A friend of mine, in response to a conversation we were having about the injustices of life, asked me the question, “Who said life was going to be fair, or that it was even meant
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Afriendofmine,inresponsetoaconversationwewerehavingabouttheinjusticesoflife,askedmethequestion,“Whosaidlifewasgoingtobefair,orthatitwasevenmeanttobefair?”Herquestionwasagoodone.ItremindedmeofsomethingIwastaughtasayoungster:lifeisn’tfair.It’sadisappointment,butit’sabsolutelytrue.Oneofthemistakesmanyofusmakeisthatwefeelsorryforourselves,orforothers,thinkingthatlifeshouldbefair,orthatsomedayitwillbe.It’snotanditwon’tbe.
Oneofthenicethingsaboutsurrenderingtothefactthatlifeisn’tfairisthatitkeepsusfromfeelingsorryforourselvesbyencouragingustodotheverybestwecanwithwhatwehave.Weknowit’snot“life’sjob”tomakeeverythingperfect:it’sourownchallenge.Surrenderingtothisfactalsokeepsusfromfeelingsorryforothersbecauseweareremindedthateveryoneisdealtadifferenthand;everyonehasuniquestrengthsandproblemsintheprocessofgrowingup,facingtherealityandmakingdecisions;andeveryonehasthosetimesthattheyfeelunfairlytreated.
Thefactthatlifeisn’tfairdoesn’tmeanweshouldn’tdoeverythinginourpowertoimproveourownlivesortheworldasawhole.Tothecontrary,itsuggeststhatweshould.Whenwedon’trecognizeoradmitthatlifeisn’tfair,wetendtofeelpityforothersandforourselves.Pity,ofcourse,isaself-defeatingemotionthatdoesnothingforanyone,excepttomakeeveryonefeelworsethantheyalreadydo.Whenwedorecognizethatlifeisn’tfair,however,wefeelcompassionforothersandforourselves.Andcompassionisaheartfeltemotionthatdeliversloving-kindnesstoeveryoneittouches.Thenexttimeyoufindyourselfthinkingabouttheinjusticesoftheworld,tryremindingyourselfofthisverybasicfact.Youmaybesurprisedthatitcanmakeyououtofself-pityandintohelpfulaction.
Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:
1.Theauthorthoughtofhisfriend’squestionasagoodone,because_______.
A.healsowantedtoknowwhoheldsuchanopinion
B.itmadehimrecallsomethingduringhischildhood
C.likehisfriend,healsothoughtlifewasunfair
D.helearnedsomethingfromthequestionasayoungster
2.Surrenderingtothefactthatlifeisn’tfairwill________.
A.keepusfrommakingeverythingperfect
B.keepusfromdoingeverythinginourpower
C.makeusfacechallengesinthelifebravely
D.makeusknowit’sourdutytoperfectthings
3.Thesecondparagraphofthepassagemainlydiscusses_______.
A.it’snicetoaccepttheinjusticeoflife
B.it’snicetosurrendertothelife
C.weshouldnotsurrendertothelife
D.weshouldnotfeelsorryforourselves
4.Inthelastparagraph,“thisverybasicfact”referstothefactthat________.
A.youshouldnotpityforothers
B.lifeisn’tandwon’tbefair
C.sympathyisaheartfeltemotion
D.pityisaself-defeatingemotion
5.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthattheauthor’sattitudetolifeis________.
A.positiveB.negativeC.Self-pityD.indifferent
1.[C]推理判断题。本题考查隐含的因果关系。第1段破折号后面的内容为隐含的原因,由此可见C为本题正确选项A没有原文依据,选项B与结论并无合理的因果关系,选项D对原文有曲解,原文是说这个问题使作者想起了年轻时候的往事,而并不是选项D中说的leamfromthequestion。
2.[D]事实细节题。本题考查复合句的理解。第2段首句中dotheverybestwecan与第2句Weknow…it’sourchallenge表明选项D为本题正确答案。本题最具干扰性的是选项C,其中的challenge在第2句明确提到,但是此处的challenge不是指挑战生活,而是指本句第一个分句中提到的“让所有事情完美”。
3.[A]主旨大意题。本段第1句是主题句,理解这个同位语从句是关键,只有选项A表达了这一句的意思。要注意其中surrender的宾语是thefactthatlifeisn’tfair,而不是life,这样就可以否定最具干扰性的B选项了。
4.[B]词义推断题。本题考查this所指的理解。最后一段倒数第2句中,thisverybasicfact指的是本句的从句中的theinjusticesoftheworld,另外,短语thefactthatlifeisn’tfair在文中反复出现,是本文的主题,因此结合上下文可以推出答案。其余三项虽然在文中均有提及,但只是个别细节,并非作者反复强调的中心话题。
5.[A]观点态度题。作者批评了自怜的情绪,提出对他人要有同情心,强调承认生活不公平并不是向生活妥协,而是将我们从自我怜悯中摆脱出来,采取一些有积极意义的行动,由此可见,作者对生活的态度是积极的,即选项A。
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