2020年6月大學(xué)英語四級(jí)閱讀：生活的不公正

2020年6月大學(xué)英語四級(jí)閱讀：生活的不公Afriendofmine,inresponsetoaconversationwewerehavingabouttheinjusticesoflife,askedmethequestion,“Whosaidlifewasgoingtobefair,orthatitwasevenmeanttobefair?”Herquestionwasagoodone.ItremindedmeofsomethingIwastaughtasayoungster:lifeisn'tfair.It'sadisappointment,butit'sabsolutelytrue.Oneofthemistakesmanyofusmakeisthatwefeelsorryforourselves,orforothers,thinkingthatlifeshouldbefair,orthatsomedayitwillbe.It'snotanditwon'tbe.Oneofthenicethingsaboutsurrenderingtothefactthatlifeisn'tfairisthatitkeepsusfromfeelingsorryforourselvesbyencouragingustodotheverybestwecanwithwhatwehave.Weknowit'snot“l(fā)ife'sjob”tomakeeverythingperfect:it'sourownchallenge.Surrenderingtothisfactalsokeepsusfromfeelingsorryforothersbecauseweareremindedthateveryoneisdealtadifferenthand;everyonehasuniquestrengthsandproblemsintheprocessofgrowingup,facingtherealityandmakingdecisions;andeveryonehasthosetimesthattheyfeelunfairlytreated.Thefactthatlifeisn'tfairdoesn'tmeanweshouldn'tdoeverythinginourpowertoimproveourownlivesortheworldasawhole.Tothecontrary,itsuggeststhatweshould.Whenwedon'trecognizeoradmitthatlifeis'ntfair,wetendtofeelpityforothersandforourselves.Pity,ofcourse,isaself-defeatingemotionthatdoesnothingforanyone,excepttomakeeveryonefeelworsethantheyalreadydo.Whenwedorecognizethatlifeis'ntfair,however,wefeelcompassionforothersandforourselves.Andcompassionisaheartfeltemotionthatdeliversloving-kindnesstoeveryoneittouches.Thenexttimeyoufindyourselfthinkingabouttheinjusticesoftheworld,tryremindingyourselfofthisverybasicfact.Youmaybesurprisedthatitcanmakeyououtofself-pityandintohelpfulaction.練習(xí)題：Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:Theauthorthoughtofhisfriend'squestionasagoodone,because.healsowantedtoknowwhoheldsuchanopinionitmadehimrecallsomethingduringhischildhoodlikehisfriend,healsothoughtlifewasunfairhelearnedsomethingfromthequestionasayoungster2.Surrenderingtothefactthatlifeisn'tfairwillkeepusfrommakingeverythingperfectkeepusfromdoingeverythinginourpowermakeusfacechallengesinthelifebravelymakeusknowit'sourdutytoperfectthings3.Thesecondparagraphofthepassagemainlydiscussesit'snicetoaccepttheinjusticeoflifeit'snicetosurrendertothelifeweshouldnotsurrendertothelifeweshouldnotfeelsorryforourselves4.Inthelastparagraph,“thisverybasicfact”referstothefactthat.youshouldnotpityforotherslifeisn'tandwon'tbefairsympathyisaheartfeltemotionpityisaself-defeatingemotion5.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthattheauthor'sattitudetolifeis.A.positiveB.negativeC.Self-pityD.indifferent1.[C]推理判斷題。本題考查隱含的因果關(guān)系。第1段破折號(hào)后面的內(nèi)容為隱含的原因，由此可見C為本題正確選項(xiàng)A沒有原文依據(jù)，選項(xiàng)B與結(jié)論并無合理的因果關(guān)系，選項(xiàng)D對(duì)原文有曲解，原文是說這個(gè)問題使作者想起了年輕時(shí)候的往事，而并不是選項(xiàng)D中說的leamfromthequestion。[D]事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。本題考查復(fù)合句的理解。第2段首句中dotheverybestwecan與第2句Weknow…it'sourchallenge表明選項(xiàng)D為本題正確答案。本題干擾性的是選項(xiàng)C，其中的challenge在第2句明確提到，但是此處的challenge不是指挑戰(zhàn)生活，而是指本句第一個(gè)分句中提到的“讓所有事情完美”。[A]主旨大意題。本段第1句是主題句,理解這個(gè)同位語從句是關(guān)鍵,只有選項(xiàng)A表達(dá)了這一句的意思。要注意其中surrender的賓語是thefactthatlifeisn，tfair,而不是life,這樣就可以否定干擾性的B選項(xiàng)了。[B]詞義推斷題。本題考查this所指的理解。最后一段倒數(shù)第2句中，thisverybasicfact指的是本句的從句中的theinjusticesoftheworld,另外，短語thefactthatlifeisn'tfair在文中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)，