单选题
We can make mistakes at any age. Some
mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. One might
say, "Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?" "When I got that great
job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck?"
"And Paul—why didn't I pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car?"
When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look
back, it's too late. Why are we wrong about our
friends—or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And
if we don't really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone
says to you, "You are a lucky dog". There's a bit of envy in those words. Maybe
he doesn't see it himself. But bringing in the "dog" he puts you down a little.
What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck.
"Just think of all the things you have to be thanking for" is
another noise that says one thing and means another. It could mean that the
speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a
whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem
isn't important. It's telling you to think of all the starving people in the
world when you have not got a date for Saturday night.
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a
good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he
says square with his tone of voice, his posture, the look in his eyes? Stop and
think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say
to you may save another mistake. Therefore, when you
hear some one saying, please try to know what he really means. Don't just listen
to what he says with your ears but feel the words he uses with your head. In
this way you may make fewer mistakes.
单选题
In the first paragraph, the writer refers to "most mistakes are about
people." What is the meaning of this sentence?
A. It is often that people cannot understand the real meaning behind
someone's words.
B. People usually tell lies.
C. People always doubt each other.
D. People don't like to listen to someone's talks.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 第二段中提到“Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning．And if we don't really listen，we miss the feeling behind the words.”因此，在人际交往方面，我们最常见的错误是不能很好地理解对方的言外之意。四个选项中只有A符合题意。
单选题
In the first paragraph, the writer recalls some things that happened
between him and his friends. He______.
A. feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him.
B. feels he may not have "read" his friends true feelings correctly.
C. thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend,
Helen.
D. is sorry that his friends let him down.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 从第一段“When we look back，doubts like these can make us feel bad.”，我们不难看出作者认为自己并没有真正理解他朋友的意思，而其他三个选项的理解都是有误的。故正确答案为B。
单选题
In the second paragraph, the writer talks about someone saying "You are
a lucky dog." He is saying that______.
A. the speaker of this sentence is just being friendly.
B. "dog" can't be used to refer to people.
C. this saying means the same as "You are a lucky guy" or "you are a lucky
gal."
D. sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind
the words.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 文中并没有说到“狗”不能用来指代人，所以排除B，而A，C的意思都是认为他的朋友在羡慕他，夸他，但从“But bringing in the ‘dog' he put you down a little．What he may be saying is that he doesn't think you deserve your luck”就可得出他的朋友并不是真正是这个意思，所以选D。
单选题
This passage tries to tell you how to______.
A. avoid mistakes about money and friends
B. "size up" people
C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you
单选题
In order to know what he says, the writer wants us to
A. feel his words
B. repeat his words
C. just listen to his words
D. ignore his words
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 文中第五段的“Don't just listen to what he says with your ears but feel the words he uses with your head.”作者是在告诉我们要用大脑去思考，去体会别人所说的话，而B项指重复他人的话，C项指听一听别人所说的话，D项指不理会别人说的话，都不对，故选A。