题文
People who show confidence really seem to have it made. They seize more rewarding careers, keep good relationships, and just seem to do everything with more styles than the rest of us.So what is the secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop. And although people who are raised in an encouraging environment with confident role models have a hard start in self-confidence development, we all can learn to become more confident at any age.
Try these simple tips for practising and increasing your self-confidence levels:
Dare to fail. Anybody who’s out there bravely performing is going to fail repeatedly. If you are not failing, you are not trying. So don’t take failure too hard or too personally. Just learn to deal with it and use its lessons to keep improving.
When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because, if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.
Dress for success. You don’t have to be beautiful to be confident. Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages.
Listen to yourself. You are the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.
Build a confident vocabulary. Stop putting yourself down and give up continually blaming your tiny weaknesses. Learn to show up your strong points and the world will learn to see and celebrate them with you.
Pass on the praise. Praise others for their virtues and strengths. This practice will not decrease your confidence, but help increase it.
小题1:The passage is written mainly __________.A．to explain the definition of self-confidenceB．to explain the secret of self-confidenceC．to tell people how important self-confidence isD．to tell people how to build self-confidence小题2:The main idea of the sixth paragraph is __________.A．to be confident means to have no disadvantagesB．taking full advantage of your physical characters will help you be confidentC．your unique characters will help you be confident and be successfulD．to be confident means to be beautiful小题3:All the following are tips to increase your self-confidence level EXCEPT______.A．not to be afraid of failureB．dress yourself properlyC．pretend to know everything D．make your advantages more obvious小题4:_______ will weaken your self-confidence.A．Praising others for their strong pointsB．Always following others’ advice to do thingsC．Giving up blaming your weaknessesD．Believing in yourself 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
自信的人往往在事业上更上一层楼，有着良好的人际关系，处理事情的方式也多种多样。自信心是一种技能和习惯。自信的培养没有年龄限制，任何年龄段的人都能够变得更加自信。
小题1:根据第二段“o what is the secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop.”和第三段“Try these simple tips for practising and increasing your self-confidence levels”可知，文章讲的是如何增强自信心，故选D。
小题2:根据“Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages.”可知，成分利用你自身的性格特点也能够帮助你增加自信心，故选C。
小题3:根据第五段“When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because, if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.”可知，当有疑问时，要假装自己知道该怎样做，相信自己的能力能够增加你的经验，C项“假装知道一切”是对本段的曲解，故选C。
小题4:根据“Listen to yourself. You are the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.”可知，要听从自己内心的声音，不能一味地听他人的建议。故选B。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“People who show conf.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
