People 28 high self-esteem are not hurt by criticism; they do not 29 criticism as personal rejection. 30 , they tend to believe criticism to be suggestion for improvement.
答案：(C) with
【句型】with 在此表示「具有……特質」，people with high self-esteem＝「擁有高自尊的人」，是修飾 people 的介系詞片語。losing（正在失去）語意相反，by 不能表達「擁有」，have 是動詞形式，這裡需要的是修飾語而非動詞。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
四個選項的性質完全不同（有動詞、有介系詞、有分詞），如果沒看出空格是要修飾前面的 People，會不知道從何下手。
先看結構：People ___ high self-esteem are not hurt by criticism。句子的主詞是 People、動詞是 are，所以空格帶出的這一串是用來修飾 People 的，說明講的是「哪一種人」。要用一個介系詞片語表示「具有某種特質」，用的是 with：People with high self-esteem（擁有高自尊的人）。with + 名詞 在這裡等於一個關係子句 who have，兩種寫法可以互換：People with high self-esteem 等於 People who have high self-esteem。掛鉤是很常見的說法：a man with a beard（一個留鬍子的男人）、a girl with blue eyes（一個藍眼睛的女孩）。
have：是動詞。直接擺在名詞後面，句子裡就有 have 與 are 兩個動詞卻沒有連接詞，要用它得寫成 who have。by：表被動的施動者或方式，接不出「具有」的意思。losing（正在失去）：語意相反，而且「正在失去高自尊的人」不會不受批評影響。
with + 名詞（具有……的）、a man with a beard（留鬍子的男人）、a girl with blue eyes（藍眼睛的女孩）、people who have（擁有……的人）、be hurt by（被……傷害）、without（沒有）。
A person's self-concept is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people's reactions. 21 , the way people think about themselves 22 a profound effect on all areas of their lives.
For instance, people who have a 23 sense of self-esteem usually act with confidence. 24 they have self-assurance, they do not need constant praise and encouragement from others to feel 25 about themselves. Self-confident people are their own best friends. They participate 26 life enthusiastically and spontaneously. They are not affected by 27 others think they "should" do.
People 28 high self-esteem are not hurt by criticism; they do not 29 criticism as personal rejection. 30 , they tend to believe criticism to be suggestion for improvement.