Question

How can we improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, “this is my destiny (命運). I cannot change it.”
Certainly not! You don’t have to suffer too much. Your destiny depends on yourself, not on any other factors.
I know someone who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows. Huh! Is this what she calls “doing her best”? She believes she has tried her best. But in fact she hasn’t.
Remember that you get what you pay. You just don’t sit around and wait for a million dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone. Don’t expect your luck to change unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a little failure, but use it as feedback (反饋). Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It’s not enough to think positively (積極地), you also have to act positively.
If someone’s life is in the trouble, do you just hope that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don’t just stand (or sit) there, do something to improve your life.
小題1:The writer’s attitude towards destiny is that ________.

A．we can change it	B．we can’t depend on ourselves
C．we must accept it	D．we have to suffer it

小題2:According to the passage, what should you do if something goes wrong?

A．Regard it as a little failure.	B．Get your hands off your phone.
C．Sit around and wait for luck.	D．Do something to solve the problem.

小題3:The underlined word “turn out” in the passage means ________.

A．翻轉	B．關閉
C．變得	D．清空

小題4:From the passage, we know ________.

A．we only need to hope for the best in our life.

B．we can get what we pay if we think positively.

C．the woman has tried her best to improve her life.

D．maybe our luck will change if we do something about the life

小題5:What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Understand Yourself	B．Improve Your Life
C．Believe in Yourself	D．Accept Your Life

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要告訴我們，生活中想要成功，想要改善自己的生活，我們不能只是希望它能最好，還要做到最好。遇到麻煩的時候，我們不能安靜的等待，而是要采取行動，解決問題。只要我們自己肯努力，我們的命運是可以改變的。
小題1:細節理解題。根據短文第一、二段中Certainly not! You don’t have to suffer too much. Your destiny depends on yourself, not on any other factors.可知，對于一些人覺得命運不可改變的說法，作者給出了自己的回答，命運可以改變，這一切都要靠你自己。故選A。
小題2:細節理解題。根據短文第四段中If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a little failure, but use it as feedback (反饋). Learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem可知，如果生活中出現了問題，不要把它當做一次小小的失敗，而是要用它當反饋，從你的教訓中學習，充分利用情勢，做些什么來解決問題。故選D。
小題3:詞義猜測題。根據這個短語所在的句子If someone’s life is in the trouble, do you just hope that things will turn out fine可知，如果一個人的生活有了麻煩，你是不是只希望事情自己就會變好？根據這句話的意思可知，turn out 的意思是變得。故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據短文中It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best.可知，只是希望最美好的事情是不夠的，你還需要做到最好，故A是不對的；根據It’s not enough to think positively (積極地), you also have to act positively可知，想要成功，我們不僅要積極思考，還要積極行動，故B是不對的；根據短文第三段的例子可知，She believes she has tried her best. But in fact she hasn’t.，作者覺得這位女士并沒有做到最好，故C是不對的；根據文意可知，如果我們自己努力，積極，對生活去做點什么的話，也許運氣就會得到改變。故選D。
小題5:主旨大意題。這篇短文中作者主要告訴我們，生活中想要成功，想要改善自己的生活，我們不能只是希望它能最好，還要做到最好。遇到麻煩的時候，我們不能安靜的等待，而是要采取行動，解決問題。只要我們自己肯努力，我們的命運是可以改變的。根據這個大意，我們可知B選項Improve your life改變你的生活，這個題目更適合。故選B。