题目
Women still have an uneasy relationship with power and the traits necessary to be a leader. There is this internalized fear that if we are really powerful, we are going to be considered heartless or unpleasantly aggressive or forceful. We are still working at trying to overcome the fear that power and womanliness are mutually exclusive. In my case, I think I may have had an easier time dealing with this fear because my first taste of leadership came in a situation in which I was a (幸福地)ignorant outsider. It was in college, when I became president of the Cambridge Union debating society. Since I had grown up in Greece, I had never heard of the Cambridge Union or the Oxford Union and didn’t know about their place in English culture, so I wasn’t weighed down with the kinds of overwhelming notions that may have stopped British girls from even thinking about trying for such a position. The same thing happened when my first book, The Female Woman, came out. I was 23 and my U.S. publisher, Random House, flew me from London to New York. They handed me my schedule, and my first interview was with Barbara Waiters on the Today show. This didn’t confuse and shock me since I had no idea who Barbara Waiters was, and had never heard of the Today show. So I was less nervous than if I had been on a local show in A-thens that my family and classmates could have watched. In this way, it was a blessing that I started my career outside my home environment. It had its own problems in that I was laughed at for my accent and was (贬低)as someone who spoke in a funny way. But it also taught me that it is easier to overcome people’s judgments than to overcome our own serf-judgment, the fear we internalize. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, "If you want to change the world, who do you begin with, yourself or others " I believe if we begin with ourselves and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better.In what situation did the author find it easier to deal with fear A. When she had her first book published.B. When she was in an unfamiliar culture.C. When she was with friends and family.D. When she got used to facing the public.
Women still have an uneasy relationship with power and the traits necessary to be a leader. There is this internalized fear that if we are really powerful, we are going to be considered heartless or unpleasantly aggressive or forceful. We are still working at trying to overcome the fear that power and womanliness are mutually exclusive. In my case, I think I may have had an easier time dealing with this fear because my first taste of leadership came in a situation in which I was a (幸福地)ignorant outsider. It was in college, when I became president of the Cambridge Union debating society. Since I had grown up in Greece, I had never heard of the Cambridge Union or the Oxford Union and didn’t know about their place in English culture, so I wasn’t weighed down with the kinds of overwhelming notions that may have stopped British girls from even thinking about trying for such a position. The same thing happened when my first book, The Female Woman, came out. I was 23 and my U.S. publisher, Random House, flew me from London to New York. They handed me my schedule, and my first interview was with Barbara Waiters on the Today show. This didn’t confuse and shock me since I had no idea who Barbara Waiters was, and had never heard of the Today show. So I was less nervous than if I had been on a local show in A-thens that my family and classmates could have watched. In this way, it was a blessing that I started my career outside my home environment. It had its own problems in that I was laughed at for my accent and was (贬低)as someone who spoke in a funny way. But it also taught me that it is easier to overcome people’s judgments than to overcome our own serf-judgment, the fear we internalize. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, "If you want to change the world, who do you begin with, yourself or others " I believe if we begin with ourselves and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better.In what situation did the author find it easier to deal with fear
- A. When she had her first book published.
- B. When she was in an unfamiliar culture.
- C. When she was with friends and family.
- D. When she got used to facing the public.
题目解答
答案
B
解析
步骤 1：理解背景信息
文章讲述了作者在面对权力和领导特质时的恐惧，以及她如何在不熟悉的环境中克服这种恐惧。作者提到，由于她来自希腊，对英国的文化和环境不熟悉，这使她在面对领导角色和公众场合时没有被传统的观念所束缚，从而更容易克服恐惧。
步骤 2：分析选项
A. 当她的第一本书出版时。
B. 当她处于不熟悉的环境中时。
C. 当她和朋友和家人在一起时。
D. 当她习惯了面对公众时。
步骤 3：确定正确答案
根据文章内容，作者提到她在不熟悉的环境中（如在英国的大学和美国的电视节目）更容易克服恐惧，因为这些环境使她没有被传统的观念所束缚。因此，正确答案是B。
文章讲述了作者在面对权力和领导特质时的恐惧，以及她如何在不熟悉的环境中克服这种恐惧。作者提到，由于她来自希腊，对英国的文化和环境不熟悉，这使她在面对领导角色和公众场合时没有被传统的观念所束缚，从而更容易克服恐惧。
步骤 2：分析选项
A. 当她的第一本书出版时。
B. 当她处于不熟悉的环境中时。
C. 当她和朋友和家人在一起时。
D. 当她习惯了面对公众时。
步骤 3：确定正确答案
根据文章内容，作者提到她在不熟悉的环境中（如在英国的大学和美国的电视节目）更容易克服恐惧，因为这些环境使她没有被传统的观念所束缚。因此，正确答案是B。