Passage Eight
What does it really mean to "like oneself"? For one thing, it means a girl isn't obsessed(使烦扰)with her physical 1 . She is not absorbed in the 2 that her teeth are slightly crooked, or that she has a great many freckles(雀斑). Physical qualities are far from being the whole sum of 3 . Some of the most beautiful girls I have known would never be able to get into a beauty contest. And 4 , some beauty contest winners have been the worst 5 candidates for establishing a good relationship with a boss. Girls who think that boys like only the prettiest girls are looking at the wrong boys. Those who are hung up on how beautiful a girl is are not good candidates for boyfriends in any case.
Many 6 of a girl's relationship with herself can get in the way of sucessful dating. There are girls who have personality problems of different kinds, like those who are in such extreme (not the usual) rebellion against their parents 7 this situation becomes very nearly the most important thing in their lives. Others are in constant 8 with their brothers and sisters and that absorbs their 9 . Others have strong guilty feelings about things they may have done, and can't lift their eyes above the high walls these feelings have erected between them and the world. 10 there are the lonely girls, usually painfully shy. All these types have the poorest prospects for going out with boys.
1.［A］ mistakes ［B］ disadvantages［C］ shortages ［D］ imperfections 2.［A］ knowledge ［B］ information ［C］ conscience［D］ opinion 3.［A］ kindness ［B］ goodness ［C］ affections［D］ beauty 4.［A］ conversely［B］ similarly ［C］ therefore ［D］ however 5.［A］ likely ［B］ probable ［C］ possible ［D］ most 6.［A］ kinds ［B］ sides ［C］ aspects ［D］ respects 7.［A］ when ［B］ where ［C］ whom ［D］ that 8.［A］ conflict ［B］ battle ［C］ war ［D］ opposition 9.［A］ loves ［B］ angers ［C］ hopes ［D］ emotions 10.［A］ However ［B］ Admittedly ［C］ Then ［D］ Hence
