢历史老师、妹妹太吵、父母总拿他和别人作比较，由此可知这个学生是很忧虑且不开心。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第2段中“The problems are commonly seen on most of the Chinese students.”讲这些问题在大多数中国学生身上都能看到，由此可知说的是上文中那个学生的问题，“he has homework to do every day, he has too many after-school classes every weekend”指的是学业上的问题，而“he doesn’t like his history teacher, his younger sister is crying all the time when he needs a quiet environment to study, his parents always compare him with his classmates”指的是社会关系上的问题，老师的建议不属于这些问题。故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据第3段中“I know some students who are clever, but they get very little done in their studies. And I know others find work extremely challenging, but are able to move mountains through hard work.”可知此处是聪明的学生和努力的学生的对比，由此推出聪明的学生学习并不好是因为他们不愿花时间努力学习。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中“I can’t do that(Why?); that is too much for me(How do you know?); I can’t put in that much effort(What would happen if you did?). All these are limits(局限).”可知题中“I’m not smart enough to solve that”是朋友的局限，作者可能会问“如果你没有努力尝试，你真的确定吗？”故选C。

5.推理判断题。根据第3段中“And I know others find work extremely challenging, but are able to move mountains through hard work. They have inner strength.”可知有些人通过努力工作移动大山，他们有内在力量。故选B。