People often complain they face too many problems. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up.
People have money problems, work problems, family problems, health problems..... the list goes on. And we usually think that people who are happy and successful are having fewer problems than us. Look at the successful people we often mention. They have money they need, they have jobs they love, they have good friends, they have obedient(孝順的) kids, they have the successful business, they have loving families etc. Everything goes well with them. That is why they are happy and successful. But in fact, the more successful you are, the more problems you have to face. More success means more challenges they have to face, and more success means more risks they have to take.
Young and old, rich and poor, successful and unsuccessful, educated and uneducated, all have problems. The difference is that their problems are different from each other.  Rich and successful have big problems. Poor and unsuccessful have small problems. Still they all have problems which they can face. Successful people are successful just because they are ready to face challenges larger than ordinary people.
Winning the US elections(選舉) makes Obama very happy. As a new US president, he has to face bigger challenges. He has to be more careful about his work he does, or he will lose his position(位置). Looking at him, we may say he is lucky, happy and successful. But, I think, as the US president, he has more pressure than an ordinary person.
小題1:You will be a/an ______ person if you are afraid to face more challenges.
A．ordinaryB．successfulC．famousD．educated
小題2:From this article we know that President Obama ______.
A．has fewer problemsB．was born in a rich family
C．takes more risksD．is a successful businessman
小題3:The main idea of this article is _______.
A．why poor people are always poor
B．how many problems people usually have to face
C．how lucky and happy President Obama is
D．how to deal with problems in life

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了我們人生中都會面臨一些問題,要想取得更大的成功,就要面對更大的挑戰(zhàn).
小題1:根據(jù)第二段More success means more challenges they have to face, and more success means more risks they have to take.及下文第三段描述,可知選A,如果你害怕面對更多挑戰(zhàn),你會成為一個普通的人.
小題2:根據(jù)短文最后一段描述,可知奧巴馬要比其他人承擔更多的風險,故選C.
小題3:這篇短文主要講述了我們人生中都會面臨一些問題,要想取得更大的成功,就要面對更大的挑戰(zhàn).故選D,如何處理我們生活中的問題.
點評：本文淺顯易懂，層次分明，學生很容易把握文章中心內容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文，一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文，根據(jù)短文中心總結出正確答案。
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