Question

When I was in college, I remember hearing about a book titled “Looking Out for Number One”. I never read the book, but the title has always stuck with me. I think it was because the title turned me off. I hadn’t been taught to be so selfish that I should be focused on only me . I thought I needed to be helping others and, along the way, I would also be helping myself. Now, I realize I should have at least considered learning more about looking out for number one.

Over 30 years after seeing the book about looking out for number one I’m realizing number one, me, is the person I should be concerned about first. Jeffrey Gitomer asks the question, “Who is the most important person in the world?” Most people answer, the customer. He then asks, if there were only two people left in the world, the customer and you, who would you want to survive ? Now the answer is me.

It makes me sense that if we can’t help ourselves first, we will never be prepared to help others. We all need to learn to control our lives and make the best decisions for ourselves. That will put us in a position to help others in the future . But many of us are slow to understand this.

It has been said that happiness will bring success, but success doesn’t always bring happiness. We all want to be happy and successful. For some of us can be very happy when our basic needs are met and our family are safe. Others will seek high levels of success thinking that will bring happiness. I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy at all. This is because they have been so busy working for somebody else’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.

1.Who does the writer think is the most important person in the world now?

A. Others          B. Himself

C. The customer    D. Jeffrey Gitomer

2.The underlined words“ turned me off” in Paragraph 1 probably mean “________”.

A. made me excited       B. made me bored

C. made me surprised       D. made me pleased

3.From the third paragraph we can learn ________.

A. we should help others instead of ourselves

B. we need help others make the best decisions

C. helping others can help control our lives

D. actually few of us understand this idea earlier

4. Why do some successful people not feel happy at all?

A. Because they don’t believe success always brings happiness.

B. Because their basic needs are not completely met.

C .Because they seek for too high levels of success.

D. Because they haven’t been working for their own goals.

5. The best title for the passage is “______________”.

A. Considering Our Own Needs First

B. The Most Important in the World

C. Helping Others First

D. Happiness and Success

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：作者认为可以根据世界的标准认为一个人是非常成功的，但他们似乎一点也不快乐。这是因为他们一直忙着考虑别人的目标，他们还没有考虑自己需要的。人们首先要学会控制好自己的生活和为自己做出最好的决定。

1.B细节理解题。根据文中信息Over 30 years after seeing the book about looking out for number one I’m realizing number one, me, is the person I should be concerned about first.可知现在作者认为世界上最重要的人是他自己，故选B。

2.B词义猜测题。根据原文句意可知我认为就是这个题目使我感到无聊，所以选B。

3.D段落大意题。根据此段描述及最后一句But many of us are slow to understand this.可知此段讲的是对首先关注自我这一想法很少人能很早认识到，故选D。

4.D细节理解题。根据文中描述 I’m sure we can think of a person who is very successful, according to the world’s standards (标准), but they don’t appear to be happy at all. This is because they have been so busy working for somebody else’s goals that they haven’t considered their own needs.可知一些成功人士之所以不幸福是因为他们只是为别人的目标而工作着，而没有考虑到他们自己的需要，故选D。

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考点：人生百味类短文阅读