单选题
Fear and its companion pain are two of the most useful
things that men and animals possess, if they are properly used. If fire did not
hurt when it burnt, children would play it until their hands were burnt away.
Similarly, if pain existed but fear did not, a child would burn itself again and
again, because fear would not warn it to keep away from the fire that had burn
it before. A really fearless soldier—and some do exist—is not a good soldier
because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and
pain are therefore two guards without which men and animals might soon die
out. In our first sentence we suggested that fear ought to be
properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the
danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting
fear rule you too much. Even in your house you are not absolutely safe: an
airplane may crash on your house, or ants may eat away some of the beams in your
roof so that the latter falls on you, or you may get cancer!
The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead to use fear as your
servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what
action to take. In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid
the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns
you, you jump out of the way, and all is well. In some cases,
however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger.
For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing onto your house. In this
case, fear has given you its warning; you have examined it and decided on your
course, of action, so fear of this particular danger is no longer of any use to
you, and you have to try to overcome it.
单选题
Children would play with fire until their hands were burnt away if
______.
A. they were given no warning beforehand
B. they had never burnt themselves
C. they had no sense of pain
D. they were fearful of the fire
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 从第一段第二句即可知正确答案为C项。
单选题
A really fearless soldier ______.
A. is of little use to the army
B. is without equal
C. is nothing but a dead soldier
D. easily gets killed in a battle
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 从第一段倒数第二句可知正确答案为D项。
单选题
Fear should be used properly because ______.
A. an airplane may crash on your house
B. you may get cancer
C. fear can only be used as a servant and guide
D. men are now letting fear rule them too much
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 从第二段第一句和第三段第一句，就可知正确答案为C项。
单选题
People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because ______.
A. they have gained experience
B. they jump out of the way in time
C. they are calm in face of danger
D. they are warned of the danger and can take quick action