【正确答案】D

　　【解题思路】句意推测题。句意推理题需要根据上下句的关系来进行理解，故重点关注题干的后句。“By this, I’m not advocating…”第二句是作者不认可的观点，可进行理解，同时也可继续看下文，即看到四级常考命题点“but”：but I’m arguing that the concept of balance has never been helpful, because it’s too limiting. 由该句可知，工作生活平衡对生活的意义不大，对应答案D选项。

　　【干扰选项分析】A中不可能实现完美人生;B中的个人牺牲;C中的doesn’t exist anymore均未体现。

　　52. What does the author say about our use of language?

　　A) It impACTs how we think and behave.

　　B) It changes with the passage of time.

　　C) It reflects how we communicate.

　　D) It differs from person to person

　　【正确答案】A

　　【解题思路】细节题。根据题干关键词“use oflanguage”来到文章第一段最后一句。“because it affects our thinking and therefore our ACTions. ”可得，答案为A，同义改写+原词重现。

　　【干扰选项分析】其他选项均未体现

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

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

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

　　C) We do meaningful work that contributes to society.

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

　　【正确答案】C

　　【解题思路】根据题干关键词ideal world回到第二段第2句：In the ideal world, we’re all doing work that we’re proud of and that provides meaning and purpose to us.由此句可知，理想状态下，我们做的工作是能够提供意义与目标的，对应选项C

　　【错误选项干扰】A在第二段第一句出现，为minimum最低限制下的内容而非理想状态，属于定位错误;B中joy在第三句，也不在理想状态下，定位错误;D中的capacity能力未提及。

　　54. What does the author say about life?

　　A) It is cyclical.

　　B) It is fulfilling.

　　C) it is dynamic.

　　D) it is risky.

　　【正确答案】C

　　【解题思路】细节题。根据题干的life回到第三段的最后找到定位句：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.有此句可得：作者认为life是一个不断变化的，对应选项C，动态的。