PassageOne
Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Wecanmakemistakesatanyage.Somemistakeswemakeareaboutmoney.Butmostmistakesareaboutpeople.“DidJerryreallycarewhenIbrokeupwithHelen?”“WhenIgotthatgreatjob,didJimreallyfeelgoodaboutit,asafriend?Ordidheenvymyluck?”“Whydidn’tIrealizethatPaulwasfriendlyjustbecauseIhadacar?”Whenwelookback,doubtslikethesecanmakeupfeelbad.Butwhenwelookback,it’stoolate.
Whydowegowrongaboutourfriendsorourenemies?Sometimeswhatpeoplesayhidestheirrealmeaning.Ifwedon’treallylisten,wemissthefeelingbehindthewords.Supposesomeonetellsyou,“You’realuckydog.”Ishereallyonyourside?Ifhesays,“You’realuckyboy”or“You’realuckygirl”,that’sbeingfriendly.Butthere’sabitofenvyin“luckydog.”Maybehedoesn’tseeithimself.Butbringinginthe“dog”bitputsyoudownalittle.Whathemaybesayingisthathedoesn’tthinkyoudeserveyourluck.
“Justthinkofallthethingsyouhavetobethankfulfor”isanothernoisethatsaysonethingandmeansanother.Itcouldmeanthatthespeakeristryingtogetyoutoseeyourproblemaspartofyourlifeasawhole.Butishe?Wrappedupinthisphraseisthethoughtthatyourproblemisn’timportant.It’stellingyoutothinkofallthestarvingpeopleintheworldwhenyouhaven’tgotadateforSaturdaynight.
Howcanyoutelltherealmeaningbehindsomeone’swords?Onewayistotakeagoodlookatthepersontalking.Dohiswordsfitthewayhelooks?Doeswhathesayssquarewiththetoneofvoice?Hisgesture?Thelookinhiseyes?Stopandthink.
Theminuteyouspendthinkingabouttherealmeaningofwhatpeoplesaytoyoumanysaveanothermistake.
21.Accordingtothewriter,whenpeoplelookbackitistoolate,because.
A.mistakeshavealreadybeenmade
B.mistakescanmadethemfeelbad
C.theyareunawareoftheirmistakes
D.theyaredoubtfuloftheirfriends