9．"To be or not to be．"Outside the Bible，these six words are the most famous in all the literature of the world．They were spoken by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud，and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but for every thinking man and woman．To be or not to be----to live or not to live，to live richly and abundantly （豐富地） and eagerly，or to live dully and meanly and scarcely．A philosopher once wanted to know whether he was alive or not，which is a good question for everyone to put to himself occasionally．He answered it by saying，"I think，therefore I am．"
But the best definition of existence I ever saw was one written by another philosopher who said，"To be is to be in relations．"If this is true，then the more relations a living thing has，the more it is alive．To live abundantly means simply to increase the range and intensity （強度） of our relations．Unfortunately，we are so constituted （組成） that we get to love our routine．But other than our regular occupation，how much are we alive？If you are interested only in your regular occupation，you are alive only to that extent．So far as other things are concerned----poetry and prose，music，pictures，sports，unselfish friendships，politics，international affairs----you are dead．
On the contrary，it is true that every time you acquire a new interest----even more，a new accomplishment----you increase your power of life．No one who is deeply interested in different kinds of subjects can remain unhappy．The real pessimist is the person who has lost interest．
Bacon said that a man dies as often as he loses a friend．But we gain new life by contacts with new friends，and new ideas and thoughts，too．Where your thoughts are，there will be your life also．If your thoughts are limited only to your business，only to your physical welfare，only to your narrow circle of the town in which you live，then you live in a narrow restricted life．But if you are interested in the characters of a good novel，then you are living with those highly interested people； if you listen intently （專注地） to fine music，you are always away from immediate surroundings and living in a world of passion and imagination．
To be or not to be----to live intensely and richly，or merely to exist，depends on ourselves．Let us widen and intensify （增強） our relations．While we live，let us live．
72．What does the author mainly want to do by this passage？B
A．The author wants to argue against an idea．
B．The author wants to put forward an idea．
C．The author wants to introduce some famous sayings．
D．The author wants to explain some famous sayings．
73．What does the underlined word"pessimist"most probably mean？A
A．It means somebody who always expects the worst to happen．
B．It means somebody who is always interested in making new friends．
C．It means somebody who always lives in a world of passion and imagination．
D．It means somebody who likes to live a rich and abundant life．
74．Which of the following behaviors is probably encouraged by the author？B
A．Limiting our thoughts to our business and physical welfare
B．Exposing ourselves to new friends，ideas and thoughts．
C．Getting along with those highly interested people．
D．Living in a world of passion and imagination．
75．What is the main idea of the passage？C
A．To be or not to be，that is a question．
B．I think，therefore I am．
C．To be is to be in relations．
D．A man dies as often as he loses a friend．
分析 本文是一篇議論文，主要闡述的是一種新的生存理念"To be is to be in relations．"意為"生存就是聯(lián)系"，也就是說對與外面的世界保持聯(lián)系，不要孤立也不要隔離"，要活得豐富充實就要擴大和加強我們之間的各種聯(lián)系，一個能對許多事物都感興趣的人是愉快的，真正悲觀的人只能是那些喪失興趣的人，一個失去朋友的人即將死亡，但通過與朋友交往可以獲得再生．
解答 72．B 主旨大意題．根據(jù)文章第一段中作者以"To be or not to be．"----"是生存還是毀滅"開頭，引起了一個討論，并介紹了關(guān)于存在的另外一個說法"To be is to be in relations．"---"生存就是聯(lián)系"，也就是對與外面的世界保持聯(lián)系，不要孤立也不要隔離．故B正確．
73．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)第三段中的"No one who is deeply interested in different kinds of subjects can remain unhappy．The real pessimist is the person who has lost interest．"可知，沒有一個對事物感興趣的人是不快樂的．真正不快樂的是那些對一切都失去興趣的人，這樣的人總是很悲觀，所以他們很不快樂．故C正確．
74．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第四段中的"But we gain new life by contacts with new friends，and new ideas and thoughts，too．Where your thoughts are，there will be your life too．If your thoughts are limited only to your business，only to your physical welfare，only to your narrow circle of the town in which you live，then you live a narrow restricted（有限的，受約束的） life"可知，如果你的思想不出你的業(yè)務(wù)范圍，不出你的物質(zhì)利益，不出你所在的城鎮(zhèn)的狹隘圈子，那么你的一生便也只是多方受著狹隘的一生，這些人只關(guān)注自己的問題，他們的生活就被約束住了．故B項只關(guān)注自己，這是作者不鼓勵的生活方式．故B正確．
75．C 主旨大意題．本文講述的一種新的生存理念"To be is to be in relations．"生存就是聯(lián)系，也就是對與外面的世界保持聯(lián)系，不要孤立也不要隔離．故C正確．
點評 解答細節(jié)理解題時，一個常用的方法就是運用定位法，即根據(jù)題干和選項中的關(guān)鍵詞從原文中找到相關(guān)的句子，與選項進行比較從而確定答案；推理判斷題既要求學生透過文章表面文字信息推測文章隱含意思，又要求學生對作者的態(tài)度、意圖及文章細節(jié)的發(fā)展作正確的推理判斷，力求從作者的角度去考慮，不要固守自己的看法或觀點．
