2016-2017学年高考英语阅读理解解析汇编（139）
【语篇解读】 文章主要讲述了自信对于取得成功的重要性，及其在人们日常生活中的重要作用。
1．Those who are truly confident ________．
A．succeed without effort and hard work
B．gain the confidence of others and feel successful
C．appear more attractive and thus become successful
D．encourage people around to become confident
答案 D [细节理解题。由第一段第二句可知“我们的自信可以反过来激励他人的自信。”所以说可以鼓励他人变得自信。]
2．The underlined word “mock” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________．
A．punish B．imitate C．laugh at D．praise for
答案 C [词义猜测题。由前后文可知即使他人嘲笑或批评你的想法，你也要做你认为是正确的事情。]
3．When others congratulate us on our achievements, we are supposed to ________．
A．praise them in return
B．gain further improvement
C．expect them to congratulate you again
D．politely accept the compliments
答案 D [细节理解题。由第五段第二、三句可知“你可以优雅地等待别人对你所取得成就的祝贺和赞扬”也就是可以礼貌地接受别人的赞美。]
4．Which of the following sayings best expresses the meaning of Paragraph 4?
A．Learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones.
B．It is no use crying over spilt milk.
C．Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% efforts.
D．Look before your leap.
答案 A [主旨大意题。通读第四段可知，其大意是告诉我们要勇于承认自己的错误并从中学习，并在日后避免同样的错误。]