Question

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends of ourselves. 1. How can we have good relationships with others if we don’t even have good relationships with ourselves?

The problem might be worse than we expect. Maybe we don’t like ourselves without realizing it. Here is a simple checklist: Is there anything you don’t like about yourself from these lists? Your past: Maybe you have made mistakes in the past which you feel bad about. 2.  Even if that happened in distant past, your subconscious(潜意识的) mind still has a reason not to like yourself.

Your background: You might wish that you were born in a different family, or that you have a different background. Maybe you could not accept the fact that you are not as lucky as others. They seem to get whatever they want effortlessly because of their background.

Your personal features: You might have some personality features that you don’t like. For example, you may be an introvert(内向的) and you don’t like it; you wish you were an extrovert. Others might have better achievements than you, and no matter how hard you tried, it might seem impossible for you to match them. 3. Is there anything that resonate (共鸣) with you? All these give reasons to you not to like yourself. That in turn makes it difficult for you to be a good friend to yourself. 4. Here are some tips:

Forgive yourself;

Accept things you can’t change;

Focus on your strengths;

Write your success stories;

Stop comparing yourself with others;

Always be true to yourself.

A.That is the first step if we are to have good relationships with others.

B.You might think that it’s because you are not smart enough or don’t have enough talents.

C.You can do something to improve the relationships with others.

D.Fortunately, there are always things you can do to fix the situation.

E.You might be disappointed with yourself on why you make such mistakes.

F.Sometimes you might not believe yourself.

Answer

1.A

2.E

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是说明文。做自己的朋友是与他人建立关系的前提。文章分析了导致不喜欢自己的原因，提出了解决此问题的几条建议。

1.上句提到我们常常专注于与他人建立关系，却忘记了最重要的第一步:做自己的朋友。下句提到如果我们连和自己都没有良好的关系，我们怎么能和别人有良好的关系呢?上下句都告诉我们做自己的朋友的重要性，这是与他人建立关系的前提。A项：这是我们与他人建立良好关系的第一步，承上启下，故选A。

2.上句提到也许你过去犯过让你感到内疚的错误。下句：即使发生在遥远的过去,你的潜意识思想仍有理由不喜欢自己。说明了过去所犯错误对现在的影响，E项：你可能会对自己犯这样的错误感到失望。解释了对现在造成影响的原因，故选E。

3.本段从个人特征方面分析不喜欢自己的原因，上句提到别人可能比你有更好的成就，无论你多么努力，你似乎不可能赶上他们。B项：你可能会认为这是因为你不够聪明或者没有足够的天赋，与上句连接，是从个人身上找不如别人的原因。故选B。

4.上文分析了导致和自己没有良好关系的原因，下文给出了解决此问题的六条建议。D项：幸运的是，你总是可以做一些事情来解决这个问题。承上启下，引出了下文的六条建议，故选D。