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1、重庆市万州分水中学高三英语一轮复习：阅读理解（二）CWho’sincontrolofyourlife?Whoispullingyourstring?Forthemajorityofus,it’sotherpeople—society,colleagues,friends,familyorourreligiouscommunity.Welearnedthiswayofoperatingwhenwewereveryyoung,ofcourse.Wewerebrainwashed.Wediscoveredthatfeelingimportantand
2、feelingacceptedwasaniceexperienceandsowelearnedtodoeverythingwecouldtomakeotherpeoplelikeus.AsOscarWildeputsit,“Mostpeopleareotherpeople.Theirthoughtsaresomeoneelse’sopinions,theirlivesamimicry(模仿),theirpassionsaquotation.”Sowhenpeopletellushowwonderfulweare,itmakesusfeelgoo
3、d.Welongforthisgoodfeelinglikeadrug.Therefore,wearesoeagerfortheapprovalofothersthatweliveunhappyandlimitedlives,failingtodothethingswereallywantto.Justasdrugaddictsandalcoholicsliveworsenedlivestokeepgettingtheirfix(一剂毒品).Weworsenourownexistencetogetourownconstantfixofappro
4、val.But,justaswithanydrug,thereisapricetopay.Thepriceoftheapprovaldrugisfreedom—thefreedomtobeourselves.Thetruthisthatwecannotcontrolwhatotherpeoplethink.Peoplehavetheirownagenda,andtheycomewiththeirownbaggageand,intheend,they'remoreinterestedinthemselvesthaninyou.Furthermor
5、e,ifwetrytolivebytheopinionsofothers,wewillbuildourlifeonsinkingsand.Everyonehasadifferentwayofthinking,andpeoplechangetheiropinionsallthetime.Thepersonwhotriestopleaseeveryonewillonlyendupgettingexhaustedandprobablypleasingnooneintheprocess.Sohowcanwetakebackcontrol?Ithinkt
6、here’sonlyoneway—makeaconsciousdecisiontostopcaringwhatotherpeoplethink.Weshouldguideourselvesbymeansofasetofvalues---notvaluesimposed（强加）fromtheoutsidebyothers,butinnatevalueswhichcomefromwithin.Ifwearedrivenbythesevaluesandnotbythechangingopinionsandvaluesystemsofothers,we
7、willliveamoreauthentic,effective,purposefulandhappylife.48.WhatOscarWildesaysimpliesthat_____________.A.wehavethoughtssimilartothoseofothersB.mostpeoplehaveavarietyofthoughtsC.mostpeople’sthoughtsarecontrolledbyothersD.otherpeople’sthoughtsaremoreimportant49.Whatdoestheautho
8、rtrytoargueinthethirdparagraph?A.Wemayloseourselvestopleaseothers.B.Changin
