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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. EvenbeforehistorianJosephEllisbecameabest-sellingauthor,hewasfamousforhisvividlectures.InhispopularcoursesatMountHolyokeCollegeinMassachusetts,hewouldoftenmakeclassroomdiscussionlivelybydescribinghisowncombatexperienceinVietnam.ButasEllis'sreputationgrew--hisbooksontheFoundingFathershavewonboththeprestigiousNationalBookAwardandthePulitzerPrize--thehistoryprofessorbegantoentertainlocalandnationalreporterswithhismemoriesofwar.Lastyear,afterTheBostonGlobecarriedaccountsofEllis'sexperienceintheVietnamwar,someonewhoknewthetruthaboutEllisdroppedadime(揭发).LastweekTheBostonGloberevealedthatEllis,famousforexplainingthenation'shistory,hadsomeexplainingtodoabouthisownpast.
"Eveninthebestoflives,mistakesaremade,"saidawretchedEllis.ItturnedoutthatwhilethedistinguishedhistorianhadservedintheArmy,he'dspenthiswaryearsnotinthejunglesofSoutheastAsia,butteachinghistoryatWestPoint.He'dalsooverstatedhisroleintheanti-warmovementandevenhishigh-schoolathleticrecords.Hisadmissionshockedcolleagues,fellowhistoriansandstudentswhowonderedwhysomeonesoaccomplishedwouldbeautifyhispast.Butitseemsthatsuccessandtruthfulnessdon'talwaysgohandinhand.Evenamongthedistinguishedachievers,securityexpertssay,oneintenisdeceiving--indulgingineverythingfromemptyboastingtomoreseriousoffensessuchasplagiarism(剽窃),fictionalisingmilitaryrecords,makingupfalseacademiccertificatesorworse."And,oddly,prominentpeoplewhobeautifythepastoftendosooncethey'refamous",saysErnestBrodofKrollAssociates,whichhasconductedthousandsofbackgroundchecks.SaysBrod:"It'snotliketheyusetheseliestoclimbtheladder."
Thenwhatmakesthemdoit?Psychologistssaysomepeoplesucceed,atleastinpart,becausetheyareuniquelyadjustedtotheexpectationsofothers.Andnomatterhowwell-known,thosepeoplecanbehauntedbyasenseoftheirownshortcomings."Fromoutside,thesepeoplelookanythingbutfragile,"saysDennisShulman,aNewYorkpsychoanalyst.
"Butinside,theyfeelhollow,empty."
WhatissaidaboutEllisinthefirstparagraph? A.HewasmorefamouswhenhetaughtatMountHolyokeCollege.
B.Hehastoldbothstudentsandreportersabouthisownexperienceofwar.
C.HisbookontheVietnamWarhaswontwoimportantprizes.
D.Hehaswrittenabest-sellerforanewspaper--TheBostonGlobe.
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