9．When I was about 12，I had an enemy，a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings（缺點）．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 hear all this 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 says true or not？Janet，didn't you ever wonder what you're really like？Well，you now have that girl's opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．
Pay attention to the other things she said．''
I did as he told me．To my great surprise，I discovered that about half 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 go to 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 close your ears in anger and feeling hurt．When something said about you is true，you'll find it will be of help to you．Our world is full of people who think they know your duty．Don't shut your ears．Listen to them all，but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do．"
Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments．In my life，I've never had a better piece of advice．
6．What did the father do after he had heard his daughter's complaint？C
A．He told her not to pay any attention to what her"enemy"had said．
B．He criticized （批評） her and told her to overcome her shortcomings．
C．He told her to write down all that her"enemy"had said about her ad pay attention only to the things that were true．
D．He refused to take the list and have a look at it．
7．What does"Week by week her list grew"mean？A
A．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me．
B．She had made a list of my shortcomings and she 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，my shortcomings grew more serious．
8．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 knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment．
D．Because he wasn't quite sure which girl was telling the truth．
9．Which do you think would be the best title for this passage？B
A．Not an Enemy，but the Best Friend
B．The Best Advice I've Ever Had
C．My Father
D．My Childhood．
分析 這是一篇人物故事類閱讀，短文主要講述一個小女孩總是指出我缺點的，我很生氣，最后向爸爸求助，爸爸建議說你也許真的是那樣的人，最后證明小女孩說的一半的事情是真的，這個故事告訴我們，在我們的生活中，經常遇到很多問題需要向他人尋求建議，而有些建議你應該接受，也許它會影響你一生．
解答 6-9 CAAB
6 C．細節理解題．根據第四行Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．去把她說的每一句都列出來，并標出真實的地方．可知，爸爸讓她寫下她所有的"敵人"，并且只注意那些真實的東西．選C．
7 A 細節理解題．根據第一行a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings（缺點）．Week by week her list grew一個喜歡指出我缺點的女孩，她的清單一周一周地增長．可知，指的是她一周又一周地發現了我的缺點，并把它們告訴了我．選A．
8 A．細節理解題．根據第二段Well，you now have that girl's opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．好了，你現在有了那個女孩的意見，去把她說的每一句話都列出來，并標出真實的地方．及第三段I discovered that about half the things were true．我發現有一半的事情是真的．可知，父親安靜地聽了她的抱怨后，讓她列清單看看哪些是真的，結果一半的事情是真的，說明"因為他相信女兒的"敵人"說的大多是真的．"，選A．
9 B．標題猜測題．根據最后一段Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments．In my life，I've never had a better piece of advice．可知爸爸的忠告在許多重要的時刻回到我身邊，在我的生活中，我從來沒有一個更好的建議．可知，標題可以是"我有過最好的建議"． 選B．
點評 一、速讀全文，了解大意知主題．
閱讀能力一般指閱讀速度和理解能力兩個方面．閱讀速度是閱讀最基本的能力．考生必須在十分有限的時間內運用略讀、掃讀、跳讀等技巧快速閱讀，搜尋關鍵詞、主題句，捕捉時空、順序、情節、人物、觀點，并且理清文章脈絡，把握語篇實質．
二、看題干，帶著問題讀文章．
首先要掌握問題的類型，客觀信息題可以從文章中直接找到答案；而主觀判斷題考查的是對文章的感情基調等，這類題必須經過對作者的態度、意圖以及對整篇文章進行深一層的推理等．其次，了解試題題干以及各個選項所包含的信息，然后有針對性地對文章進行掃讀，對有關信息進行快速定位．此法加強了閱讀的針對性，提高了做題的準確率．
三、邏輯推理，做好深層理解題．
在實際閱讀中，有時作者并未把意圖說出來，閱讀者要根據字面意思，通過語篇邏輯關系，研究細節的暗示，推敲作者的態度，理解文章的寓義．要求讀者對文字的表面信息進行分析、挖掘和邏輯推理，不能就事論事，以偏概全．推理題在提問中常用的詞有：infer，imply，suggest，indicate等．
四、猜詞悟義，掃除閱讀攔路虎．
猜詞是應用英語的重要能力．它不但需要準確無誤地理解上下文，而且要有較大的泛讀量，掌握或認識較多的課外詞匯．我們要學會"順藤摸瓜"，通過構詞，語法，定義，同位，對比，因果，常識，上下文等線索確定詞義．
