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. If a child has good parents, he is well fed, looked after and loved. It is unlikely that he will ever again in his life be given so much without 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. Therefore, a child is not happy as he wishes to be.

　　When the young man starts to earn his own living, he becomes free from discipline of school and parents; but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities. With no one to pay for his food, his clothes, or his room, he 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 if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may get himself into trouble. If, however, he works hard,goes by the law and has good health, he may feel satisfied in seeing himself make steady progress in his job and in building up for himself his own position in society.

　　Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be; but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age comes wisdom and the ability to help others with advice wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them; and, perhaps best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, fell the happiness of having come through the battle of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving everything to others.

　　1. The happiest people should be those who ______.

　　A. Face up to difficulties in life

　　B. Hope to be young again

　　C. Enjoy life in different age

　　D. Wish to be grown up

　　2. The word “they”underlined in Line 5, para. 2 refers to ____.

　　A. Older people B. New things C. Children D. Interests

　　3. A child has his pains because____.

　　A. He can not do whatever he wants to

　　B. He is not allowed to play in rain

　　C. He has a lot of new things to learn

　　D. He can not play at the seaside freely

　　4. When a child becomes a grown-up, he is supposed to ____.

　　A.live comfortably B. Take responsibilities

　　C. Make progress in job D. Impress the society

　　5. The best title of the passage might be ____.

　　A. Pains and Ages B. Differences in Ages

　　C. The Best Age to Be D. Happiness and Ages

　　湖北專升本英語閱讀理解練習(xí)題答案：

　　1. 【考點(diǎn)】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題

　　【精析】C 題干的大意是：最幸福的人應(yīng)該是那些 。從文中第一段最后一句可知，最幸福的人是那些享受每個年段階段所給子的，而不是把時間浪費(fèi)在將恨上的人。所以選項(xiàng)C 正確。

　　2. 【考點(diǎn)】詞語理解題

　　【精析】B 題干的大意是：第二段畫線的單詞“they”指的是 。從文中第二段第四句可知，生活總是會給孩子的世界呈現(xiàn)一些新鮮事物。而老年人已經(jīng)對這些新鮮事物失去了興趣。因?yàn)閷λ麄儊碚f這些事物是眾所同知的。所以“they”指代的是“new things”,故選項(xiàng)B 正確。

　　3. 【考點(diǎn)】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題

　　【精析】A 題干的大意是：孩子也有自己的痛苦，因?yàn)? 。從文中第二段倒數(shù)第二句可知，孩子也有自己的痛苦:不能做自己想做的事情，一直被告知應(yīng)該做什么和不應(yīng)該做什么。所以選項(xiàng)A 正確。

　　4. 【考點(diǎn)】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題

　　【精析】B 題干的大意是:當(dāng)孩子長大了，他應(yīng)該 。從第三段第一句可知，當(dāng)孩子長大成人后，他就擺脫了學(xué)校紀(jì)律和父母的束縛，但同時也不得不承擔(dān)責(zé)任。所以選項(xiàng)B 正確。

　　5. 【考點(diǎn)】主旨大意題

　　【精析】D 題干的大意是：文章最好的標(biāo)題可能是 。文章第一段點(diǎn)明主旨：每個年齡階段的人都有歡樂與苦惱，最開心幸福的人是那些能夠享受歲月的贈予,而不把時間浪費(fèi)在悔恨上的人。接下來三段分別描述了孩子，青年和老年三個年齡段人的歡樂與煩惱。但作者著重告訴人們應(yīng)該在不同的年齡段享受快樂，所以選項(xiàng)D 正確。