Question

【题目】Too many people put off things that could bring them joy just because they haven’t thought about them, don’t have them on their schedules or are too stubborn to leave from their regular daily things.

One day I thought about all those women on the Titanic who refused sweet foods at dinner that fateful（命中注定的）night to cut out fatty foods. From then on, I’ve tried to be a little more changeable.

I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, “How about going to lunch in half an hour?” She would stammer (结巴地说),“I can’t , I have clothes to wash. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday. I had a late breakfast. It looks like rain.” She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.

We live on promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect. We’ll go back and visit the grandparents when we get our baby, Stevie, toilet-trained. We’ll enjoy when we replace the living room carpet. We’ll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.

Life has a way accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we wake up, and all we have to show for our lives is a long list of “I’m going to”, “I plan on” and “Someday, when things settle down a bit”.

I love ice cream. But my lips had not touched ice cream in 10 years. The other day I stopped the car and bought an ice cream. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.

Now, go have a nice day. Do something you want to. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you say? And why are you waiting?

【1】The author mentioned（提到）the women on the Titanic to ________.

A. prove that cutting out fatty foods is difficult

B. tell people to enjoy themselves sometimes

C. encourage people to stick to regular daily things

D. tell us the importance of refusing unhealthy foods like sweet foods

【2】 What’s the author’s feeling in Paragraph3?

A. Angry. B. Happy. C. Humorous. D. Regretful.

【3】The underlined word “accelerating” in Paragraph 5 probably means “________”.

A. moving more quickly

B. going slower

C. becoming more difficult

D. getting more disappointing

【4】 In the author’s opinion, which of the following is the most likely to bring people true happiness?

A. Getting an ice cream every day.

B. Knowing what one wants completely.

C. Visiting loved ones as long as one has time.

D. Putting off the things that could bring us joy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了太多人推迟去做能带给他们欢乐的事，仅仅是因为他们没有想过那样做，没有将那些事提上日程或是拒绝放下他们日常做的事。作者用自己的经历告诉我们要立刻去做自己想做的事。

【1】推断题。由第二段中One day I thought about all those women on the Titanic who refused sweet foods at dinner that fateful（命中注定的）night to cut out fatty foods. From then on, I’ve tried to be a little more changeable.

一天我想起所有那些在泰坦尼克号船上的女人，她们在命中注定的那晚吃晚餐时拒绝吃甜食以便减去肥胖食品。从此以后，我尽力使自己变得更加多变。结合第一段中许多人推迟做令自己快乐的事，第二段中作者说要让自己变得多变，即指不被日常琐事所拖，随时做令自己快乐的事，故选B。

【2】推断题。由第三段中We never did have lunch together意思为我们就从未一起享用午餐，可以看出作者是很后悔的，故选D。

【3】词义猜测题。由第五段中Life has a way accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer.意思为：随着我们年龄的增长，生活也在加速，白天变得越来越短，我们对自己做出承诺的列表变得越来越长。由后面as可知这和get older表达一样的意思，人变老，生活就变快，故选A。

【4】推断题。由最后一段Now, go have a nice day. Do something you want to. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you say? And why are you waiting?意思为：现在，快乐的过好每一天吧。做你想做的事。如果你很快就要死去，并且只能打一个电话，你会打给谁？现在你为什么等待呢？可知作者是在劝诫你及时跟自己想念的人联系，故选C。