Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

It is very common for you to find yourself in an unfamiliar situation.   1.  Yes, everyone tells you to stand on your own two feet and take responsibility for your action, but if you haven’t experienced a situation before, how can you know what to do?

We usually try our best to do everything on our own and not to rely on others, but at certain times calling for help is the best way forward. You can picture the scene of the man—it is usually a man—driving blindly around an unfamiliar town looking for an address he doesn’t know.   2.   And he could get to his appointment on time. It is obvious to everybody in such a case that asking for help is not a sign of weakness, but rather the sensible thing to do.

  3.  For example, you are looking for a new job and need to write your resume（简历）. If your pride prevents you from getting help and you just do the writing yourself, it may well cost the opportunity you are seeking. Similarly, when you just started a new job, you often don’t want to admit that you haven’t got the knowledge to finish a particular task, so you keep going and eventually make things worse than they were. This may lead to a diminishing(贬低) of you in the eyes of the boss.   4. 

Now you can see that asking for help is not a sign of weakness but is the sensible and mature thing to do. 5. Making your life easier by asking for and using knowledgeable help is not a sign of weakness, but is actually quite a clever thing to do.

A. What’s worse, you are most likely to lose the new job.

B. Actually speaking, asking for help is not a sign of weakness.

C. There are times when you know you don’t have the relevant experience.

D. If only he would stop and ask for directions, he could save lots of time.

E. However, many people tend to make mistakes over and over when help is available.

F. You will also recognize expert help would save your time, energy and money.

G. You can accustom yourself to asking for help sooner or later.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.F

【解析】

试题分析：向别人寻求帮助未尝不是一件坏事，向别人请教在很大程度上会帮助自己成功。

1.B 根据下文的but at certain times calling for help is the best way forward.（但是在有些情况下，寻求帮助是最好的前进的方式）所以可以看出，作者的目的是在探讨向他人寻求帮助的利好，也是本文的中心论点，所以B项与文本中心最契合。

2. 根据上文的looking for an address he doesn’t know.，故作者在此要抛出一个实际例子来证明他的观点，即除非他停下来问路，他可以节省很多时间。选D项。

3. 该空位于句首，所以是概括整段内容，又根据后面的具体例子，可以推断出应该是介绍人们做一些不拿手或不经常做的事情，故选C。

4. 根据上文的make things worse than they were可以看出，如果在某些情况下不向他人寻求帮助，就会搞砸一些事情。该段是在论述不向他人寻求帮助的弊端，故选A。

5. 根据后文的Making your life easier（使你的生活跟容易），所以这句是说向别人寻求帮助的时候你能得到的好处，故选F项。