Read the passage and answer the questions that follow on the basis of the…
2023
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 author's own view of the world is that
- A.
it is one of the loveliest and quietest places
- B.
it is an unpleasant and turbulent place
- C.
thick-skinned people will not find it a bad place
- D.
it is a sordid place for those who suffer in life
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Correct answer: C
Answer: thick-skinned people will not find it a bad place
Key sentence from the passage: "it is not such a bad place and the difficulty is often in the man who is too thin-skinned."
The author contrasts two attitudes: those who expect trouble and therefore see the world as stormy, and those who expect kindness and see kindness in return.
Because the author says the world "is not such a bad place" and places the difficulty in thin-skinned people, it follows that people who are not thin-skinned (i.e., thick-skinned) will not find the world bad.
Therefore the statement that thick-skinned people will not find the world a bad place is the correct inference from the passage.