【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 might also make wiser decisions — this isn39。t just a feelgood exercise. For example, technology and medicine have progressed to the point that many patients are living longer than they would have even a decade ago. These are achievements worth celebrating. And yet I wonder if the focus on success is sometimes misguided here as well. If it is one reason why we tend to pursue expensive endoflife treatments, they often acplish little other than to make a patient39。s final days painful and frightening. The fact is that, when asked, many patients would rather focus on living meaningfully in their final days. My hope here is to make a case for thinking about meaning, in the same way we think about pursuing success. In that spirit, I39。ve asked several people, each of whom has met misfortune, how they find meaning in their lives. The diversity in their responses reflects the fact that there are no right or wrong answers here. We each can find meaning in different things.（1）What is the typical American idea? A.Success is the dream.B.Success lies in hard work.C.Apple pie is the best food.D.Failure is always avoidable.（2）What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 3 probably refer to? A.Equipment.B.Culture.C.Uncertainty.D.Belief.（3）In their final days many patients actually want to______. A.live as long as possibleB.live a more meaningful lifeC.make great progress in medicineD.get expensive endoflife treatments（4）What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.The author thinks pursuing success is wrong.B.We can benefit from some unlucky things.C.We can find the same meaning in our life.D.Personally there are different meanings in life.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】短文大意：在美國人們經(jīng)常談?wù)摮晒?。成功是夢想，是終點。美國人認為努力工作就能獲得個人成功每個人都能在不同的事物中找到意義。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的And not by coincidence the idea that hard work leads to personal success is as American as apple 。故選B。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的We39。d feel better equipped to deal with uncertainty if we talked about it more. 可知我們會感覺更好地準備好應(yīng)對不確定性，如果我們更多地談?wù)撍?。可推斷，it指代的是不確定性。故選C。 （3）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的The fact is that, when asked, many patients would rather focus on living meaningfully in their final ，在生命的最后幾天，許多病人實際上更專注于有意義的生活，故選B。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段The diversity in their responses reflects the fact that there are no right or wrong answers here. We each can find meaning in different ，關(guān)于人生意義的回答，沒有對或錯的答案，每個人都能在不同的事物中找到意義，故選D。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題。細節(jié)理解題要注意從文中尋找答案；推理判斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。5．閱讀理解 It was many years ago. I was a young dad sitting on the couch reading a fairy tale to my little girl. She sat next to me with her head on my arm as I told the tale. When it came to the end I finished with those famous words: And they lived happily ever after. As I looked over to her with her wavy(鬈曲的), brown hair and big, innocent eyes I could see the smile on her face and I never wanted it to end. Then it dawned on me that the ending of the book was what I wanted for her. I wanted her to live happily ever after. Still, deep in my heart I knew that this couldn39。t always be so. I knew that there would be times when her heart was broken. I knew there would be times when she cried in grief and I couldn39。t fort her. I knew there would be times when all she felt was fear, sadness, sorrow, and despair. As I stroked her hair and smiled at her I hoped that those times would be brief and that she would have joy in her life more often than not. Living happily ever after, though, seemed out of the question. It takes me a lot of years to realize that it is possible to live happily ever after. You just have to do it one day at a time. Happiness you see isn39。t some reward that you get at the end of your journey. Happiness isn39。t something that depends on what life you own. Happiness is something you create in your life choice by choice and day by day. The truth is happiness es when you love. Love is a gift from God. It is love that mends broken hearts. It is love that heals grief. It is love that gives us joy. Choose to live happily ever after, one day at a time.（1）What is the author39。s wish to his daughter? A.Getting a good job in the future.B.Making many friends in her school.C.Traveling around the world in her life.D.Having a happy life ever after.（2）What can we know from Paragraph 2? A.Life39。s meaning consists in devotion.B.Life is always full of difficulties and challenges.C.There are times that life goes against us.D.Everyone has the right to obtain happiness and freedom.（3）How to get happiness in author39。s opinion? A.Reward yourself once a day.B.Create it by yourself in your daily life.C.Get rid of those disturbing things.D.Take charge of your life independently.（4）What is the author39。s purpose in writing the passage? A.To show the significance of love.B.To describe a daughter39。s growth.C.To introduce the definition of