I was painfully shy as a child. In high school I would avoid participating in class discussions. I was too afraid to talk to anyone but my closest friends~ I would think about being less shy, wanting the courage not only to ask a girl out, but to speak up in class and say what I was thinking. Yet, it never happened. Fears showed themselves in such self-conscious questions as, What will other people think? What if she says no? I felt a dark presence in my mind holding me back.
This shyness continued into college. One day, the question occurred to me: Is life shy?
The thought surprised me ! Think of the leaves bursting out in the spring time, the bird singing at dawn, the sheer number of different forms of life, all expressing the wideness and scope of divine life. There's nothing shy about it. Life is everywhere and attention-grabbing (引人注意的). So, if my creator isn't shy about all the life that needs expressing, I don't need to be either.
I realized that if I wanted to overe fear and shyness, I would have to put this law of life into practice~ Shyness, fear, and loneliness were hindering me from living my life as life: God wanted me to live it. Therefore, I decided to live how life saw me.
One example: I wrote a note to a girl, asking her out on a date. Even as I was writing it, the fears of disaffirmation and unworthiness came to me. This time however, instead of shrinking back and hiding from the fear, I put the note in the campus mail in spite of myself. I thought: whether she says yes or no, it's still right for me not to be shy. I can live with the confidence sent from the source of my life. The girl saw me in class the next day and told me that she would love to go out with me. I should not have been so surprised!
Bit by bit, I was proving that the limited view of myself no longer had control over me. After college, I worked as a newspaper reporter, earned an advanced degree in theater, became a productive writer (a lifelong dream), met a special woman whom I married, and even got a job teaching at a university.
【小题1】The writer was shy as a child because of .A．awareness that life is shyB．lack of courage to speak out in publicC．fear of others' attitude and reactionD．failure in his participation in class discussion【小题2】The law in Paragraph 4 refers to the fact that .A．life is attention-grabbing and divineB．God treats everything and everyone fairlyC．everything in nature is in the favour of GodD．the creator of life which needs expressing isn't shy【小题3】It can be learnt from Paragraph 5 that the writer .A．didn't hesitate before sending the noteB．wouldn't regret sending the note despite the resultC．was not surprised when the girl agreed to go outD．believed in God and felt encouraged by the wideness of life【小题4】The underlined word disaffirmation in Paragraph 5 probably means .A．rejectionB．laughterC．regretD．horror【小题5】The purpose of writing the text is to .A．blame those who are shy and unconfidentB．persuade people to have confidence in their careerC．share the personal experience with the readersD．prove that the overe of shyness helps achieve successC
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(答案→)C
解析：本文通过自己克服害羞取得人生和事业成功的故事告诉我们克服了害羞可以帮助我们取得成功。
【小题1】C 细节题。根据第一段后两行Fears showed themselves in such self-conscious questions as, What will other people think? What if she says no? I felt a dark presence in my mind holding me back.说明我过于在意别人的看法导致我很害羞，故C正确。
【小题2】D 推理题。根据第三段最后3行There's nothing shy about it. Life is everywhere and attention-grabbing (引人注意的). So, if my creator isn't shy about all the life that needs expressing, I don't need to be either.说明D正确。
【小题3】B 细节题。根据第五段I thought: whether she says yes or no, it's still right for me not to be shy. I can live with the confidence sent from the source of my life.说明他不后悔自己的行为，故B正确。
【小题4】A 推理题。根据Even as I was writing it, the fears of disaffirmation and unworthiness came to me. This time however, instead of shrinking back and hiding from the fear, I put the note in the campus mail in spite of myself.说明在这个时候他也担忧会被拒绝，故该词应该是指拒绝，故A正确。
【小题5】D 主旨大意题。本文通过自己克服害羞取得人生和事业成功的故事告诉我们克服了害羞可以帮助我们取得成功，故D正确。