One source of a poor
self-concept is an inaccurate self-perception. Such unrealistic pictures
sometimes come from being overly hard on yourself, believing that you're worse
than the facts indicate. By learning to take a realistic view of yourself, it
will be possible to see whether you have been selling yourself short. Of course,
it would be foolish to deny that you could be a better person than you are, but
it's also important to recognize your strengths. An
unrealistically poor self-concept can also arise from the inaccurate feedback of
others. Perhaps you are in an environment where you receive an excessive number
of downer messages, many of which are undeserved, and a minimum of upper
messages. We've known many housewives, for example' who have returned to college
after many years spent in homemaking, where they received virtually no
recognition for their intellectual strengths. It's amazing that these
women have the courage to come to college at all, so low are their
self-concepts; but come they do, and most are excited to find that they are much
brighter and more competent intellectually than they suspected. In the same way,
workers with overly critical supervisors, children with cruel "friends", and
students with unsupportive teachers all tend to have low self-concepts owing to
excessively negative feedback. If you fall into this category,
it's important to put the unrealistic evaluations you receive to attention and
then to seek out more supportive people who will acknowledge your value as well
as point out your shortcomings. Doing so is often a quick and sure
boost.
单选题
If you ______, you "sell yourself short".
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题为细节题。答案在第一段。线索词为“overly hard”，“worse than the facts indicate”，可见C项“underestimate your competence(低估自己的能力)”符合题意。A项“过高评价自己的能力”为C项的反义，是B项“错误的自我感知”的一种。D项意为“承认自己的长处”。
单选题
The subject matter of the second paragraph is ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此题为段落主旨题。答案在本段的主题句中。线索词为“feedback of others”。据此，B项为正确选项。与B较接近的D项只是本段中的一个具体的例子。
单选题
If you have unsupportive teachers, it is important ,first of all, to ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】此题为细节题。答案在最后一段。线索词为“important”和“put… to attention”。解题关键在题干中的“first of all”和文中的“then”，据此，A项是想要达到的结果，B和C是“然后”采取的行动，与题干中的“first of all”不符。因此D项为正确答案。
单选题
Why does the author think women usually have a poor self-concept of themselves?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】此题为细节题。答案在第二段。线索词为“received virtually no recognition”，据此，D项“因为她们的工作很少受到称赞”符合题意。A项有悖常理，因为持家不是造成此问题的必要条件。B项与文中矛盾，很难想象一个没有受过教育的人能“returned to college”。C项文中未提及。