Please excuse me if I'm a little sad today. Mark is leaving, and I'm feeling kind of sad.
You probably don't know Mark, but you might be lucky enough to know someone just like him. He's been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining great professional skills with a sweet nature. He just wants to do his job, and to do it superbly well. And now he's moving on to an exciting new professional opportunity. It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we're genuinely, sincerely pleased for him. But that doesn't make it any easier to say goodbye to a dear friend and trusted colleague.
Life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation. A terrific neighbor moves away. Someone in the family graduates. A child finds new love and loyalties through marriage. The family's principle bread-winner is laid off.
But how do we do that? A friend of mine who works for the government once told me that the answer to life's problems can be summed up in four words: "Go with the flow."
"It's like surfing," Chris explained. "You can't organize the ocean. Waves just happen. You ride them where they take you, then you paddle back out there and catch the next one. Sure, you're always hoping for the perfect wave where you can get. But mostly you just take them the way they come.
I'm not exactly sure, but I think Chris was saying that life is a series of events—both good and bad. There will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no control. That doesn't mean you don't keep trying to make all your dreams come true. It just means that when things come up that aren't exactly in your plan, you work around them—and then you move on. Of course, some bumps along the road of life are easier to take than others. A rained-out picnic, for example, is easier to cope with than the sudden death of a loved one. But the principle is the same.
We're going to miss Mark, just like you'll miss that graduate, that neighbor or that newlywed. But rather than drown ourselves in the sadness of our parting, we'll focus on our hopes for a brighter future—for him, and for us. And then we'll go out and do everything we can to make that future happen.
小題1:The passage is mainly about ___________.
A．how to change yourself successfully
B．how to do if your colleague (同事) leaves
C．how to deal with unhappy things in life
D．how to deal with unexpected things in life
小題2:In Paragraph 1 , the writer tells the story about Mike to _________.
A．let us know his colleagueB．praise his colleague
C．introduce a topicD．describe his life
小題3:The leaving of Mike makes the writer feel _________________.
A．really unpleasantB．very angry
C．both happy and sadD．a(chǎn) little disappointed
小題4:Which is not an unexpected thing in life mentioned in the passage?
A．A rained-out picnic.
B．A terrific neighbor’s apology.
C．The sudden death of a loved.
D．The graduation of a family member.
小題5:In the writer’s opinion, one should ________ when unexpected things come up.
A．a(chǎn)ccept them and hope for a better future
B．do as planned
C．overcome difficulties and let them in control
D．never give up until he succeeds

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：文章表達(dá)了作者一種生活態(tài)度，即對生活中出現(xiàn)不可控因素影響我們生活時我們要隨遇而安。這并不意味著我們不需要不斷努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想，而是在解決問題后，按原計劃繼續(xù)前行。
小題1:主旨題：閱讀全文可知全文表達(dá)出作者一種生活態(tài)度，即對生活中出現(xiàn)不可控因素影響我們生活時我們要隨遇而安。這并不意味著我們不需要不斷努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想，而是在解決問題后，按原計劃繼續(xù)前行。故選D。
小題2:推理題：閱讀第一段可知Mark的故事是一個引題，用來引出人們遇到生活中的不可控因素時的態(tài)度。故選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段中“ I'm feeling kind of sad.”我感到有點(diǎn)悲傷和第二段中“ we're genuinely, sincerely pleased for him”我們很真誠、很真心的為他高興。故選C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段中“ Someone in the family graduates.”家庭中的某個成員畢業(yè)了，可知D項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第六段中“A rained-out picnic, for example, is easier to cope with than the sudden death of a loved one.”比如,因?yàn)橄掠暌∠安?總比自己所愛的人突然去世更容易處理，可知A、C正確；只有B項(xiàng)沒有提及。故選B。
小題5:推理題：根據(jù)最后一段中“But rather than drown ourselves in the sadness of our parting, we'll focus on our hopes for a brighter future—for him, and for us.”但我們與其沉湎于分離所帶來的哀傷中,倒不如把期盼聚焦于一個更光明的未來——為他,也為我們自己，可知作者態(tài)度是接受現(xiàn)實(shí)，并對未來懷有希望。故選A。
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