Question

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody says hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序) and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love :12+15+22+5=54, and luck: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t , either.

Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100, a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different ways of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that you will have a change for the better after you have changed your attitude.

When you change your manner and become friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces. In the same way, if you take a positive(积极地) attitude towards failure(失败), you’ll find you may have more chances to succeed.

1.We can use ________ to represent “money”.

A. 72B. 71C. 70

2.The underlined word “them” in the second paragraph refers to ________.

A. hard-work and love

B. 26 English letters

C. all numbers

3.In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?

A. Attitude.B. Knowledge.C. Hard-work.

4.If you meet with problems, the best way out is to _________.

A. ask for help from others

B. say your prayers to God

C. change your attitude

5.From the passage we can learn that ______________.

A. different attitudes come from different ways of life

B. none of the English words can give one a full mark

C. failure sometimes can bring success to you if you take a positive attitude

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过用数字代替26个英文字母的方式计算单词的分数，告诉我们只有attitude态度这个词的分数加起来是100分。从而告诉我们人生的关键是看问题，做事情的态度。

1.计算分析题。根据原文If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically and use numbers to represent each of them.可知用数字代表26个英文字母，money13+15+14+5+25=72，故选A。

2.根据原文If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically and use numbers to represent each of them.可知用数字代表26个英文字母，可知them代表的是26个字母。故选B。

3.根据原文Different attitudes lead to different ways of life.可知在作者眼里，态度是最关键的，不同的态度会导致不同的生活方式。故选A。

4.根据原文You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude.可知当你改变你看事物，做事的方式或者态度的时候你就能找到问题的答案。故选C。

5.根据原文if you take a positive(积极地) attitude towards failure(失败), you’ll find you may have more chances to succeed.可知如果你能以积极的态度面对失败，你就会找到成功的机会。故选C。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。