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    You are about to hear a strange but true story. Legend has it that, Harry Houdini, the master magician, once claimed that he could break out of any jail cell in the world. All he had to do was walk into that jail cell with his street clothes on. 'I will be out of there in one hour. No problem!' He said. A very old jail down South heard about Houdini's claims and they accepted the challenge. On the day of the event, many people gathered outside. Very confidently, Houdini walked into the jail and into the cell and they shut the metal door behind him.

The first thing Houdini did was to take off his coat. Then, very strangely, he took off his belt. Secretly hidden in Houdini's belt, was a ten-inch piece of steel; very tough and very flexible and Houdini started working.

In about 30 minutes, that confident expression Houdini had when he walked in disappeared. In one hour, he was bathed in sweat. And at the end of two hours, Houdini in defeat, collapsed against the door, which then opened. It opened because you see, that door had never been locked. But that's not entirely true is it? That door was locked. It was firmly and thoroughly locked in Houdini's mind, which meant it was locked as if the best locksmith in the world had put his lock on it.

The mind is powerful. How many doors in your life do you think are locked but aren't? how many times have you been stuck in the mental prison of over thinking something that really had a simple solution. There is an ancient African proverb that says when there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm.

Your mind is the most powerful force you will ever face. It will tell you lies. It will tell you can't do that. You're not meant for that. You're not good enough for that. You can't go on anymore. You don't have the energy. You must thank it for its opinion and carry on. Because as Houdini showed us the only locked doors that exist are in your own mind. The doors in reality are open and all you have to do is walk through.

38．Why couldn't Harry Houdini open the door within two hours?

A．Because he didn't open the door with his mind.

B．Because the door was locked by the best locksmith.

C．Because he had thought the door was locked.

D．Because he overestimated his own ability to open the door.

39．Which of the following story shows the "locked door," in our mind?

A．Bring the painted dragon to life by putting in the pupils of its eyes.

B．One tends to stand still and refuse to make progress.

C．The donkey has exhausted its skills against the tiger.

D．Lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen.

40．We can conclude from the passage EXCEPT ?

A．The biggest enemy in your life is in fact the enemy in your mind.

B．If you walk through the door in mind, your potential will be unlimited.

C．Unless you defeat the enemy outside, you will not defeat your enemy inside.

D．Life is really simple, but we insist on making it rigid and complicated.

【回答】

38．C

39．B

40．C

【分析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議文。短文通過一則未能成功越獄的故事告訴我們對一件其實很簡單的事情想太多反卻被而被困在自己的精神監獄裡了。鎖著的門存在於你自己的頭腦中。現實中的大門是敞開的，你所要做的就是走過去。

38．細節理解題。由第三段“It was firmly and thoroughly locked in Houdini's mind, which meant it was locked as if the best locksmith in the world had put his lock on it.”可知，它牢牢地、徹底地鎖在胡迪尼的腦子裡，這意味著它被鎖起來，就好像世界上最好的鎖匠已經把它鎖上了一樣。所以為什麼哈利·胡迪尼不能在兩小時內把門開啟因為他以為門是鎖著的。故選C項。

39．推理判斷題。由最後一段“Your mind is the most powerful force you will ever face. It will tell you lies. It will tell you can't do that. You're not meant for that. You're not good enough for that. You can't go on anymore. You don't have the energy”可知，你的思想是你所面對的最強大的力量。它會告訴你謊言。它會告訴你不能那樣做。你不適合那樣。你還不夠好。你不能再繼續了。你沒有精力。以上是頭腦中“被鎖著的門”的內容，所以判斷出B選項“一個人往往站著不動，拒絕進步”的故事展示頭腦中“被鎖著的門”的內容。故選B項。

40．推理判斷題。由倒數第二段“There is an ancient African proverb that says when there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do us no harm”可知，有一句古老的非洲諺語，內心沒有敵人，外界的敵人就不會對我們構成傷害。而選項C“不戰勝外界的敵人，就不能戰勝內心的敵人”與此諺語內涵完全背離。故選C項。

【點睛】

根據事物的定義或者對事物總體的概括，從而判斷出哪些具體事物或者具體的實踐應該屬於定義的範圍或者是概括的範圍是我們經常見到的推理判斷題的題型。要解決這樣的判斷題，首先要講對事物的定義或者對事物的總體概括要讀清楚，然後根據對比4個選項，哪個選項在定義或者概括範圍內的。哪個就是正確的*。

由最後一段“Your mind is the most powerful force you will ever face. It will tell you lies. It will tell you can't do that. You're not meant for that. You're not good enough for that. You can't go on anymore. You don't have the energy”可知，你的思想是你所面對的最強大的力量。它會告訴你謊言。它會告訴你不能那樣做。你不適合那樣。你還不夠好。你不能再繼續了。你沒有精力。以上是頭腦中“被鎖著的門”的內容，所以判斷出B選項“一個人往往站著不動，拒絕進步”的故事展示頭腦中“被鎖著的門”的內容。故選B項。

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