2020年6月大学英语四级阅读：生活的不公正

2020年6月大学英语四级阅读：生活的不公Afriendofmine,inresponsetoaconversationwewerehavingabouttheinjusticesoflife,askedmethequestion,“Whosaidlifewasgoingtobefair,orthatitwasevenmeanttobefair?”Herquestionwasagoodone.ItremindedmeofsomethingIwastaughtasayoungster:lifeisn'tfair.It'sadisappointment,butit'sabsolutelytrue.Oneofthemistakesmanyofusmakeisthatwefeelsorryforourselves,orforothers,thinkingthatlifeshouldbefair,orthatsomedayitwillbe.It'snotanditwon'tbe.Oneofthenicethingsaboutsurrenderingtothefactthatlifeisn'tfairisthatitkeepsusfromfeelingsorryforourselvesbyencouragingustodotheverybestwecanwithwhatwehave.Weknowit'snot“life'sjob”tomakeeverythingperfect:it'sourownchallenge.Surrenderingtothisfactalsokeepsusfromfeelingsorryforothersbecauseweareremindedthateveryoneisdealtadifferenthand;everyonehasuniquestrengthsandproblemsintheprocessofgrowingup,facingtherealityandmakingdecisions;andeveryonehasthosetimesthattheyfeelunfairlytreated.Thefactthatlifeisn'tfairdoesn'tmeanweshouldn'tdoeverythinginourpowertoimproveourownlivesortheworldasawhole.Tothecontrary,itsuggeststhatweshould.Whenwedon'trecognizeoradmitthatlifeis'ntfair,wetendtofeelpityforothersandforourselves.Pity,ofcourse,isaself-defeatingemotionthatdoesnothingforanyone,excepttomakeeveryonefeelworsethantheyalreadydo.Whenwedorecognizethatlifeis'ntfair,however,wefeelcompassionforothersandforourselves.Andcompassionisaheartfeltemotionthatdeliversloving-kindnesstoeveryoneittouches.Thenexttimeyoufindyourselfthinkingabouttheinjusticesoftheworld,tryremindingyourselfofthisverybasicfact.Youmaybesurprisedthatitcanmakeyououtofself-pityandintohelpfulaction.练习题：Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:Theauthorthoughtofhisfriend'squestionasagoodone,because.healsowantedtoknowwhoheldsuchanopinionitmadehimrecallsomethingduringhischildhoodlikehisfriend,healsothoughtlifewasunfairhelearnedsomethingfromthequestionasayoungster2.Surrenderingtothefactthatlifeisn'tfairwillkeepusfrommakingeverythingperfectkeepusfromdoingeverythinginourpowermakeusfacechallengesinthelifebravelymakeusknowit'sourdutytoperfectthings3.Thesecondparagraphofthepassagemainlydiscussesit'snicetoaccepttheinjusticeoflifeit'snicetosurrendertothelifeweshouldnotsurrendertothelifeweshouldnotfeelsorryforourselves4.Inthelastparagraph,“thisverybasicfact”referstothefactthat.youshouldnotpityforotherslifeisn'tandwon'tbefairsympathyisaheartfeltemotionpityisaself-defeatingemotion5.Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthattheauthor'sattitudetolifeis.A.positiveB.negativeC.Self-pityD.indifferent1.[C]推理判断题。本题考查隐含的因果关系。第1段破折号后面的内容为隐含的原因，由此可见C为本题正确选项A没有原文依据，选项B与结论并无合理的因果关系，选项D对原文有曲解，原文是说这个问题使作者想起了年轻时候的往事，而并不是选项D中说的leamfromthequestion。[D]事实细节题。本题考查复合句的理解。第2段首句中dotheverybestwecan与第2句Weknow…it'sourchallenge表明选项D为本题正确答案。本题干扰性的是选项C，其中的challenge在第2句明确提到，但是此处的challenge不是指挑战生活，而是指本句第一个分句中提到的“让所有事情完美”。[A]主旨大意题。本段第1句是主题句,理解这个同位语从句是关键,只有选项A表达了这一句的意思。要注意其中surrender的宾语是thefactthatlifeisn，tfair,而不是life,这样就可以否定干扰性的B选项了。[B]词义推断题。本题考查this所指的理解。最后一段倒数第2句中，thisverybasicfact指的是本句的从句中的theinjusticesoftheworld,另外，短语thefactthatlifeisn'tfair在文中反复出现，