Question

阅读下面短文,并用英语句子回答问题(请注意问题后的字数要求)10分）

Words can hurt

I remember the pain most vividly. My stomach was sick, my heart hurt, and my eyes stung(刺痛的) from holding back tears.

“you know, Autumn,” my friend Nick said, “Lisa and Andrea were just talking about you.” I immediately got nervous. “They said that the only reason you start on the basketball team is because the coach （教练）likes you .It’s not because you’re good.” I might be sick. “They said they’re tired of you always getting what you want.”

I struggled to keep myself from crying, sinking（下沉） to my knees on the cold floor. After Nick told me everything my supposed best friends said about me, I was hurt.

Lisa and Andrea came in from lunch break acting as if nothing had happened . Lisa was still my deskmate, and Andrea was still my partner for our history project.

I was amazed at their ability to pretend we had the perfect friendship, especially since they’d said such hurtful things.

I was a freshman in high school, and I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world, all because of a rumor（谣言）.

The tongue can be our worst enemy. Rumors harm confidence（信心） and separate close friends. They are like sharp knives, cutting one’s dignity（尊严） into pieces. When we say unkind things about others, we’re thrusting(插) knives into their hearts.

So how was I to act next? When Lisa and Andrea pretended our friendship hadn’t changed, I thought of attacking them back. But instead, I told them directly that they had hurt me. Lisa started crying and Andrea was speechless. I know they were both sorry for what they had said. They apologized, and I forgave them with grace(优雅). Sure, things were a little awkward(尴尬) at first, but soon enough everything was back to the way it had been before.

I still deal with gossip（流言）, sometimes as a recipient（接受者） and sometimes as a participant（参与者）. But the more I learn about love, the more I realize the importance of encouraging others- sometimes gossip never does.

1.What word can exchange the underlined word in para1?

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2.Why was the author hurt in the passage?(within 10words)

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3.Which sentence in the passage is closest in meaning to the following one?

“I frankly told them that their rumor had made me painful.”

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4.What did her friends do at last when they heard the author’s frank speech?(within 5 words)

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5.Use one sentence to describe the author’s character.（within 10 words）

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Answer 1

【答案】

1.Strongly. / Powerfully.

2. She knew the rumor from her friends.

3. I told them directly that they had hurt me.

4. They apologized/said sorry to me(shamefully/with a shame).

5.She is frank, brave and generous/ kind.

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要告诉我们的就是如何面对人生中经常出现的谣言。

1.Strongly. / Powerfully.

推理题。根据I remember the pain most vividly.说明我很清楚第记得这个痛苦。故该词是指strongly或者powerfully。

2.She knew the rumor from her friends.

根据第二段“They said that the only reason you start on the basketball team is because the coach （教练）likes you .It’s not because you’re good.”说明我知道了他们在背后说我的坏话。这是我难过的主要原因。

3.I told them directly that they had hurt me.

根据倒数第二段But instead, I told them directly that they had hurt me.我直接把这样的传言告诉了他们，和“I frankly told them that their rumor had made me painful.”语义相近。

4. They apologized/said sorry to me(shamefully/with a shame).

细节题。根据倒数第二段第五行They apologized。说明他们向我道歉了。

5.She is frank, brave and generous/ kind.

推理题。作者直接把谣言告诉了他们说明他很坦率，也很勇敢，最后她原谅了他们，也说明他很善良。

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点评：本文是关于处理谣言的方法，这篇文章较为简单，先看问题，再带着问题仔细阅读短文，理解了全文内容，很容易选出正确答案。阅读注意事项：关注连词，分析文章逻辑结构。聚焦代词，明辨指代关系。抓住关键词语，利用平行结构、上下文（包括定义、释义、举例、对比、标点）进行判断与推理。