The process of forgiveness can be a liberating experience. Interestingly, forgiveness can only occur because we have been given the gift of the ability to make choices. __1__ The choice of offering forgiveness develops along three steps.
At step one you are filled with selfjustified anger. At some point in your life you have been hurt and you are mad at the person who you feel has wronged you. You blame the person committing the wrong. __2__ You have forgotten that you have a choice as to how you will react.
The second step towards forgiveness emerges when after feeling angry with someone for a while you realize that the anger does not feel good to you. __3__ So you take steps to forgive. You may begin to see the problem from the other person's point of view or you may simply decide to let the problem go. __4__
The third stage of forgiveness comes after you have seen the beneficial results of forgiveness and you don't want to waste your precious life on discomfort. In this stage the choice is to work to either repair the relationship or let go of seeing the situation as a problem. __5__ At this stage you are aware that the length of time you experience the situation as a sorrow is primarily up to you.
A.If we want to forgive someone, no one can stop us.
B.We have the choice to forgive or not to forgive and no one can force us to do either.
C.In either case you decide to forgive because you have had some practice with it and see the benefit in your life.
D.It is their action and not your choice of response that you feel causes your anger.
E.In either case you are no longer angry and you have forgiven the person.
F.This could emerge in a situation where you are cut off by another car on the road.
G.It may be hurting your emotional balance or your physical health.
篇章导读:本文是一篇说明文,主要讲了原谅别人是一种自我选择,这种选择往往会经历三个主要阶段。
1.B 根据空格上一句,我们被给予了“选择”的能力,而B项(我们可以选择原谅或者不原谅,没有人可以强迫我们)承接上文,故选B。
2.D 根据空格上文,我们都在责怪别人,把错误归结在他们身上,而D项(你感觉是别人的行动不是自己的选择造成你的愤怒)与前文衔接紧密。故选D。
3.G 根据空前一句可知,当发现生气对自己不好时,原谅别人的行为才会出现,G项阐述生气的坏处,切题。故选G。
4.E 根据空前一句可知,当换角度看问题或者不再去理会那些问题的时候,那么就已经没那么生气了,E项承接前一句,故选E。
5.C 根据本段第一句可知,意识到原谅的益处之后,才会产生原谅的第三个阶段,而且第二句中的either ... or与C选项中的either对应,故选C。
—Good afternoon. My name is Peter. I’m the general manager of the personnel department. I’ll be interviewing you. Please sit down.
— 61 , Peter. My name’s Jon. Jon Smash.
—Well, Jon, it’s a pleasure to meet you. 62 .
—I’ve been a manager at Nike for over three years. I won manager of the year award two years ago, and I got promoted last August.
—OK. Tell me about yourself…your personality.
— 63 . I think before I act, and if something goes wrong in our company I always remain calm. I never scream at my employees. And I’ve never lost my temper.
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—I think I’m good at solving problems. 65 . I also love challenges. I work well under pressure. When my boss pushes me to finish a project early I always get it done and never complain.
—Jon, you seem like a very good manager. I like your ambition. You’re very confident and motivated. We like that here at Microsoft. Well, our interview is over……
A. I’m glad it’s you who will offer me the opportunity to get the job B. I enjoy approaching problems directly C. Nice to meet you D. What are your strengths E. I owe my success to my employees F. Tell me about your work experience G. I think I’m very level-headed |
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