Howcanweimproveourlife?Manypeoplethinkthattheyhavetoacceptwhateverlifethrowsatthem.They’llsay,“thisismydestiny(命运).Icannotchangeit.”Certainlynot!Youdon’thavetosuffertoomuch.Yourdestinydependso

　　Howcanweimproveourlife?Manypeoplethinkthattheyhavetoacceptwhateverlifethrowsatthem.They’llsay,“thisismydestiny(命运).Icannotchangeit.”

　　Certainlynot!Youdon’thavetosuffertoomuch.Yourdestinydependsonyourself,notonanyotherfactors.

　　Iknowsomeonewhosaysshejustacceptswhatlifegivesherbecauseshehasdoneeverythingshecantoimproveit.Guesswhatherlifestyleis?Shewakesupinthemorning,goestowork,comesbackhome,relaxes,chatswithpeople,watchesTV,thengoestosleep.Nextday,thesameroutinecyclefollows.Huh!Isthiswhatshecalls“doingherbest”?Shebelievesshehastriedherbest.Butinfactshehasn’t.

　　Rememberthatyougetwhatyoupay.Youjustdon’tsitaroundandwaitforamilliondollarstofallfromthesky.Youhavetogetoffthecouch,getyoureyesofftheTVscreen,getyourhandsoffthephone.Don’texpectyourlucktochangeunlessyoudosomethingaboutit.Ifsomethinggoeswrong,don’tjustregarditasalittlefailure,butuseitasfeedback(反馈).Learnyourlesson,makethemostofthesituation,anddosomethingtosolvetheproblem.It’snotenoughtothinkpositively(积极地),youalsohavetoactpositively.

　　Ifsomeone’slifeisinthetrouble,doyoujusthopethatthingswillturnoutfine?Ofcoursenot!Yougettodoanythingyoucantosavetheperson.Soitiswithyourownlife.Itisnotenoughtohopeforthebest,butyouhavetodoyourbest.Inotherwords,don’tjuststand(orsit)there,dosomethingtoimproveyourlife.

　　小题1:Thewriter’sattitudetowardsdestinyisthat________.A．wecanchangeitB．wecan’tdependonourselvesC．wemustacceptitD．wehavetosufferit小题2:Accordingtothepassage,whatshouldyoudoifsomethinggoeswrong?A．Regarditasalittlefailure.B．Getyourhandsoffyourphone.C．Sitaroundandwaitforluck.D．Dosomethingtosolvetheproblem.小题3:Theunderlinedword“turnout”inthepassagemeans________.A．翻转B．关闭C．变得D．清空小题4:Fromthepassage,weknow________.A．weonlyneedtohopeforthebestinourlife