重庆市万州分水中学高三英语一轮复习：阅读理解（二）CWhos in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, its other peoplesociety, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (一剂毒品). We worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedomthe freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, theyre more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process. So how can we take back control? I think theres only one waymake a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values-not values imposed（强加）from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.48. What Oscar Wilde says implies that _.A. we have thoughts similar to those of othersB. most people have a variety of thoughtsC. most peoples thoughts are controlled by othersD. other peoples thoughts are more important 49. What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph ?A. We may lose ourselves to please others.B. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom. C. We need to pay for what we want to get.D. The price of taking drugs is freedom.50. In order to live a happy, effective and purposeful life, we should _.A. care about others opinions and change opinions all the timeB. guide ourselves by means of values from the outsideC. persuade others to accept our opinions D. stick to our own values51. It can be concluded from the passage that _.A. we shouldnt care what others think B. its better to do what we likeC. we shouldnt change our own opinions D. its important to accept others opinionsDAn old problem is getting new attention in the United StatesbullyingRecent cases included the tragic case of a fifteen-year-old girl whose family moved from IrelandShe hanged herself in Massachusetts in January following months of bullyingHer parents criticized her school for failing to protect herOfficials have brought criminal charges against several teenagersJudy Kuczynski is president of an anti-bullying group called Bully Police USAHer daughter Tina was the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of MinnesotaHer said, “Our daughter was a very outgoing childShe was a bubbly personality, very involved in all kinds of things, had lots of friendsAnd over a period of time her grades fell completelyShe started having health issuesShe couldnt sleepShe wasnt eatingShe had terrible stomach painsShe started clenching(咬紧) her jaw and grinding(磨,咬牙) her teeth at nightShe didnt want to go to school.”Bullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person It can involve physical violenceOr it can be verbal for example, insults or threatsSpreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullyingAnd now there is cyber bullying, which uses the Internet, e-mail or text messagesIt has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any timeThe first serious research studies into bullying were done in Norway in the late 1970sThe latest government study in the United States was released last yearIt found that about one-third of students aged twelve to eighteen were bullied at schoolSusan Sweater is a psychologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and co-director of the Bullying Research NetworkShe says schools should treat bullying as a mental health problem to get bullies and victims the help they needShe says bullying