19.One of the greatest sources of unhappiness,in my experience,is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.
When we see something we don't like,we wish it could be different.We cry out for something better.That may be human nature,or perhaps it's something ingrained(根深蒂固的) in our culture.The root of the unhappiness isn't necessarily that we want things to be different.However,it's that we decided we didn't like it in the first place.We've judged it as bad,rather than saying,"It's not bad or good,and it just is it."
In one of my books,I said"You should expect people to mess up and expect things to go differently than you planned".Some readers said it's too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong.However,it's only negative if you see it as negative and judge it as bad.Instead,you could accept it as the way the world works and try to understand why that is.
This can be applied to whatever you do:how other people act at work,how politics works and how depressing the news media can be.Accept these things as they are,and try to understand why they're that way. It will save you a lot of sadness,because you'll no longer say,"Oh.1wish bad things didn't happen!''
Does it mean you can never change things?Not at a11.But change things not because you can't accept things as they are,but because you enjoy the process of changing,learning and growing.
Can we make this world a better place?You can say that you'11continue to try to do things to help others,to grow as a person,to make a difference in this world.That's the correct path you choose to take,because you enjoy that path.Therefore,when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference,try a different approach:accept,and understand.It might lead to some interesting results.

41.The author believes that we feel unhappy maybe becauseD.
A.it is our natural emotion in the life
B.culture asks us to be different from others
C.everyone has their own opinions on things
D.we dislike something in the beginning
42.Some readers think the words in the author's book is tooA.
A.depressing  B.frightening   C.delighting  D.idealistic
43.In Paragraph 4,the underlined word"it"refers toC.
A.a(chǎn)cting well at work and in politics
B.feeling depressed for the news media
C.a(chǎn)ccepting and understanding what has happened
D.saying something negative when bad things come
44.In the last paragraph,you are advisedD.
A.to help others and make a difference
B.to enjoy what you have to do in the work
C.to judge yourself and make a wish for you
D.to try a new way when making the world better
45.What is the main theme of the passage?B
A.Expecting things to be different gives us hope.
B.Accepting can make our life happier and better.
C.Traditional culture becomes root of unhappiness.
D.Judging good or bad is important for our world.

分析 文中首先提出問題人們?yōu)槭裁磿?huì)不快樂呢,在作者看來,人們不快樂的根源是不愿意接受事物本來的樣子,總想試圖把它們改變成自己喜歡的樣子.在文中作者建議人們要學(xué)會(huì)去接受、理解事物本來的面貌,本質(zhì),然后就會(huì)有意想不到的收獲.

解答 41.D  細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段The root of the unhappiness isn't necessarily that we want things to be different.However,it's that we decided we didn't like it in the first place可以判斷作者認(rèn)為人們不快樂的根源是從開始我們就不喜歡某些東西,不愿意接受它們本來的樣子,故選D.
42.A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題.從文章第三段Some readers said it's too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong可知一些讀者認(rèn)為作者的話太過消沉,悲觀,故選A.
43.C  詞義猜測題.根據(jù)上文Accept these things as they are,and try to understand why they're that way可知此處it指代前面內(nèi)容,即:接受事物本來的樣子,盡量去理解它們?yōu)槭裁磿?huì)是那樣子,故選C.
44.D  細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文章的末段末句when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference,try a different approach:accept,and understand.It might lead to some interesting results可知作者建議人們?nèi)绻屖虑橛兴挠^就要去嘗試新的方法,故選D.
45.B  主旨大意題.文章開頭提出人們不快樂的根源是不愿意接受事物本來的樣子,然后進(jìn)一步分析說明,最后建議人們?yōu)榱丝鞓肪鸵獙W(xué)會(huì)接受、理解.由此可知B選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容能體現(xiàn)文章中心,故選B.

點(diǎn)評 做閱讀理解時(shí)要快速的瀏覽全文,把握文章主旨大意,帶著問題回到原文,尋找細(xì)節(jié)或概括相應(yīng)的答案,最后要理清作者寫作思路.

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