2019年6月CET4阅读理解练习（9）

Everyone has good days and bad days.Sometimes，you feel as if you’re on top of the world and all the questions on your maths test might seem easy.But occasionally you feel horrible，and you lose things and you cannot focus on your schoolwork.

For more than 20 years，scientists have suggested that high self­esteem(自尊)is the key to success.Kids who feel good about themselves，said scientists，do better in school and have fewer emotional(情感的)and behavioral problems than kids who have a low opinion of themselves.

Now new research shows that focusing just on building self­esteem can bring bad results if it makes you less likeable or more upset when you fail in something.

“Forget about self­esteem，” says Jennifer Crocker，a psychologist at the University of Michigan，US.“It’s not the most important thing.”

Crocker’s advice may sound a bit strange because it is good to feel good about yourself.

Studies show that people with high self­esteem are less likely to be depressed，anxious，shy，or lonely than those with low self­esteem.

But，after reviewing about 18 000 studies on self­esteem，Roy Baumeister，a psychologist at Florida State University，has found that building up your self­esteem will not necessarily make you a better person.

He believes that violent and wicked(邪恶的)people often have the highest self­esteem of all.He also said，“There is no evidence that kids with high self­esteem do better in school.”

All types of people have problems.People with high self­esteem can have big egos(自我)that can make them less likeable to their peers(同龄人)，said Kathleen Vohs.She is a professor of marketing science and consumer psychology at the University of British Columbia in Canada.

People with high self­esteem tend to think more of themselves，Vohs says.People with low self­esteem are more likely to rely on their friends when they need help.

1. By saying “Everyone has good days and bad days.” at the beginning of the passage，the author means “______”.

A. everybody has the chance to succeed in doing something

B. everybody would feel good and sometimes feel terrible

C. luck plays a key point in people’s lives

D. people all over the world are actually equal to have the chance to win

2. New research about self­esteem is different from old research on the point that______.

A. it has a bad effect on people’s feelings

B. it is not so helpful for people to succeed

C. it only makes people less likeable or more upset

D. it often makes you fail at something

3. According to Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs，______.

A. violent and wicked people did better when they were young in school

B. a better person is usually one who has low self­esteem

C. high self­esteem people often do what they like without considering others’ feelings

D. most people with high­esteem will end up in crime

　　参考答案及解析

【答案】 (1)B (2)B (3)C

【解析】(1)这句话后面的内容阐释了这句话的含义：自我感觉良好的时候一切都尽在掌握中，感觉不好的时候则会显得一切都不尽如人意。

(2)“ Studies show that people with high self­esteem are less likely to be depressed，anxious，shy，or lonely than those with low self­esteem”和“...，Roy Baumeister，...has found that building up your self­esteem will not necessarily make you a better person.”是两个关于自尊的研究，后一个与前一个不同的是，它的研究结果表明，建立自尊并一定使人更加出色。

(3)“ violent and wicked people often have the highest self­esteem of all.”表明了Roy Baumeister的看法;Kathleen Vohs则认为，“People with high self­esteem tend to think more of themselves”。