解放军文职招聘考试不同年龄段的坏习惯

    We may not suck our thumbs any more, but as we get older we get other bad habits. We can’t give them up easily, either.(Anyone who has tried to give up smoking knows this very well!) Each period brings its own problems. In babyhood, it’s thumb-sucking; in childhood, it’s nail-biting; in our teens, it’s smoking; in middle-age, it’s over-eating, and so on. And if anyone tells you that he has no bad habits, you can be sure that he must have the worst habit of all.

1. Generally speaking, a child likes ______.

    A. sucking thumbs  B. biting nails  C. smoking     D. eating too much

2. According to the passage, now we have good habits such as  personal    cleanliness, for which we benefit from _______.

A. the social conditions          B. some strict rules

C. our friends’ kind help         D. our mothers’ early training

3. At the end of the story the writer says "And if anyone tells you that he has no bad habits, you can be sure that he must have the worst habit of all". Here what do you suppose the worst habit is?

A. Reading.      B. Playing.       C. Walking.        D. Lying.

4. Which of the following is NOT true to the passage?

A. It is very difficult to get rid of our habits.

B. At different ages people have different bad habits.

C. Giving up smoking is as difficult as giving up other bad habits.

D. Sucking thumbs is a young child’s bad habit.

【答案与解析】本文主要讲人在不同的年龄阶段有不同的坏习惯，并且这些习惯都是很难改掉的。

1. B。细节题。根据 …in childhood, it’s nail-biting 可知答案为B。

2. D。细节题。根据第1段 …your mother’s efforts to train you. The good habits you now have in such matters as personal cleanliness were part of this early training 可知答案为D。

3. D。判断题。根据常识每个人或多或少都有一点坏习惯，所以说如果一个人说他没有坏习惯，他就是在说谎；而在所有的这些坏习惯中，说谎是个最大的坏习惯。所以此题答案为D。

4. D。细节题。根据原文A、B、C 三项说法是正确的；根据原文第2段 In babyhood, it’s thumb-sucking; in childhood, it’s nail-biting 可知 D 项说法是错误的，所以此题答案为 D。