17．Life is difficult．
    It is 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 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 upon their familie s，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，loneliness or regret or anger and 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 tests that tell 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．
25．From the passage，it can be inferred thatB．
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
26． The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph toD．
A．save space              
B．persuade readers
C．makes readers laugh     
D．get readers'attention
27． The main idea of Paragraph 3 is thatD．                               
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
28． According to the passage，we give schoolchildren difficult problems to solve in order toA．
A．encourage them to learn
B．teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem
C．helps them learn to deal with pain
D．teach them how to solve problems．

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了生活是艱難的，我們只有面對(duì)和解決生活中的問題時(shí)才能變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，生活才會(huì)美好．

解答 25．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段Yet，it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning．Problems are the serious tests that tell us success from failure可知我們變得更堅(jiān)強(qiáng)在面對(duì)和解決生活中的問題時(shí)；故選B．
26．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)第一段Life is difficult可知作者只使用了一個(gè)短句是為了吸引讀者的注意力，作出強(qiáng)調(diào)；故選D．
27．D．段落大意題．根據(jù)第三段Most do not fully see this truth．Instead，they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy可知第3段的主要思想是大多數(shù)人抱怨他們的生活多么艱難；故選D．
28．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段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可知我們給出了小學(xué)生難以解決的問題是為了鼓勵(lì)他們學(xué)習(xí)；故選A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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