单选题Directions:After reading the following passage,you will find
five questions or unfinshedstatements numbered from 36 to 40.For each question
or statement there are four choicesmarkted A,B,C and D.You should make the
correct choice and mark the corresponding letter onthe Answer Sheet with a
single line through the center． How often one
hears children wishing they had grown up,and old people wishing they were young
again.Each age has its pleasures and its pains,and the happiest person is the
one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless
regrets． Youth is a time when there are few tasks to make life
difficult.If a child has good parents，he is fed,looked after and loved what ever
he may do.It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much
with out having to do anything in return.In addition,life is always presenting
new things to the child—things that have lost their interest for older people
because they are too well-known.But a child has his pains:he is not so free to
do what he wishes to do;he is continually being told not to do things,or being
punished for what he has done wrong. When the young man starts
to earn his own living,he can no longer expect others to pay forhis food,his
clothes,and his room,but has to work if he wants to live comfortably.If he
spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used tO as a child,he
will go hungry.And ifhe breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws
of his parents,he may go to prison.If,however,he works hard,keeps out of trouble
and has good health,he can have the great happiness of building up for himself
his own position in society．
单选题
People can experience happiness if they______．
A.are no longer young
B.value the present
C.become old and have much experience
D.always think of the past and regret it
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 答案在第一段第二句：“Each age has its pleasures and its pains,and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in uselessre grets.”每个年龄有它的乐趣和它的痛苦，最快乐的人是会享受他的年龄所带给他的乐趣，而没有浪费时间在无用的遗憾上。
单选题
When people were young，they used to______．
A.face a lot of difficulties
B.have few things to think about and take on
C.be in charge of many businesses
D.look after their younger sisters and brothers
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 答案见第二段“Youth is a time when there are few tasks to make life difficul.”
单选题
The pains of children lie in the fact that______．
A.no one helps them make right decisions
B.they are often beaten by their parents
C.they can not be accepted and praised by others
D.they are not allowed to do what they like to do
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 答案在第二段最后一句“But a child has his pains:he is not so free to do what he wishes to do;he is continually being told not to do things,or being punished for what he has done wrong.”
单选题
Children are usually happy because______．
A.old people lose interest in them
B.they are free to do wrong
C.they are familiar with everything going on around them
D.things are new to them
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 答案见第二段“…life is always presenting new things to the child…”
单选题
Which of the following is NOT needed for a young man to be happy?
A.Hard work．
B.Being free from troubles．
C.Wealth．
D.Health．
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 答案在第三段最后一句“If however,he works hard,keeps out of trouble and has good health,he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position society.”