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【题目】 Life comes in a package．This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success, hope and despair．Life is a learning process．Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person．With each passing day we learn to deal with various situations．

Love plays a main role in our life．Love makes you feel wanted．Without love a person could become cruel．

In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with love and care．They teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad．But we don’t always care about it．It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands others’ feelings．

Happiness can bring people a peaceful mind．No mind is happy without peace．Sadness is the cause of the death of a loved one or the failure．But all of these things will pass away．

Failure is the path to success．It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way．Success brings in money, pride and self-respect．

Hope is what keeps life going．Parents always hope their children will do well．Hope makes us dream．Hope builds in patience．Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day．

Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is out of our control．Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark．So the only choice is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow．

【1】In which section can readers probably read the passage?

A.BusinessB.TravelC.LifestylesD.Education

【2】What does the word “despair” mean in Chinese?

A.颓废B.遗憾C.悲伤D.绝望

【3】What’s the meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage?

A.When choosing between “today” and “tomorrow”, you’d better enjoy tomorrow．

B.If you work hard today, you’ll have a better life in the future．

C.What you can only choose is to work hard today rather than tomorrow．

D.The only choice you make is that you should enjoy a better tomorrow．

【4】What’s the purpose of the passage?

A.To encourage people to love each other．

B.To tell people how to deal with happiness and sadness．

C.To give readers some information about life．

D.To remind people to keep having a beautiful dream．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇人生哲理的短文。生活就像是一个包裹，里面有幸福和悲伤，有失败和成功，有希望和绝望。我们应该如何正确看待人生的这些东西，如何对待今天和明天，作者提出了一些建议。

【1】推理判断题。本文讲述的是人生哲理，教育人们人生中有幸福和悲伤，有失败和成功，有希望和绝望。教育人们要正视人生中的顺境和逆境。故选D。

【2】词义猜测题。根据文中第一段中的句子“This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success, hope and despair．”，我们发现happiness 和sadness是一对反义词，failure和 success是一对反义词，那么划线部分的despair和hope也是一对反义词，hope的意思是：希望。可猜测划线部分单词的意思是：绝望。故选D。

【3】推理判断题。最后一句话的意思是：我们今天能做的选择是努力工作，以便于我们可以享受一个更好的明天。即通过今天的努力，赢得更好的未来。故选B。

【4】主旨大意题。本文讲述的是人生就像包含着幸福与悲伤、失败与成功、希望与绝望的包裹，告诉人们通过今天的努力，赢得更好的未来。即拥有一个美好的梦想，并为之而努力，梦想终将实现。选项C符合原文，故选C。

做阅读题中的词义猜测时，有时根据反义词来猜测的，虽然你不认识新单词，但句中给出了你熟悉的单词，通过汉语词义相反来猜测陌生单词的意思。比如本题中第2小题，让我们猜测despair的意思，我们猜测出despair的意思，主要是发现了前面的两对反义词即happiness 和sadness以及failure和 success，进而猜测despair和hope也是一对反义词，从而得知despair的意思。