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【題目】 The older I get, the more I learn that our quality of life doesn’t depend on what we’ve been given. Instead, our quality of life depends on what we choose to create. Every day, we are creating our life. We are choosing how to spend our time, what words to say out loud, and how to care for ourselves. And with all these choices, we are creating our life.

Creating a good life requires you to choose how you spend your time well. You should be doing things that give you pleasure or satisfaction. But first, you have to find out what it is that you enjoy doing. For example, I enjoy reading, writing, and ballroom dancing. On days when I’m able to do at least one of those activities, I feel quite good. However, if my free time is taken up by serving other people’s interests, I feel frustrated. That is why you have to guard your free time. We all have parts of our day that are spent doing things that we have to do, such as our job or schoolwork. So, our limited free time is valuable indeed. But our free time is where we have the opportunity to create our life.

As a result, the questions you should be asking yourself every day are these: What kind of day am I creating today? Will I spend my time arguing with others and feeling frustrated? Or, will I do something with my time that I truly enjoy, such as reading a book or going dancing with my friends?

We have so many beautiful choices when it comes to spending our free time. The bottom line is this: We choose what kind of life we will live; how we choose to spend our free time is in our hands. Whether we spend our time with kind or unkind people is in our hands. And the choices that we make decide the kind of life that we live. This week, consider whether you’re making the right choices so that you can create a better life for yourself. Make sure you plan your free time carefully.

A good life doesn’t just happen – it’s something that we must create.

【1】According to the author, what should we do to improve our quality of life?.

A.Be grateful for the things we are given,B.Free ourselves from responsibilities.

C.Learn to spend our time properly.D.Make sure we do what we like every day.

【2】When we’re free, the author says we should ___________.

A.do things that truly make us happyB.do more reading and writing

C.offer help to people around usD.spend time with family and friends

【3】Which of the following statements would the author most probably agree with?

A.We should connect interest with work.B.We can control our own life.

C.Responsibilities come first in life.D.Different interests make people happy

【4】Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A.Create your own life.B.Be responsible to your own life.

C.The true happiness.D.Develop a healthy lifestyle.

【5】The author wrote the article mainly to __________.

A.show a kind of life that is worth living.

B.tell people how to make choices in life.

C.share her idea of making a better life.

D.advise readers to make full use of their time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

短文介紹了我們怎么樣創(chuàng)造高質(zhì)量的生活，合理安排空閑時間，選擇恰當?shù)纳�活方式�?/span>

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段So, our limited free time is valuable indeed. But our free time is where we have the opportunity to create our life. 可知所以，我們有限的自由時間確實是寶貴的。但我們的空閑時間是我們有機會創(chuàng)造我們的生活，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第2、3句You should be doing things that give you pleasure or satisfaction. But first, you have to find out what it is that you enjoy doing.可知我們應該做給你帶來娛樂和滿意的事情，就是讓你真正感到幸福的事情，故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段We choose what kind of life we will live; how we choose to spend our free time is in our hands. Whether we spend our time with kind or unkind people is in our hands.可知，作者認為我們能夠控制我們的生活，故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。分析短文內(nèi)容可知，短文主要告訴我們要創(chuàng)造更好的生活方式，故選D。

【5】推理判斷題。分析短文可知作者主要是為了把自己對創(chuàng)造更好生活的想法分享給我們，故選C。