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, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
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 to 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 fortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he 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.
【小题1】According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that .A．life for a child is fairly easyB．a child is always loved whatever he doesC．if much is given to a child, he must do something in returnD．only children are interested in life【小题2】The main idea of the passage is that .A．life is not enjoyable since each age has some painsB．young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hardC．childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s lifeD．one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life【小题3】The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss .A．examples of successful young menB．how to build up one’s position in societyC．joys and pains of old peopleD．what to do when one has problems in lifeA
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(答案→)A
解析：本文主要讨论的就是年轻人和老人都有自己的快乐和痛苦，如果一个人能充分利用好自己每一个年龄的时间，他就是快乐的。
【小题1】A 段落大意题。根据第二段前三行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.说明他认为儿童的生活是很容易的，故A正确。
【小题2】D 主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段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.说明他认为如果一个人能充分利用好自己每一个年龄的时间，他就是快乐的。故D正确。
【小题3】C 推理题。本文在一开始就提及了年轻人和老人都有自己的痛苦。本文的最后一段讨论的是年轻人的快乐和痛苦，那么接下来要讲述的就应该是老人的快乐和痛苦。故C正确。