Maybe it is true that we do not know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we do not know what we have been missing until it arrives.
It takes an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Do not expect love in return; but if it does not, be content it has grown in yours. Do not rely on one’s appearance; it can trick you. Do not rely on wealth; even that fades away. Rely on someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You cannot go on well in life until you let your past failures and heartaches go off. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trails to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people do not necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness waits for those who cry, those appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
【小題1】In this passage, the writer wants to tell us ______.

A.what to do in our life 
B.where to go with other persons 
C.how to treat our life 
D.how to get on well with other persons 
【小題2】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.If you give someone your love, you are sure to receive love in return. 
B.We often don’t know what we have lost until it happens someday. 
C.It is wise not to rely on anybody because you are likely to be cheated. 
D.If it takes you a short time to love someone, you will easily forget the person. 
【小題3】If you put yourself in another person’s position, ______.
A.you shouldn’t do what will hurt other people 
B.you should put on other people’s shoes 
C.you should believe in other people 
D.you should depend on your imagination 
【小題4】In the last paragraph the writer is actually telling us that a person in the world should be one who ______.
A.can accept the suggestions made by others 
B.can live happily and forget the past 
C.does good to other people and is respected and loved by them 
D.has made a lot of money for himself before he dies 


【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】C

解析試題分析:文章告訴了我們應(yīng)該如何對待生命。我們都會有這樣的感覺,直到失去的時候才懂得珍惜;同樣,我們感受不到東西失去的過程,直到它真正的失去。生命對于每個人只有一次,因此要勇敢地去做想做的事情。要多為他人考慮,做一個對他人有用的人。
【小題1】根據(jù)第三段“Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.”可知,作者告訴我們應(yīng)該如何對待生命,故選C。
【小題2】根據(jù)第一段“but it is also true that we do not know what we have been missing until it arrives.”可知,我們不會意識到有什么東西正在失去,直到真正失去它的那一刻,故選B。
【小題3】根據(jù)第四段“Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.”可知,要站在他人的立場思考問題,不要做可能會傷害他人的事情,故選A。
【小題4】感覺“Live your life so that when you die, you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.”可知,作者告訴我們,要有所作為,做一個對他人有用的人,并獲得他人的尊重和愛。故選C。
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