Question

How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains(痛苦), and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets(后悔).

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving 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 repeatedly being told not do something or being punished for what he has wrongly done.

When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his 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 he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society(社会) as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position(地位) in society.

1.What is the happiest person according to the passage?

A. A child who can do whatever he likes.

B. An old person who lives in a comfortable life.

C. A grown-up who no longer expects other to pay for him.

D. A person who never wastes his time in his whole life.

2.Which of the following is true, according to the second paragraph?

A. Life for a child is fairly easy.

B. A child is always loved whatever he does.

C. If much is given to a child, he must do something in return.

D. Only children are interested in life.

3. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Life is not enjoyable since each age had some pains.

B. Young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard.

C. Childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life.

D. One is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life.

4. What will the fourth paragraph most probably discuss following this passage?

A. Examples of successful young men.

B. How to build up one’s position in society.

C. Joys and pains of old people.

D. What to do when one has problems in life.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述孩子想长大而老人想变年轻从而提到每个年龄段都有其痛苦与快乐。最快乐的人是享受人生，不做让自己后悔的事的人。

1.D 细节理解题。根据第一段the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets(后悔).最后快乐的人是享受人生而不浪费在让自己后悔的事上的人。D 项符合题意。

2.B 细节推断题。根据第二段第四行But a child has his pains孩子也有痛苦，故A错误。根据第二行提到It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return，如果给予他们太多 的话，他们必须回报是错误的。而D项错在only一词，范围太小。根据第二段第一二行If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do.无论他们做什么，也是被人爱的，故B项是正确的。

3.D 主旨大意。文章以现实生活中的情况开始提到How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were young again，孩子希望长大而老人希望变年轻得出每个年龄段都有其快乐与痛苦，最快的人是享受生活，不让自己后悔。故D符合文章大意。

4.C 推断题。第二段提到Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult儿童时期的生活。第三段When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably.提到年轻人有自己苦痛与幸福。所以第四段提到老人这个阶段的事情，故选D项。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。