Life is difficult.
It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain(抱怨) about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties stand for a special kind of suffering especially forced on them or else on their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause sadness, or loneliness(孤獨) or regret or anger or fear.
These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes a lot of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we want to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct(指導).” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
小題1:Which sentence best express the central point of the passage?
A．Problems and difficulties represent a special kind of suffering.
B．We become stronger by facing and solving problems of life.
C．Life is difficult because our problems bring us pain.
D．People like to complain about their problems.
小題2:The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ___.
A．save spaceB．persuade readers
C．make readers laughD．get readers’ attention
小題3:The main idea of paragraph 3 is that _________.
A．most people feel life is easy
B．the writer feel life is easy
C．the writer likes to complain about his problems
D．most people complain about how hard their lives are
小題4:According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in         order to ______.
A．encourage them to learn
B．teach them to fear the pain of solving the problems
C．help them learn to deal with pain
D．teach them how to respect problems
小題5:The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests   that ______.
A．we do not learn from experience
B．we do not learn when we are in pain
C．pain teaches us important lessons
D．pain cannot be avoided

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:C

小題1:推理判斷題。全文主要講述了有人抱怨生活的艱辛，作者也承認生活是艱難的，然而正是這種艱難的解決問題的過程使得- 生活變得更有意義。所以，從文章的最后一段第二行，When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit，we encourage the human ability to solve problems．可知正確的答案為B。
小題2:推理判斷題。題目詢問 “作者只用一句話開始文章，其目的可能是什么”。寫文章的目的就是解決問題，本文首先開門見山地點明問題，顯然是為了吸引讀者的注意力，而不是別的意思�？芍_的答案為D。
小題3:主旨大意題。由文章的第三段第一句話，Most do not fully see this truth．Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy：可知。人們經(jīng)常抱怨生活是多么的艱辛。所以正確的答案為D。
小題4:事實細節(jié)題。文章的倒數(shù)第四行說到，we encourage the human ability to solve problems，just as in school we set problems for our children to resolve．所以我們讓學生們做題的目的是讓他們從中學習。所以本題正確的答案為A。
小題5:推理判斷題。從文中It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn．可知，正是通過解決問題的痛苦，我們學到了知識。所以正確的答案為C。
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