阅读理解。
The Child Ego State
The Child ego state is a set of behaviors, thoughts and feelings which are replayed from our own childhood.
Perhaps the boss calls us into his or her office, we may immediately get a churning in our stomach and
wonder what we have done wrong. If this were explored we might remember the time the head teacher called
us in to tell us off. Of course, not everything in the Child ego state is negative. We might go into someone's
house and smell a lovely smell and remember our grandmother's house when we were little, and all the same
warm feelings we had at six years of age may come flooding back.
The Child ego states are constantly being updated. For example, we may meet someone who gives us the
permission we needed as a child, and did not get, to be fun and joyous. We may well use that person in our
imagination when we are stressed to resist our old ways of thinking that we must work longer and longer hours
to keep up with everything. We might ask ourselves "I wonder what X would say now." Then on heating the
new permissions to relax and take some time out, do just that and then return to the work renewed and ready
for the challenge. Afterwards, rather than blaming ourselves for what we did or did not do, what tends to
happen is that we automatically start to give ourselves new permissions and take care of ourselves.
Alternatively, we might have had an extremely unpleasant experience yesterday which goes into the Child
ego state as an antique memory that stands in the way of our growth Positive experiences will also go into the
Child ego state as antique memories. The positive experiences can then be drawn on to remind us that positive
things do happen.
The process of analyzing personality in terms of ego states is called structural analysis. It is important to
remember that ego states do not have an existence of their own. They are concepts to enable understanding.
Therefore it is important to say "I want some fun" rather than "My Child wants some fun." We may be in our
Child ego state when we say this, but saying "I" reminds us to take responsibility for our actions.
1. The writer uses two examples in Paragraph 2 in order to _____.
A. prove the Child ego state is negative
B. explain why We become nervous
C. support the idea in Paragraph 1
D. introduce the point of Paragraph 3
2. By asking "I wonder what X would say now", we intend to _____.
A. blame ourselves
B. avoid stress
C. keep up with everything
D. accept challenges
3. According to the passage, the Child ego state _____.
A. exists in one's childhood
B. shows one's wisdom
C. limits one's thoughts
D. influences one's actions
4. The underlined word "this" in the last paragraph refers to _____.
A. "I want some fun"
B. "My Child wants some fun"
C. the Child ego state
D. structural analysis
