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短文理解 |||第一节短文理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

第21题单选修改

阅读下列短文,回答{TSE}题目.

Life is difficult.

It is a 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 else upon their families，their class，or even their nations.

What makes life difficu .It is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.

Problems.depending on their natures，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 can-ses endless serious problems，life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.Yes，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 resolve.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.

{TS}From this passage.it Can be inferred that__________.

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

参考答案：B

参考解析：Text l

参考译文

生活是很艰难的。

一旦我们了解并接受了它，生活就变得不再那么难了，这是一个伟大的现实。但是很多人不能完全明白这个事实。相反，他们总是抱怨他们的问题和困难，好像生活应该是容易的。对他们来说，那些苦难代表了一种强加给他们的或是他们家人、朋友甚至国家的磨难。

面对和解决苦难的过程是痛苦的，这就让生活变得艰难了。那些问题，由于本质不同，带给我们悲伤、孤独、遗憾、愤怒或是害怕。这些令人难受的感觉，总是像那些肉体的疼痛一样带给我们伤害。既然生活总要有无止境的严重问题要处理，生活于是就变得艰难，充满了欢喜也有痛苦。

是的，就是在这个解决问题的过程中，生活变得有意义了。那些问题是严肃的考验，从中我们知道失败是成功之母。我们鼓励人性的成长的同时，就是鼓励人们提高解决问题的能力，就像我们在学校里设置问题让学生们解决一样。正是在这些面对并解决问题的痛苦中，我们学习。本杰明·富兰克林说过：“那些事情痛苦，但是有教育意义。”就是基于此，聪明的人学着不再惧怕困难，而是去迎接解决问题的苦难。

答案及解析

B【解析】推理判断题。全文主要讲述了有人抱怨生活的艰辛，作者也承认生活是艰难的，然而正是这种艰难的解决问题的过程使得生活变得更有意义。所以，从文章的最后一段第二行，When wedesire to encourage the growth of human spirit，we encourage the hu—man ability to solve problems．可知正确的答案为B。

第22题单选修改

The main idea of Paragraph Three is that__________.

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+

参考答案：D

参考解析：D【解析】主旨大意题。由文章的第三段第一句话，Most do not fullysee this truth．Instead they complain about their problems and diffi—culties as if life should be easy．可知，人们经常抱怨生活是多么的艰辛。所以正确的答案为D。

第23题单选修改

According to the passage，we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to__________.

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 from the problem

参考答案：A

参考解析：A【解析】事实细节题。文章的倒数第四行说到，we encourage thehuman ability to solve problems，just as in school we set problemsfor our children to resolve．所以我们让学生们做题的目的是让他们从中学习。所以本题正确的答案为A。

第24题单选修改

阅读下列短文,回答{TSE}题目.

Millions of hamburgers are eaten by people in every corner of the world every day.Together with hot dogs and Coca-Cola，hamburgers have been the most important American contribution(贡献)to international eating habits.

The name“hamburger”has nothing to do with ham(火腿).It is believed that the hamburger was first brought to the United States by Germans from the city of Hamburg some time in the 1850s.From then on the hamburger became a.kind of.popular American fast food.

Now young people in Asia，Europe and South America have learned to eat while on the

move：a.hamburger in one hand and a soft drink in the other.There have been cries to anger from Italy and Spain about the shortening of the usual。lunch break.Instead，young people have discovered a lunch for which they don’t have to stop at all.

However，there are clouds over the hamburger’s world.People who concern about health dislike the high animal fat in the hamburger.They tllillk the time saved seems a high price to pay for poor health.The packages in which hamburgers are usually served are causing serious pollution problems：in many large cities.Big hamburger companies are destroying large areas of South American rainforest to

produce the cheap meat they need.S0，will the hamburger celebrate its。next century?

{TS}In which way do hamburgers change people’s eating habits?

A．People can have their meals at any time of the day.

B．They can be served in any restaurant.

C．People can have them with soft drinks.

D．Meal time can be greatly reduced.

参考答案：D

参考解析： 参考译文

在世界的各个角落人们每天吃掉数百万的汉堡包。汉堡包与热狗和可口可乐一起构成了美国对国际饮食习惯最重大的贡献。

“汉堡包”这个名字与火腿无关。据说汉堡包最初在19世纪50年代由德国人从汉堡城带到美国。从那以后，汉堡包便成了一种流行的美国快餐。现在亚洲、欧洲和南美洲的年轻人已学会了边走边吃；一手拿汉堡包，一手拿软饮料。在意大利和西班牙已有人对缩减通常的午餐休息表示愤怒。相反，年轻人已发现了一种不需停下来吃的午餐。

然而，汉堡包有不足之处。注重健康的人不喜欢汉堡包里的高含量的动物脂肪。他们认为节省的时间是对糟糕的健康付出的高昂代价。，汉堡包的包装通常在许多大城市正引发严重的污染问题。大的汉堡包公司为了生产廉价肉食，正破坏南美洲的雨林地区。那么，汉堡包还要庆祝它的下一个世纪吗?

答案及解析

D【解析】推理判断题。题目询问汉堡以怎样的方式改变了人们的饮食习惯。通过对文章第三段的分析我们可以得知汉堡主要给人们带来便利和节约时间。所以正确答案为D。

第25题单选修改

The hamburger，as a kind of popular American fast food，——.

A．has a history of over one hundred years

B．was brought to Europe in the l850s

C．is usually eaten with the hot dog

D．is better served in Hamburg

参考答案：A

参考解析：A【解析】事实细节题。题目询问汉堡这种流行的美国快餐符合四个选项中哪个选项的描述。文章的第二段告诉读者汉堡包是在十九世纪五十年代由德国传到美国的。所以正确答案为A。

第26题单选修改

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Young people in Europe don’t stop to buy hamburgers.

B．It is suggested that hamburgers be eaten with both hands.

C．Some people in Europe don’t like to reduce their lunch break.

D．Young people in many countries are learning how to eat in their Cars.

参考答案：C

参考解析：C【解析】事实细节题。题目询问以下四个选项哪个是正确的。答案在文章的第三段。文章说意大利人和西班牙人对午餐时间的不足表示不满。所以正确答案为C。

第27题单选修改

The writer doesn’t believe that__________.

A．packages for hamburgers are polluting many big cities

B．hamburgers will remain popular for the following 100 years

C．the meat in。hamburgers can cause health problems

D．cattle raising leads to the destroying of rainforest

参考答案：B

参考解析：B【解析】推理判断题。题目询问作者对于汉堡包前景的看法。答案在文章的最后一段。文章说汉堡对人体健康害处很大，据此，作者的态度很明显就是认为汉堡受欢迎的情况不会延续到下个世纪了。所以正确答案为B。

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