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Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

The work-life balance is dead. By this, I'm not advocating that you should give up your pursuit of having a fulfilling career and a thriving personal life, and I'm definitely not saying that you have to give up one to have the other. I also acknowledge that we have a work-life problem, but I'm arguing that the concept of balance has never been helpful, because it's too limiting. You see, our language makes a difference, and how we refer to things matters because it affects our thinking and therefore our actions.
At the minimum, most of us work because we want to be able to support ourselves, our families, and the people around us. In the ideal world, we're all doing work that we're proud of and that provides meaning and purpose to us. But even if your job doesn't give you shivers of joy each new day, working is a part of what each of us does and the contribution we make to society. When you separate work and life, it's a little bit harder to make that connection. But when you think of work as part of a full life and a complete experience, it becomes easier to see that success in one aspect often supports another.
Losing your balance and falling isn't pleasant. A goal to balance suggests that things could quickly get off balance, and that causes terrible outcomes. It's more constructive to think of solutions that continue to evolve over shifts in life and work. Rather than falling or failing, you may have good days or better days or not-so-good days. These variations are normal, and it's more useful to think of life as something that is ever evolving and changing, rather than a high-risk enterprise where things could go wrong with one misstep.
How we talk to ourselves matters, and how we talk about issues makes a difference. Let's bury “work-life balance” and think bigger and better about work-life fulfillment to do a little less balancing and a lot more living.

 51  工作与生活的平衡已经消失了。我这样说,并不是主张让你放弃对充满成就感的职业和蓬勃发展的个人生活的追求,而且我绝对不是在说你必须放弃一个才能拥有另一个。我也承认我们都有协调工作与生活的问题,但我认为平衡的概念从来都没什么用,因为它太局限了。要知道, 52  我们的语言是有影响的,而且我们如何描述事物也很重要,因为它会影响我们的思维并因此影响我们的行为。
至少,我们大多数人之所以工作是因为我们希望能够养活自己、家人和身边的人。 53  在理想的世界中,我们都在做着让我们引以为豪的工作,这份工作为我们提供了意义和目标。但是,即使你的工作不能每天都给你带来喜悦的颤抖,工作仍是我们每个人生活的一部分,是我们对社会所做的贡献。当你将工作和生活分开时,要建立这种联系就有点困难了。但是,当你将工作视为充实的生活和完整的体验的一部分时,你会更容易发现,在一方面的成功通常会支持另一方面。
失去平衡和跌倒让人不愉快。要达到平衡的目标意味着事情可能会很快失去平衡,并导致可怕的结果。 54  在生活和工作不断变化的情况下思考解决方案会更具建设性。你的日子有些可能很好,有些更好一点,或者有些不太好,但都不是跌倒或失败。[54] 这些变化是正常的,将生活看作是不断演化和变化的事物,而不是一家因为一个失误就会出问题的高风险企业,这样会更有用。 我们跟自己说话的方式很重要,我们谈论一个问题的方式也会有影响。 55  让我们别再用“工作与生活的平衡”这样的字眼了,让我们对如何成就工作与生活这一点想得更深入一些,更全面一些,少一点平衡,多一些生活。

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51.

What does the author suggest by saying “The work-life balance is dead”?

  1. The hope of achieving a thriving life is impossible to realize.

  2. The pursuit of a fulfilling career involves personal sacrifice.

  3. The imbalance between work and life simply doesn't exist anymore.

  4. The concept of work-life balance contributes little to a fulfilling life.

51.作者说“工作与生活的平衡已消失”是什么意思?

A)实现生活蓬勃发展的希望是无法实现的。

B)追求充满成就感的职业需要个人的牺牲。

C)工作与生活之间的不平衡只是不再存在了。

D)工作与生活平衡的概念对充实生活的贡献很小。

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52.

What does the author say about our use of language?

  1. It impacts how we think and behave.

  2. It changes with the passage of time.

  3. It reflects how we communicate.

  4. It differs from person to person.

52.关于我们对语言的使用,作者说了什么?

A)它影响着我们思考和行动的方式。

B)它随着时间的流逝而变化。

C)它反映了我们是如何沟通的。

D)它因人而异。

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53.

What does the author say we do in an ideal world?

  1. We do work that betters the lives of our families and friends.

  2. We do work that gives us bursts of joy each new day.

  3. We do meaningful work that contributes to society.

  4. We do demanding work that brings our capacity into full play.

53.作者说我们在理想世界中做什么?

A)我们的工作是改善家人和朋友的生活。

B)我们的工作每天都会给我们带来欢乐。

C)我们的工作有意义,对社会有贡献。

D)我们的工作劳神费力,可以充分发挥我们的才能。

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54.

What does the author say about life?

  1. It is cyclical.

  2. It is dynamic.

  3. It is fulfilling.

  4. It is risky.

54.关于生活,作者说了什么?

A)它是循环往复的。

B)它是发展变化的。

C)它是令人满意的。

D)它是有风险的。

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55.

What does the author advise us to do?

  1. Make life as simple as possible.

  2. Talk about balance in simpler terms.

  3. Balance life and work in a new way.

  4. Strive for a more fulfilling life.

55.作者建议我们做什么?

A)让生活尽可能简单。

B)用更简单的术语谈论平衡。

C)以新的方式平衡生活和工作。

D)为更加充实的生活而努力奋斗。

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