閱讀下面短文、掌握其大意、然后從 36~55 各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C 和 D) 中，選出最佳選項、并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we ___36___ realize that those challenges to the very things than ___37___ us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with ___38___. When we are fared with a challenge, we usually have two ___39___, we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing ___40___ the challenge isn’t worth the ___41___ and call it quits. Although there are certainly ___42___ when calling it quits it the right thing to do, in most ___43___ all that is needed is ___44___ and communicable. When we are communed to something, it means that no matter how___45___or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to ___46___ it trough instead of running away from it. Communication is making a ___47___ for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. ___48___ you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” ___49___ “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able solve the problem much faster. In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for ___50___ they me: small hurdles you need to jump or___51___on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is ___52___ to get over, and hurt only ___53___ to make us stronger. It s all part of growing up, it ___54___ to everyone, and some day you will ___55___ all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it make me who I am today. And that a good thing.”

36. A. seem to B. come to

C. hope to D. try to

37. A. design B. promote

C. direct D. shape

38. A. confidence B. pressure

C. friendship D. difficulty

39. A. opportunities B. expectations

C. choices D. aspects

40. A. demanding B. deserving

C. predicting D. presenting

41. A. comment B. loss

C. trouble D. expense

42. A. spans B. times

C. dates D. ages

43. A. cases B. fields

C. parts D. occasions

44. A. assessment B. commitment

C. encouragement D. adjustment

45. A. doubtful B. shameful

C. harmful D. painful

46. A. keep B. control

C. face D. catch

47. A. space B. plan

C. topic D. room

48. A. If B. As

C. While D. Unless

49. A. other than B. rather than

C. or rather D. or else

50. A. what B. who

C. where D. which

51. A. pass by B. come across

C. get through D. run over

52. A. unnecessary B. necessary

C. impossible D. possible

53. A. serves B. means

C. aims D. attempts

54. A. opens B. appeals

C. goes D. happens

55. A. lock down on B. look back on

C. look forward to D. look up to

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