I recently saw this sentence in a book: “When we can’t change our situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” All of us have things we wish we could change: the environment, relationships, and past hurts. But the uncomfortable truth is that there are things in life that may never change, no matter how much we wish they would. Whatever it is in your life, here are 3 ways to deal with things we can never change.

Adjust(调节) your course of action.

I love the old saying, “   ▲    ”  When I find myself in a situation that I wish was different, I won’t ask “Why?” Instead, I’ll ask, “What?” or “How?” What can I learn from this? Or how can I adjust my way to better deal with this situation or person?

Change yourself.

Terrible experiences make you different. But they can change you for better or for worse. I’ve seen people who seemingly have the happiest lives yet still find reasons to be unhappy. But I’ve seen others whose lives were hard, still smiled. Dealing with terrible experiences is all about a way of thinking about things. When you can’t change your situation, choose to change yourself. Change is hard, but not changing is sometimes much harder.

Stay positive(积极的).

Be a positive person. Make the world a better place by learning from others’ mistakes so you don’t repeat them. And if there’s something negative(消极的) in your own family, be the one to change it in your family’s future.

1.The writer mentions the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 to________.

A introduce a book

B make readers interested

C bring up the topic

D answer a question

解析：选C。C推理判断题。作者通过提及这句话“当我们无法改变我们的处境时，我们就努力去改变自己”，向我们传达生活中有些事情可能永远不会改变。随后向我们介绍了3种方法来处理我们永远无法改变的事情。因此这个句子是为了引出本文话题。故选C。

2.What can be put back into the “ ▲ ”?

A Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

B Don’t be afraid to knock at the door in the middle of the night.

C Think day by day and dream night by night.

D You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据本段副标题“Adjust your course of action.”和后面提到的内容可知，当我们发现自己处于一种我们不想要的境地时，要学会调整我们的态度或方法。因此“你不能控制风向，但你可以调整航杆”符合文意。故选D。

3.What does the writer advise when your situation can’t be changed?

A Accepting it.

B Changing yourself.

C Giving up.

D Doing other funny activities.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句“When you can’t change your situation, choose to change yourself.”可知，如果改变不了处境，作者建议改变你自己。故选B。

4.How should we stop making mistakes that others made?

A By helping them succeed.

B By learning from them.

C By giving them a lesson.

D By forgetting the mistakes.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句“Make the world a better place by learning from others’ mistakes so you don’t repeat them.”可知，从别人的错误中学习，这样你就不会重蹈覆辙。故选B。

5.Where can we read the passage?

A In a life magazine.

B In a sports magazine.

C In a history book.

D In a business report.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。本文主要就生活中遇到无法改变的处境时，给出了三条建议，属于生活方面的文章，因此最有可能在生活杂志上读到本文。故选A。