Imagine the following scenario(情景): A woman buys her lunch every day from a fast food outlet near her job. After some years, she finds herself 30 pounds overweight, and feeling unhealthy. So what does she do? She chooses to bring a lawsuit against the fast food outlet, claiming that the food served there was the cause of her being overweight and in poor health.
Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t? The only thing more absurd than the story itself is the fact that is not fiction. There are people who have sued（控告）fast food chains for causing their weight problems.
This is an example of one of the ways in which many of us spend enormous amounts of energy trying to deny the undeniable and universal fact that we are all ultimately responsible for our own choices and our own lives.
How much easier would we make it for ourselves if we could accept this fact rather than resist it? But how can we embrace the truth, that we are living the lives we choose to live, that we are enjoying or suffering the consequences(结果) of our own choices, and that blaming others for our problems and shortings is nothing more than a fortable fantasy?
We must acknowledge the truth of our lives, however unpleasant this may be. If we are overweight, in a bad relationship, in a dead end, we need to accept that this is where we are, at this moment in time.
Imagine that woman decided that she was unhappy with the extra pounds she’d gained after many years of eating fast food on a regular basis. Imagine that this woman took the time to really understand and accept that she and no one else was responsible for her eating choices. Having acknowledged this fact, she then decides to make the changes in her lifestyle to bee the healthier, slimmer person she wants to be.
【小题1】What would be the best title for the passage?A．Be responsible for Our Own Choices.B．Overe the Challenges in Our Life.C．Acknowledge the Truth Rather than Deny It.D．More than a Comfortable Fantasy.【小题2】 Why is the woman mentioned twice in the passage?A．To show the right way of dealing with weight problems.B．To describe a familiar scenario in life.C．To give support to the author’s viewpoint.D．To pare the consequences of different choices.【小题3】 What can we learn from the first paragraph?A．Fast food chains contribute little to people’s overweight problems actually.B．Fast food outlets are responsible for many people to bee overweight.C．Many people tend to blame others for their own problems.D．The author himself is a supporter of fast food chains.【小题4】 What should a person do if he is in a bad relationship with his roommates, according to the author?A．Acknowledge the truth of his life and let it be.B．Think about what’s wrong with himself and then put it right.C．Accept that this is where we are and wait for things to improve.D．Do whatever he likes regardless of what others think and say.A
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】主旨题，文章第一二段的举例说明文章的主旨，第三段才真正说出作者的想要表达的观点：This is an example of one of the ways in which many of us spend enormous amounts of energy trying to deny the undeniable and universal fact that we are all ultimately responsible for our own choices and our own lives.说明每个人都要为自己的选择负责。选A。
【小题2】推理题，文章在第一段和最后一段提到这名妇女，就是下想通过这个例子支持作者的观点。C正确。
【小题3】细节题，从文章第一段She chooses to bring a lawsuit against the fast food outlet, claiming that the food served there was the cause of her being overweight and in poor health. 看出这位妇女起诉快餐店，认为导致自己发胖和健康状况变差的原因是那里的快餐，从而得出结论：很多人往往会把自己的问题归咎于别人。故选C。
【小题4】推理题,从文章第四段的：that blaming others for our problems and shortings is nothing more than a fortable fantasy?意思是：因为自己的问题和缺点去责备别人只是一个舒适的幻想。所以要是和室友出了问题应该想想自己什么地方错了，纠正它。B正确。