13.Do you feel lucky?You probably don't.You may think you've got where you are today through willpower and hard work.We tend to overlook luck's role,and this seems to get worse the richer we get; surveys show that the wealthiest are least likely to owe their fortunes to good fortune.Many such people oppose taxation (稅收) and government spending:why should others get a handout(救濟品) if they don't need one?More often than not,they vote against the very policies that helped them get lucky to begin with.In a recent Atlantic essay,Robert Frank,an economist who has studied attitudes to chance,quoted(引用) EB White:"Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men."
However,if we see this just as a problem of the super-rich people,we may let the rest of us off too easily.Anyone living in a highly developed economy in 2016is already the one who benefits from luck-for example,not living in the modern-day Central African Republic,where few people can live a long life.In fact,we are lucky to have been born human.You might have been a battery hen,or a mayfly with only one day to live.
Our blindness to such truths isn't only because we're self-absorbed but also we attach more significance to things that are easier to call to mind.It's not hard to recall countless times when you put in the effort to succeed:struggling through university finals,preparing for job interviews,tolerating a long-distance travel to work.On the other hand,it's rather difficult to realize you're lucky-like not being born in a war zone,or before antibiotics(抗生素),and so forth.
27.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1mean?C
A.Self-made men don't like to be talked about.
B.Successful people owe their achievements to luck.
C.Successful people tend to overlook the role of luck.
D.Self-made men are more likely to show off their luck.
28.According to the author,you are lucky if you are notD.
A.struggling through university finals
B.preparing for interviews
C.tolerating a long distance travel
D.living in a war zone
29.We can learn from the passage thatB.
A.few people in Africa are lucky
B.each of us is actually lucky
C.people value the importance of luck
D.people succeed because of luck
30.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?B
A.Luck Is A Blessing
B.We Are Lucky
C.How To Be Lucky
D.Who Is Lucky.
分析 本文是一篇人生感悟類閱讀,屬于議論文,你覺得幸運嗎?你可能不會.本文以此展開談?wù),主要講述了我們每個人生來都是幸運的,然而我們卻總是忽略這種幸運.
解答 27.C.句意理解題.根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知,Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men句意為成功的人往往忽視運氣的作用.故選C.
28.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)On the other hand,it's rather difficult to realize you're lucky-like not being born in a war zone,or before antibiotics(抗生素),and so forth.可知,你是幸運的,如果你不是住在戰(zhàn)爭區(qū)域.故選D.
29.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容,尤其是In fact,we are lucky to have been born human.You might have been a battery hen,or a mayfly with only one day to live.可知,我們每個人都是幸運的.故選B.
30.B.主旨大意題.閱讀全文,根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知,本文主要講述了我們每個人生來都是幸運的,然而我們卻總是忽略這種幸運.故B符合文章內(nèi)容,故選B.
點評 本文是一篇人生感悟類閱讀,題目涉及多道主旨大意題,細節(jié)理解題,推理判斷題.做題時學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測.