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Dear Diary,
This morning, Hobo told me there was an interesting article about $^{(1)}$personality in the newspaper. I wanted to have a $^{(2)}$look, so he passed me the newspaper. The article said, “Some people are $^{(3)}$generous. It makes them feel good to $^{(4)}$share things with others.” Hobo $^{(5)}$agreed with it. I told him I was just such a master. How lucky he was! Hobo said it was true. Wait a minute! $^{(6)}$Why was he so kind to me today? Oh, he $^{(7)}$ate up my breakfast when I was reading! He said he just wanted to make me feel $^{(8)}$good. But why did I feel so angry?

答案： 11. personality
12. look
13. generous
14. share
15. agreed
16. Why
17. ate
18. good

Personality is a person’s characteristics. It includes his thoughts, feelings and behaviours which make him different from others. It decides how a person acts when he faces people, things or ideas, what he asks for, what he refuses, which means, what he does in his life. And how a person does it shows how he behaves. Then the way of behaviour becomes his habit and naturally shows itself. If a person is helpful, he is always willing to help others when they have difficulties. We will feel very natural when we see his helpful behaviours because of his personality characteristics. But if we see a selfish person help others, we will feel very strange or unable to understand. So there is a close relationship between one’s behaviours and his thoughts and feelings. A person’s thoughts and feelings decide his way of behaviour, and his habit of behaviour shows his thoughts and feelings.
Personality is slowly formed in people’s social life. First, personality is formed by nature. People get their personalities from their parents. Second, one’s own growth and development experiences and his social environment can change his personality. Once formed, it is quite stable (稳定的). Your personality does not change just from one day to another. In fact it changes hardly at all. If there are any changes, they must be very few and slow, and they may be caused by life changing experiences. Personality is ever present (总是存在). Your personality is something that you always take with you. It affects (影响) your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, where and with whom you are, in any situation at any time. That means it will be showed at different times and different places. Your personality helps you “survive” and deal with the daily challenges around you.
As time goes on, many different classifications (分类) have been made in personality characteristics. There may be hundreds! Among them, the most famous is the Big Five (人格大五理论) by McCrae and Costa. Their tests are used most widely in the world now. If you are interested, you may read about them and answer the questions in some of the tests. Maybe that will help you get to know yourself better.
(C) 1. Why does the author give the example in the first paragraph?
A. To show readers that personality is stable.
B. To tell the differences between people who have different personalities.
C. To help describe what personality is.
D. To express that personality will not change.
(D) 2. What does the underlined word “selfish” mean?
A. Helpless.
B. Thinking of others first.
C. Willing to help others.
D. Thinking of oneself first.
(A) 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to this article?
A. People’s feelings and thoughts are decided by their way of behaviour.
B. Once personality is formed in one’s life, it does not change easily.
C. Great changes in one’s living environment will bring about changes in one’s personality.
D. With whom people like to be shows people’s feelings and thoughts.
(C) 4. This article is probably from ______.
A. a novel
B. an advertisement
C. an introduction
D. a piece of news
(B) 5. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. What is the Big Five?
B. What is personality?
C. How is personality formed?
D. How does personality change?

答案： 1.
C
解析步骤：第一段通过举例说明性格如何影响行为，进而帮助描述性格的定义。选项C“帮助描述什么是性格”符合作者意图。
2.
D
解析步骤：根据上下文对比，“helpful”与“selfish”形成反义，后文提到“selfish person help others”会让人感到奇怪，可推断“selfish”意为“优先考虑自己”。
3.
A
解析步骤：文章指出“思想感情决定行为方式”，而非行为决定思想感情，选项A表述错误。
4.
C
解析步骤：文章系统介绍性格的定义、形成及分类，符合“介绍性文章”特征。
5.
B
解析步骤：全文围绕“什么是性格”展开，涵盖定义、形成过程及分类，选项B最全面概括主题。