Question

    Everyone, likes to feel that he or she is special. Unfortunately, many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, or the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz (《绿野仙踪》), we believe we’re not good enough just as we are. In the movie, the Scarecrow wishes that he had a brain. The Tin Man wishes he had a heart, and the Lion wants courage. In the end, each of them realizes that he already has what he needs.

       Most parents want us to be the best we can be. They sometimes try to encourage us to do better by comparing us to others. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often disappointed. There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at something. There are plenty of people around who may not be as smart as we are but who are better at sports. Or they may not be as good-looking, but they have more money. It is impossible for us to be better than everyone else all the time.

       Like the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, we all want what we believe will make us better people. What we don’t realize is that often we already have inside us the very things that we seek. Parents sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough just as we are. Maybe no one told them that when they were growing up, or maybe they just forgot. Either way, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are ... is enough.

1.Parents often ____________ to encourage us to do better .

A.read us The Wizard of Oz B.compare us to others

C.buy us plenty of things D.tell us we are common

2.The writer of this article wants to tell us that _____________.

A.the Cowardly Lion doesn’t have courage

B.smart people are more special than others

C.it is important to be better than everyone else

D.we are all good enough just the way we are

3.This article was most probably written by a_________________.

A.patent B.teacher C.teenager D.sportsman

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

【解析】

本文主要讲述了每个人都是特别的，做自己是最好的。

1.

细节理解题。根据第2大段“They sometimes try to encourage us to do better by comparing us to others”他们有时候通过把我们和别人进行对比来鼓励我们。可知，父母经常把我们和别人进行对比。故选B。

2.

主旨大意题。根据第3大段“Either way, it’s up to us to remind them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are ... is enough.”我们需要时时提醒他们，我们每个人都有自己的独特之处，都是特别的。可知，本文的目的是在告诉我们每个人现在这样就足够好了，不需要常常和别人进行比较。故选D。

3.

推理判断题。根据第2大段“Most parents want us to be the best we can be.”大多数的家长都希望我们能做到最好。可知，作者可能是个青少年。故选C。