3．When I was about 12，I had an enemy，a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings．Week by week her list grew：I was very thin； I wasn't a good student； I talked too much； I was too proud and so on．I tried to bear all these things as long as I could．At last，I became very angry．I ran to my father with tears in my eyes．
He listened to me quietly，then he asked，"Are the things she said true or not？Janet，didn't you ever wonder what you are really like？Well，you now have the girl's opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said，mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to other things she said．"
I did as he told me．To my great surprise，I discovered that about half of the things were true．Some of them I couldn't change （like being very thin），but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change．For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself．
I brought the list back to Daddy．He refused to take it，"That's just for you，"he said．"You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself．But you have to learn to listen，not just closing your ears in anger and feeling hurt．When something that is said about you is true，you'll find it will be of help to you．Don't shut your ears．Listen to other people's opinions，but hear the truth and do what you think is right．"
Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments．In my life，I've never had a better piece of advice．
55．The underlined sentence"Week by week her list grew"means"D"．
A．Week by Week，my shortcomings grew more serious
B．She had made a list of shortcomings and kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer
C．I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on
D．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and point them out
56．Why did her father listen to her quietly？A
A．Because he believed that what her daughter's enemy said was mostly true．
B．Because he had been so angry with his daughter's shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while．
C．Because he didn't believe in his daughter
D．Because he wasn't quite sure which girl was telling the truth．
57．What did the father do after he heard his daughter's complaint？C
A．He told her not to pay any attention to what her"enemy"said．
B．He criticized her and told her to overcome her shortcomings．
C．He told her to write down all that her"enemy"had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true．
D．He refused to take the list and have a look at it．
58．Which do you think would be the best title for this passage？C
A．Not an Enemy，but a Best Friend
B．My Father
C．The Best Advice I've Ever Had
D．My Childhood．
分析 本文講述了作者的一個女同學老喜歡指出他的缺點，作者為此生氣，困惑．在父親有意識的開導建議下，作者認識到了真正的自己，從而改正自己的缺點，最后得出結論：這是他聽過的最好的建議．
解答 55．D從第一段第二句 a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings（缺點）．Week by week her list grew可知是指她發(fā)現(xiàn)我更多的缺點并指出來，故選答案D，
56．A從第三段父親對作者的教誨可知他認為她女兒的所謂的敵人的話大部分是真的，他沉默只是思考怎樣幫女兒打開心結，故選A．
57．C從第二段整段內容可知，面對女兒的抱怨和不滿，父親提出了一系列的問題，讓她思考．再根據(jù)Go and make a list of everything she said，mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to other things she said可知選擇答案C
58．C從文章倒數(shù)第二段Don't shut your ears．Listen to other people's opinions，but hear the truth and do what you think is right．"和最后一段總結句In my life，I've never had a better piece of advice可推斷出文章的最佳標題為C．
點評 本文講述了作者的一個女同學老喜歡指出他的缺點，作者為此生氣，困惑．在父親有意識的開導建議下，作者認識到了真正的自己，從而改正自己的缺點的一個故事，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．
