Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the…
2025
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the information provided in the passage.
There are some men who seem to be always on the lookout for trouble and, to tell the truth, they are seldom disappointed. Listening to such men one would think that this world is one of the stormiest and most disagreeable places. Yet, after all it is not such a bad place and the difficulty is often in the man who is too thin-skinned. On the other hand, the man who goes out expecting people to be like himself, kind and brotherly, will be surprised at the kindness he meets even in the most unlikely quarters. A smile is apt to be met with a respective smile while the sneer is just as apt to provoke a snarl. Men living in the same neighborhood may live vastly different lives. But it is not the neighborhood which is quarrelsome, but the man within us. And we have it in our power to change our neighborhood into a pleasant one by simply changing our own ways.
The passage is about
- A.
our disagreeable and hostile world
- B.
a kindly and pleasant world
- C.
our different and unresponsive world
- D.
the world and what one makes of it
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Correct answer: D
Answer: the world and what one makes of it
Explanation: The passage argues that people’s expectations and behavior shape how they experience the world. It contrasts those who look for trouble and find it with those who expect kindness and receive it.
A person who expects trouble perceives the world as stormy and disagreeable.
A person who expects kindness often encounters kindness (for example, a smile usually returns a smile).
Therefore, the central idea is that our own attitudes and actions determine whether our neighborhood or world seems pleasant or quarrelsome.