成人本科学位英语模拟试卷131
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Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend (超越) it. Once we truly know that life is difficult—once we truly understand and accept it—then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon 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 us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series 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 desire 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. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
1.From the passage, it can be inferred that________.(B)
A. everybody has problems
B. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life
C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain
D. people like to complain about their problems
解析：推理题。根据第二段第二句可知，一旦认识到了生活的艰难，我们就能实现人生的超越。由最后一段最后三句可知，面对和解决困难会使我们有所收获。由此可以推断出，直面和解决生活中的困难会使我们变得更强大，故答案为B（通过面对和解决生活中的问题，我们变得更强大）。选项A（每个人都有难题）文中没有提及，故排除；选项C（生活之所以艰难是因为问题会给我们带来痛苦）与文中第四段首句“生活的艰难在于，面对和解决问题的过程是痛苦的\\
2.The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to________.(D)
A. save space
B. persuade readers
C. make readers laugh
D. get readers’ attention
解析：细节题。作者在第一段用了一个短句“生活不易。”第二段首句又进一步解释道“这是一个伟大的真理，也是最伟大的真理之一。”可见作者用这一短句的目的是引起读者的注意，故答案为D（引起读者的注意）。选项A（节省空间）不是作者开篇使用短句的理由，故排除；劝说需要有论据，“生活不易”是论点，故排除选项B（劝说读者）；选项C（使读者发笑）与文章主题不符，本文是议论文，目的是向读者证明一个观点，而非逗乐读者，故排除。
3.The main idea of paragraph 3 is that________.(D)
A. most people feel life is easy
B. the writer feels life is easy
C. the writer likes to complain about his problems
D. most people complain about how hard their lives are
解析：主旨题。第三段提到，大多数人都没有完全想通这个道理。相反，他们抱怨生活，仿佛他们所遇到的困难是专门针对他们的。可见，该段主要讲的是大多数人都会抱怨生活的艰辛，故答案为D（大多数人都会抱怨生活的不易）。由该段第二句可知，大多数人抱怨生活，可见他们认为生活不易，故选项A（大多数人认为生活很容易）错误；根据该段第二句中的“好像生活本该很容易”可知，在作者看来，生活不易，故选项B（作者认为生活很容易）错误；选项C（作者喜欢抱怨遇到的困难）文中没有提及，故排除。
4.According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to________.(A)
A. encourage them to learn
B. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem
C. help them learn to deal with pain
D. teach them how to respect problems
解析：细节题。最后一段第三、四句提到，当我们渴望精神的成长时，会鼓励人们去解决问题，就像学校会设计一些问题，让孩子去解决。正是经历了面对问题和解决问题的痛苦，我们才能有所收获。
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