Question

In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our control. For instance, we can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us back. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be promoted to management. We can eat healthy food, exercise and stay away from alcohol and cigarettes, and still get sick.

The bottom line is that life is not fair.

That is a tough pill to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people shut down after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. They can’t handle the fact that our efforts don’t always get the results that we expect. But if we let life’s unfairness defeat us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings (幸事) that life has in store for us.

For example, my first marriage ended in divorce. To me, it felt very unfair. I had worked hard to be a good wife and mother. However, no matter what I did, I could not make the relationship work.

I could have been shut down by that experience. I could have decided that if one person didn’t appreciate me as a wife, then no one would. I could have given up. But I knew that I wanted to be married. I knew that I wanted to experience traditional family life. So I didn’t let one seemingly unfair experience stop me from believing that I could one day be happily married. And then one day, I met this kind, thoughtful, generous man with whom I now have a wonderful friendship and marriage. But that wouldn’t have happened if I had decided to give up after one failed marriage.

What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that deserve a good outcome, but get bad things in return instead.

When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairness, our faith needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go according to plan, we have to let go of the outcome that we are looking forward to and keep trying, working hard and doing the right thing. Please don’t be discouraged. Accept that life is neither fair nor straightforward. And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit.

1.We can learn from the first three paragraphs that ______.

A. life doesn’t often turn out the way we expect

B. the author thinks life should reward us for our efforts

C. unsatisfactory results simply mean your effort is not enough

D. people should focus on the process rather than the outcomes

2.The author wrote about her unsuccessful marriage to ______.

A. complain about the unfairness of her life and marriage

B. tell readers how she met her second husband and became happily married

C. express how proud she is for not being shut down by a blow from life

D. show that we need to have faith and continue working for our goals

3.When we encounter unfairness in life, the author suggests we ______.

a. do nothing but accept them

b. be confident with ourselves

c. keep doing what we should do

d. find out what has gone wrong

A. ab    B. ad

C. bc    D. cd

4.The author wrote the article mainly to ______.

A. share her experiences of unfairness in life

B. tell us how to deal with life’s seeming unfairness

C. tell us that life has beautiful blessings in store for us

D. explain why life seems neither fair nor straightforward

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者通过描写自己经历了一次失败的婚姻，但她并没有就此放弃，而是重拾信心，努力地去追寻属于自己的幸福的例子来鼓励我们无论生活有多么不公平，我们都应该对自己有信心并且继续做着自己的事。

1.归纳概括题。文章前三段通过“ For instance, we can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us back.”、“They can’t handle the fact that our efforts don’t always get the results that we expect.”等例子来说明生活有的时候是不公平的，我们付出的和得到的并不能成正比。

故选A。

2.推理判断题。通过记叙作者虽然经历了一次失败的婚姻，但她并没有就此放弃，而是重拾信心，努力地去追寻属于自己的幸福的例子来表明我们应该有信心继续为自己的目标努力。文章中最后一段“When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairness, our faith needs to jump in. ”以及“And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit.”都表明了这样的观点。故选D。

3.推理判断题。由文章中最后一段“When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairness, our faith needs to jump in. ”以及“And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit.”可知作者建议我们应有信心并且继续做我们的事，故选bc，故选C。

4.推理判断题。本文作者通过描写自己经历了一次失败的婚姻，但她并没有就此放弃，而是重拾信心，努力地去追寻属于自己的幸福的例子以及其他例子来鼓励我们无论生活有多么不公平，我们都应该对自己有信心并且继续做着自己的事。故选B。

【名师点睛】

推理判断题属于高层次阅读理解题。做好该题型要从整体上把握语篇内容，在语篇的表面意义与隐含意义、已知信息与未知信息间架起桥梁，透过字里行间，去体会作者的“弦外之音”。推理判断题常常可以分为如下几类：(1)细节推断。如时间、地点、人物关系等；(2)逻辑推断。根据已知的结果推断导致结果产生的可能原因；(3)目的、意图、态度推断。根据文章的论述，推断作者的写作目的以及作者的情感态度；(4)预测想象推断。文章没有明确说明，要求根据语篇对文章可能涉及的内容进行预测判断。

例如：本题中的第2小题通过记叙作者虽然经历了一次失败的婚姻，但她并没有就此放弃，而是重拾信心，努力地去追寻属于自己的幸福的例子来表明我们应该有信心继续为自己的目标努力。文章中最后一段“When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairness, our faith needs to jump in. ”以及“And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit.”都表明了这样的观点。故选D。