In my experience, one of the greatest reasons of unhappiness is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.When we see something we don’t like, we wish it could be different–we cry out for something better.That may be human nature, or perhaps it’s something that has been grown in our culture.
The root of the unhappiness isn’t that we want things to be different, however, it’s that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place.We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, but it just is.”
Here is an example.I have written a paper, A Beautiful Method to Find Peace of Mind.Quite a few people think it bad after reading it because I think people should expect things to go differently than you planned, and that you should accept that, instead of encouraging people to change themselves or the environment as much as possible.You could accept it as the way the world works–as the way things actually are.And try to understand why that is, and follow it, as it is.
This can be useful to whatever you do: whether it be how other people act at work, how politics works and how depressing the news media can be.Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why they’re that way.
It’ll save you a lot of sadness because you’ll no longer say, “Oh, I wish things didn’t go bad!”
If you really understand what I mean, you can try a different way to live in this world:accept, and understand.It might lead to some interesting results.
【小題1】What is the major reason why we feel unhappy in the writer’s opinion?

A.We are never satisfied with ourselves and the environment around us.
B.When we see something that makes us unhappy, we don’t know what to do.
C.We feel hard to accept the way things happen themselves.
D.No matter how happy we are, we never want to be happy.
【小題2】What do you think the writer may say to himself when he meets something unhappy?
A.How could I have made such a stupid mistake?
B.I should have done better.It’s all my fault.
C.Why is it all against my plan? It can’t be so bad.
D.Well, I know all is what it is meant to be.Take it easy.
【小題3】Why do some people think badly of the writer’s new paper after reading it?
A.The writer hasn’t shown an encouraging attitude in his paper.
B.The writer asks people to try to make things better.
C.The writer reminds the people that things will go exactly as you’ve planned.
D.The writer doesn’t think it a good idea to accept the things go naturally.
【小題4】The statements below are based on the writer’s points of view, EXCEPT_______
A.Unhappiness may be caused by human nature that we always want things to be better.
B.Why we don’t like the thing is that we have regard it as bad in the beginning.
C.The news media shouldn’t be so depressing if the reporters worked harder.
D.The best way to avoid feeling unhappy is to accept the things as they are.


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

解析試題分析:文章介紹作者的一種人生態(tài)度,不要抱怨生活,試著理解接受人生的改變,我們會更加快樂。
【小題1】細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子:one of the greatest reasons of unhappiness is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.可知作者認為人們不快樂是因為不能接受事情發(fā)生的方式。選C
【小題2】細節(jié)題:從第二段的句子:We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, but it just is.”可知作者會說“我知道這就是這樣,放輕松!边xD
【小題3】細節(jié)題:從第三段的句子:Quite a few people think it bad after reading it because I think people should expect things to go differently than you planned, and that you should accept that, instead of encouraging people to change themselves or the environment as much as possible可知很多人不喜歡作者的文章是因為作者沒有鼓勵他們,選A
【小題4】推理題:從文章最后一段的句子:If you really understand what I mean, you can try a different way to live in this world:accept, and understand.可知作者的態(tài)度是讓人們接受和理解發(fā)生的事情,而C項還是對生活的一種埋怨。
考點:考查人生百味類短文
點評:文章介紹作者的一種人生態(tài)度,不要抱怨生活,試著理解接受人生的改變,我們會更加快樂。這篇閱讀理解集中考查了細節(jié)理解題,要求考生仔細閱讀全文,做好相應的標志,以提高閱讀的效率和速度,做題時要審清題干,發(fā)覺和把握試題中有效的提示性信息,確認命題的角度、閱讀范圍和答題方式。

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