Question

If you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you don’t know what’s coming.

    Sure, it’s hard to see uncertainty(不確定) in such positive（積極的）light when you’re out of work, or when you feel like you’re failing. But uncertainty is really another word for chance.

    When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting（咨詢）, but she knew she wouldn’t stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income（收入）by teaching students. Still, she didn’t think she wanted to go to graduate school（研究院）. Allison knew she wasn’t doing what she wanted, but she didn’t know what she wanted.

    She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six years, Allison, by having a general（全面的）plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest, and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent.

    The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty. Otherwise your life is not your own—it is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesn’t end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing it, you should find some ways to deal with uncertainty.

1. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that                     .

A. being out of work is a sad thing               

B. uncertainty is what makes life interesting

C. life in a film is more exciting than real life  

D. chance never appears when we need it

2. What troubles Allison after graduation?

A. She couldn’t find a well-paid job.             

B. She had no money to start a business.

C. She was not sure what to do.                  

D. She didn’t score high enough for graduate school.

3.How did Allison feel about her six years’ working experience?

A. Uncertain.        B. Amazed.                      C. Sorry.                         D. Satisfied.

4.What may be discussed in the following paragraph?

A. How to deal with uncertainty.                                   

B. What role uncertainty plays in life.

C. Why people fear uncertainty.                          

D. Whom to go to when facing uncertainty.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C                 

3.D                         

4.A                                         

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章論述了什么是不確定性。對于生活的不確定性，意味著機(jī)會(huì)，會(huì)給我們帶來驚喜，讓生活更有趣。但是有人對此感到迷茫，該如何去做如何去規(guī)劃，作者舉了一個(gè)很好的例子。

1.推理判斷題根據(jù)：But uncertainty is really another word for chance。不確定是機(jī)會(huì)的另一種說法了，讓生活更有趣。故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. 可知她不清楚該做些什么，選 C 。           

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)：Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent. 可知艾莉森認(rèn)為這些年沒有虛度，故選 D 。                   

4.推理判斷題。這篇文章開始指出什么是不確定，舉例說明了不確定給人們帶來的是機(jī)會(huì)。要想過精彩的人生就要接受這種不確定，要不然就要過別人安排的生活。所以接下來就是怎么樣面對不確定性了。故選A。                  

考點(diǎn)：人生百味類短文閱讀。