阅读理解 "Years ago, a friend of mine observed that 80 percent of the people in this country have too much self-esteem and 20 percent have much too little. That struck me as pretty accurate, but psychologists will tell you that self-esteem is not a constant. People's appraisal of their own worth varies...I have the impression that more people have unstable self-esteem than before. I say this because some of the traditional standards people used to measure their own worth have eroded(middle class respectability), whereas more people now seem to measure themselves against celebrities and superstars. It would be interesting to know if anybody has studied changes in the criteria we use to measure self-worth. "
Comment 1:
You bring up an interesting point because I do believe values and beliefs have changed. It would be very interesting to see the criteria used for self-worth. I find it hard to believe that only 20% of people have low self-esteem. I've been following Brene Brown's thoughts on the subject of self-worth, and low self-worth(on some level)seems much more common.
Comment 2:
If the quality of one's self-esteem is going to be judged by comparisons with those who are celebrities and superstars, then the entire exercise is really pointless.
Comment 3:
Self-esteem solution: A happy marriage.
Comment 4:
Ego(self-worth)is proportionate to wealth. The more wealth, the more self-worth.
Comment 5:
Benjamin Franklin said it best, and it applies to all facets of life. "Contentment will make a poor man rich just as discontent will make a rich man poor. " It does not mean not try to do your best, or be the richest. It simply means once you've done your best, be content with yourself, just as if you don't give your best effort, discontent is sure to follow.
Comment 6:
I've "retired" from 30 years of expensive, if interesting, "personal growth" and "self-improvement" much probably motivated by trying to "fix" myself. Hanging out with friends at a local cafe is a way more satisfying.
Comment 7:
A related concept you may be interested in is the "sociometer theory" of self-esteem pioneered by Mark Leary(Wake Forest). Basically it states that our self-esteem is determined by the amount of perceived social acceptance/rejection, and that determination is full of cognitive biases and errors. Awesome stuff.
单选题 21.The main idea of the quoted blog is that______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】主旨题。首段引用的话主要说自尊不是一个常数，传统的用来衡量人们自身价值的标准已经被侵蚀了，如今更多的人参照名人和超级明星来评价自己，衡量自我价值的标准已经发生了变化，故选C。
单选题 22.Among all the comments, which of the following choices brings in authoritative sources in their discussion?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。在这七个评论中，评论1、5、7中包含比较权威的人士Brene Brown，BenjaminFranklin，Mark Leary，所以这三个评论比较权威，故选C。
单选题 23.What all the commentators try to respond to in their writing is______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】推断题。评论1中出现了“the criteria used for self-worth”；评论2中出现“self-esteem isgoing to be judged by”；评论4中出现了“The more wealth，the more self-worth”；评论7中出现了“our self-esteem is determined by”。根据这些信息我们可以推断出，评论人员在他们的评论中想要表达的都是自尊的衡量标准，故选B。
单选题 24.Why does the writer of Comment 5 try to clarify Benjamin Franklin's saying?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】目的意图题。评论5主要对本杰明·富兰克林的话“知足可使穷人变富人，不知足可使富人变穷人”进行了解释：这并不意味着不去努力做得最好、变得最富有；它仅仅意味着，一旦你全力以赴，就要满足，就像如果你不尽自己最大努力当然不会满足一样。故选B。
单选题 25.What is the writer's attitude toward the "sociometer theory" in Comment 7?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】观点态度题。根据评论7中的“that determination is full of cognitive biases and errors．Awesome stuff．(这个决定因素充满认知偏差和错误。它是可怕的东西。)”可知，作者对“计量社会学理论”的态度是否定的，故选D。