单选题 You've probably had the experience of having someone fall in love with you when you didn't return the feeling. In such a case it's hard to know what to do. You want to discourage your admirer. Yet, you don't want to be so obvious in your efforts that you make an enemy of him.
A friend of mine had this problem and handled it in the most graceful way I've ever seen. Instead of telling the young man that she found it tiresome to have him around so much, she devoted herself to introducing the young man to every girl she knew. Whenever she had a date with him, she arranged for them to drop in one of her girl friends. A few weeks was all it took for him to click (一见如故) with one of these girls, and then everyone was happy. The new girl and the young man got along just fine and both of them were grateful to my friend, which was just what she wanted him to be.
Of course this solution may not work for you. You may have your own way of dealing with the problem. But whatever you decide to do, keep one thing in mind-- the boy in question has feelings as sensitive as your own. So try to find a way of discouraging him without hurting him.

单选题 The best title for this passage would be ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为主旨大意题。最佳的标题实际上是考查考生对全文的理解。本篇文章谈的是如何推辞爱慕你的人而不伤害他。[A]选项“如何交朋友”显然不符合文章主旨；[B]选项“约会的问题”讲述的应该是约会时双方应注意的问题；[C]选项“给女孩子的忠告”可以是各种类别的忠告；[D]选项“如何从你的追求者中脱身”符合文章意思，为正确答案。

单选题 The main idea of this passage is ______.

A、 it is possible to discourage an admirer without hurting his feeling
B、 there are many solutions to the problems of dating
C、 an admirer has feeling as sensitive as our own
D、 it's tiresome to have someone around too much

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为主旨大意题。从作者女友成功推辞一位追求者的事例，以及文章结尾对读者的忠告可以看出本文的写作目的是在不伤害对方感情的前提下让追求者离开你。因此[A]选项“不伤害他感情的同时劝阻他是可能的”为正确选项。

单选题 The author's friend solved her problem by

A、 telling her admirer she got tired of having him around so much
B、 keeping on dating with her admirer
C、 avoiding meeting the young man any more
D、 bringing the young man to meet with another girl and still having him as a friend

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为归纳题。文章第二段讲述女友带着追求者一次又一次地邂逅其他女孩子，最终成功“摆脱”追求的故事。[A]选项的解决方法是告诉他她很讨厌他整天在身边转悠；[B]与追求者约会；[C]不再与这个年轻人见面。显然这些解决方法都不明智且不符合原文。因此正确答案是[D]。

单选题 The character of the author's friend can best be described as

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为推理题。作者朋友的性格可以从她对待追求者的方式上看出，她想方设法为年轻人寻找适合的伴侣而不是粗暴地拒绝他，表现出女友的善良。[A]选项“有同情心”；[C]选项“耐心”；[D]选项“狡猾”都不能正确描述作者女友的性格：[B]选项“机智的，得体的”，符合原文中第二段对女友处理方法的评论“…in the most graceful way I've ever seen”，说明女友机智，办事讲究策略而不伤害他人。

单选题 The author urges us to be

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。在文章最后作者给出忠告“So try to find a way of discouraging him without hurting him”表示被追求者在拒绝他人时应考虑到对方的细腻情感不能轻易伤害。作者劝告大家考虑问题要周到，要学会体谅对方。[A]选项“对每个人友好”，并不表示爱对方；[C]选项“了解男人的弱点”不是本文探讨的主题；[D]选项“回应他人的要求”并不表示不爱对方也应有回应，因此[B]选项“体谅他人”为正确答案。