If you donˈt love yourself first, how can you confidently give and receive love? Only when we fully realize who we are and accept ourselves, can we understand the love of someone else.

      So letˈs start with some questions by asking yourself. Who are you deep down inside? What are your goals, strengths, clever ideas, likes and dislikes? What do you need to control your weaknesses and improve your growth?

     Self-discovery can be scary, because most people consider themselves to be unimportant. They would rather become dependent than depend on their own. Is that true in your case?

     Loving yourself influences your life. It influences whom you choose to fall in love with and your action in the relationship. lf there is no self-esteem (自尊), there will be no love.

     A person with high self-esteem is responsible for himself or herself, no matter how much love and care there is between that person and others. Such a person is not waiting to be saved and will not place unnecessary dependence on others. He or she is confident of his or her own ability, value and mind. He or she remembers that he or she is the prize.

     A person with high self-esteem depends on his or her own happiness, rather than looking for

someone else to make him or her happy. Happiness is an "inside" job. When you accept this responsibility for yourself, you build self-esteem, and then you receive love.

(1) What is self-discovery according to the passage?

a. Asking others to answer questions.      

b. Finding out about oneˈs own likes and dislikes.

c. Improving oneˈs own growth.           

d. Finding out oneˈs own hidden facts. 

A. abc

B. abd

C. acd

D. bcd

(2) Self-discovery can be scary because_______.

A. it can make one feel less confident

B. it is difficult to answer these questions

C. it is bad for oneˈs growth

D. it makes one not believe others

(3) Which of the following is TRUE about a person with high self-esteem?

A. He or she considers others unimportant.

B. He or she doesnˈt care about others.

C. He or she has good confidence in himself or herself.

D. He or she depends on others to make decisions.

(4) What does the underlined part most probably mean?

A. He or she has got a lot of prizes.

B. He or she is the most important.

C. He or she is always praised by others.

D. He or she is always respected by others.

(5) What is the best title for the passage?

A. Accept Your Weakness

B. Love Yourself and Build Your Self-esteem

C. Love Others More Than Yourself

D. Life Should Be Happy