Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成句子，每空不超过5个词。

“We live to work or we work to live” is a very famous question. The society is moving faster and no one has the time to think about whether the way we follow is the best solution. In fact, it’s hard to solve the problem: the balance(平衡) between work and personal life.

Maybe you say you don’t want to have a personal life. You want to work all the time to devote(奉献) yourself to your work. Before doing this, you’d better ask yourself, do you want to have a family?

The perfect example that shows the idea is Steve Jobs. He decided that no matter how rich he was or how nice it was to stay with his family, it’s more important to be creative and to bring new technologies. It’s clear that he gave up his personal life. People all over the world are thankful to him, but what about his family?

In my opinion, although work is important, we do need our personal life, such as family, friends and parties. We still need to work. And we should try our best to work well. But do remember that work is only one part of our life. Just like we need a balanced diet, we also need a balance between work and life.

【1】Everyone is too busy to ________ the question.

【2】It’s difficult to keep the balance ________.

【3】People all over the world are thankful to Steve Jobs because he ________ his personal life.

【4】According to the writer, ________ are also very important besides work.

【5】The writer thinks that work is ________ of our life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】think about

【2】between work and personal life

【3】gave up

【4】family, friends and parties

【5】only one part

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲的是“我们活着是为了工作还是我们工作是为了活着”是一个著名的问题。在工作和个人生活中寻找平衡是困难的，工作并不是生活的唯一。

【1】句意：每个人都太忙了，没时间考虑这个问题。

根据文章第一段中的“no one has the time to think about whether the way we follow is the best solution”“没有人有时间去思考我们遵循的方式是否是最好的解决方案”可知，应该是每个人都太忙而不能考虑这个问题，think about意为“考虑”，故填think about。

【2】句意：很难在工作和私人生活之间保持平衡。

根据文章第一段中的“it’s hard to solve the problem: the balance(平衡) between work and personal life”“很难解决这个问题：工作和私人生活之间的平衡”可知，应该是很难在工作和个人生活之间保持平衡，故填between work and personal life。

【3】句意：世界的人都感谢史蒂夫·乔布斯，因为他放弃了他的私人生活。

根据第三段中的“It’s clear that he gave up his personal life. People all over the world are thankful to him, but what about his family?”“很明显他放弃了私人生活。全世界的人都很感激他，但是他的家人呢？”可知，应该是他放弃了他的私人生活，give up意为“放弃”，时态是过去时，give的过去式是gave，故填gave up。

【4】句意：根据作者所说，除了工作之外，家人、朋友和聚会也很重要。

根据文章最后一段中的“In my opinion, although work is important, we do need our personal life, such as family, friends and parties”“在我看来，虽然工作很重要，但我们确实需要我们的私人生活，如家庭、朋友和聚会”可知，作者认为除了工作之外，家人、朋友和聚会也很重要，故填family, friends and parties。

【5】句意：作者认为工作只是我们生活的一部分。

根据文章最后一段中的“But do remember that work is only one part of our life. Just like we need a balanced diet, we also need a balance between work and life”“但请记住，工作只是我们生活的一部分。就像我们需要均衡的饮食一样，我们也需要平衡工作和生活”可知，作者认为工作只是我们生活的一部分，故填only one part。