Oneofmyfavoriteposters1says,“Lifeisatest.Itisonlyatest.Hadthisbeenareallifeyouwouldhavebeeninstructedwheretogoandwhattodo.”WheneverIthinkofthishumorousbitofwisdom2,itremindsmetonottakemylifesoseriously.
Asanexperiment,seeifyoucanapplythisideatosomethingyouareforcedtodealwith.Perhapsyouhavemuchpressurefromyourparentsoryouhaveademanding7boss.Seeifyoucanredefinetheissueyoufacefrombeinga“problem”tobeingatest.Ratherthan8strugglingwithyourissue,seeifthereissomethingyoucanlearnfromit.Askyourself,“WhyisthisanissueinmylifeWhatwoulditmeanandwhatwouldbeinvolvedtoriseaboveitCouldIpossiblylookatthisissueanydifferentlyCanIseeitasatestofsomekind”
Ifyougivethisstrategyatryyoumaybesurprisedatyourchangedresponses.Ithasbecomefarmoreacceptabletometoacceptthingsastheyare.
Questions1to5arebasedonthepassageabove.
A.Hetakeshislifeseriously.
B.Heconsiderslifeastest.
C.Heknowswheretogoandwhattodo.
B.Hethinkslifeisfullofhumorouswisdom.
2.Whenyoubegintoconsiderlifeasatest,youwillfind_____.
A.youarebombardedwithproblemsandresponsibilities
B.theresultofthetestissogoodthatyouaredelighted
C.youhavemanyopportunitiestogrow
D.youhavetogotoschooltotaketestseveryday
3.WhichofthefollowingstatementisTRUEaccordingtotheauthor
A.Whenyoulookatlifeasatest,youhaveachancetoovercomeproblemsyouface.
B.Whenyoutakelifeseriously,youaremorelikelytosucceedandbecomehappy.
C.Whenyouseeeachproblemasaseriousbattle,youhavemorechancetosurvive.
D.Wheneverythingisworkingoutjustright,youcanknowhowoftenithappens.
A.youtrytogetthemeaningoftheposter
B.yourparentsgiveyoumuchpressure
C.youarecarryingoutanexperiment
D.youareinarockyjourney
5.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage
A.MyFavoritePoster
B.TakeLifeSeriously
C.FaceChallengeofLife
D.LifeIsOnlyATest
议论文。本文作者建议人们将生活看成一个测验，以更好地应对生活中的种种困难和挫折。
斟词酌句
demandingadj.过分要求的，苛求的
*TobeaCEOofabigcompanyisarealdemandingjob.当大公司的执行总裁真的是一件费力的工作。
指点迷津
Hadthisbeenareallifeyouwouldhavebeeninstructedwheretogoandwhattodo.本句用了虚拟语气，表示与过去事实相反。句中省略了连词if.在书面语中条件从句可以不用连词if，只须将谓语中的过去式had移至主语之前即可。
试题精析
选B.本题为观点态度推断题。文中第一段第一句说作者“最喜欢的标语上写着：生活是个测验”，这句话暗示了作者的生活态度。
2.选C.本题为主要细节正误题。第二段第一句说“youbegintoseeeachissueyoufaceasanopportunitytogrow”，选项C与其意思一致。
4.选D.本题为主要细节正误题。A选项与题干无关;C选项过于牵强;D选项在文中并无相应论述;从第三段第二句“Perhapsyouhavemuchpressurefromyourparents……”可知，B选项正确。