2015无锡高三期中考试 逆境的看法

2015年11月秋学期无锡高三期中考试

They say "Make the best of a bad situation". But I believe the bad situation makes the best of you. Even the adversity (逆境) of life can be useful. President Abraham Lincoln showed us how this is so.

One of his officials, Edwin Stanton, frequently found fault with the president and criticized him ---- sometimes in public. Lincoln seemed to show great patience with him. The president was asked why he kept such a man in a high level position.

Lincoln characteristically responded with a story. He told about a time he was visiting with an old farmer. He noticed a big horsefly biting the side of the farmer's horse. Lincoln said he reached over to brush the fly away. As he did so, the farmer stopped him and cautioned, "Don't do that, friend. That horsefly is the only thing keeping this old horse moving."

Even life's many adversities and problems have their place. They may cause us to change directions. Or motivate us to greater achievement. Or keep us moving along when it's easier to go nowhere.

Are you simply making the best of a bad situation, or will it make the best of you?

【写作内容】

1. 用约30个词概括这段短文的内容；

2. 用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：

(1)列举自己或他人的例子，谈谈如何处理逆境。

(2)谈谈你对逆境的看法。

The passage narrates an instructive story of Lincoln visiting a farmer and his way of responding to bad situations, indicating that the bad situation makes the best of a person. (30 words)

The story reminds me of Helen Keller who became deaf and blind when 19 months old. Living in a world of darkness and silence, she found that communication seemed only a dream for her. However, she didn't give up and struggled to lead an active life. Eventually, under the guidance of her teacher, Helen learnt to read and write and later became a famous writer.

On a personal note, what Helen Keller and Abraham Lincoln did has shown us whether one will succeed or fail depends on how he deals with bad situations. As we all know, lift is a road to unexpected challenges. Only when we make the best of a bad situation will it make the best.(120 words)

美文一：

By giving the example of Lincoln, the article above convinces us that adversity can be a source of motivation, thus helping us make breakthroughs in our life.

Adversity is unavoidable. Once I took part in a speech competition. Well-prepared as I was, I found myself buried in endless stress on the stage and words just failed me. However, instead of giving in, I raised my courage and turned my stress into excitement. In the end, everything went smoothly as I had expected. So, when caught in a bad situation, we should stay calm and never give up. Then, we’ll naturally come up with a solution.

In my opinion, adversity is a great fortune. If everything runs smoothly in your life, you’ll end up in failure. Adversity may seem frightening, but it can function as an engine, which push you forward. What ’s more, experience learned from adversity is unique and can ’t be found anywhere else. Just remember, adversity is not scaring as long as we take it as an opportunity to improve ourselves!

美文二：

By giving the example of Lincoln, the author holds the opinion that the adversity of life can be of use and make us the best.

As the author puts it, “the bad situation makes the best of you”, I think, the adversity is a

good chance for us to develop ourselves. To begin with, it is a great learning experience. When we come across failures, we know the weaknesses and improve them next time. What’s more, it also makes us stronger and more confident. From the adversity, we broost our strengths both physically and psychologically.

Personally speaking, when confronted the adversity, we should fight it bravely and optimistically. When I was in middle school, there was a period when everything seemed bad, low grades, broken friendship and so on. I never gave up, however, during the time I smiled and believe firmly that everything would be better. And then so it was.

In a word, the adversity is inevitable. We should see it in a positive way.

美文三：

The passage mainly tells us that a bad situation even the adversity of life can be useful when we make the best of them. Many adversities have positive effects on us.

This reminds me of my experience that I was in a bad situation. When in grade-seven, I lagged far behind my classmates in English, which disappointed me a lot. However, I didn’t give up. Instead, I kept a pocket note and read it wherever I was, for which I made a great progress eventually. When faced with advertise, we ought to keep calm so that we can make a schedule, the schedule making us overcome the hardships.

From my perspective, the adversity is of great help to us. To start with, it makes us aware of ourselves weaknesses, which lets us know where we have to strengthen. On top of that, it motivates us to go ahead for success by putting us in a low emotion. I’m firmly convinced that only when we keep a positive attitude towards the adversity can we overcome it, thus improving our competence.

美文四：

The passage mainly tells us that Lincoln was patient with a man who was always against him. That was because he thought a bad situation motivated him.

In reality, it is not uncommon that we meet a lot of bad situations. As for me, I once was afraid of taking a bicycle. I always fell down due to my poor balance. In which case, I withdrew. At the point of this, my sister came to my assistance. She told me to be brave and not to give up. Finally, I learned to take a bicycle with her encouragement.

It is apparent that a bad situation will discourage you . But if you can equip yourself with bravery and active attitude, you will defeat bad situations. Keep in mind that only when you can face difficulties by yourself can you cope with problems that follows. After these difficulties, there will be a brilliant future.

The passage above makes me aware of the significance of a bad situation. By grtting through a bad situation, we will become more mature and can build up our confidence. Not only is it a motivation, but it is a challenge to improve us as well. To sum up, a bad situation is a must for our lives. So we should have an active attitude to it.