She has set a new record, that is, the sales of her latest book ________ 50 million.

A. have reached   B. has reached  C. are reaching    D. had reached

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(代表) 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 in 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 the human spirit, we encourage the human ability(能力) 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.

56. From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.

A. everybody has problems          

B. we become stronger by facing and solving the problems of life

C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

D. people like to complain about their problems

57.The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ______.

A. save space                B. persuade readers 

C. make readers laugh         D. get reader's attention

58. The main idea of paragraph 3 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

59. 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 problems

C. help them learn to deal with pain

D. teach them how to respect for problems

The schoolmaster hesitated ___ an instnat before he made the decision.

        A. for       B. in       C. at        D. on

The employee must have been dismissed by the employer last month, ____ he?

A. haven't     B. hasn't   C. didn't    D. wasn't

__________ entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten his report.

A. He hardly had                  B. Had he hardly    

C. Hardly had he                  D. Hardly he had

.I ___ the English conversation yesterday evening.

       A. joined     B.join in     C.took part in     D.joined into

___________she was invited to the ball made her very happy.

A. If         B. That           C. When          D. Because

She suggested to the police in the police station that__________.

A. Mr. Smith stole the necklace            B. Mr. Smith should steal the necklace

C. Mr. Smith had stolen the necklace     D. Mr. Smith steal the necklace

Janet as well as the other young people who ____ sent abroad by the government ____ brought up in a small town.

    A. was, was      B. was, were          C. were, were         D. were, was

---Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?

---Yes, I did. You know, my brother_______ in the match.

A. is playing      B. was playing     C. has played    D. had played