Little Tom is an orphan.＿＿＿＿＿,he has to make a living by himself.

A.A child as he is B.Child as he is  C.Child as is he D.A child though he is

Little Tom is an orphan. ________, he has to make a living by himself.

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Tsai Chin-chung is one of Taiwan's most famous cartoonists, and his cartoons are enjoyed by people in many different countries in Asia. His books of cartoons have now become best sellers in Singapore, Malaysia, and even Japan.

As soon as he could hold a pencil or a brush, Tsai Chin-hung lived only for drawing. Every day he practised drawing people and things around him as well as characters and scenes from his favorite stories.

When he was only 15 years old, he left home to work for a publisher in Taibei. At first he was only 15 years old and he worked hard to draw pictures for books. But two years later he decided to leave his job as an artist who draws pictures for books and to work on drawing cartoon series. He made up his mind to succeed as a cartoonist even if it meant “living on instant noodles” in order to make himself famous.

Now nearly 50 years old, Tsai Chin-chung has achieved something unusual for a modern cartoonist. He has become extraordinarily successful at changing Chinese literature and philosophy （哲学） into humorous comic stories. In this way, he had made the Chinese classics known to thousands of people.

In recognition of his great achievement, several years ago Tsai Chin-chung was given a prize as one of the 10 Outstanding Young people of Taiwan. Since then, he has won many prizes and his cartoons have become popular in countries and areas throughout Asia, America and Europe. So far, he has published more than 20 comic books. Ten of these are about ancient Chinese philosophers, and the remainder are based on Chinese historical and literary classics（古典文学）.

Many of Tsai Chin-chung's books of cartoons and comics have now been published in English in countries and areas like Singapore. His books have also been translated into several other languages, including Japanese, Korean and Thai. Even publishers in countries like France and Indonesia have recently signed agreements for permission to publish his cartoon series.

1. Tsai Chin chung left his job because he        .

A．preferred drawing cartoons               B．wanted to go back to school

C．enjoyed drawing pictures for books        D．decided to learn how to cool

2. Tsai Chin-chung first became interested in drawing when he        .

A．left school                             B．was a very small child

C．was fifteen                            D．started to be a cartoonist

3. Half of the books he has published are about        .

                                 A．Chinese and foreign comic books 

                                 B．countries throughout Asia, America and Europe

                                 C．learning English and other foreign languages

                                 D．Chinese history and literature

4. As a result of his great achievements, Tsai Chin-chung      .

                                 A．traveled widely in Asia Europe              B．went to live in Singapore

C．won an important prize in Taiwan         D．made a lot if money

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and the old wishing they were young again! Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting any time in useless regrets.

Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after, and loved whatever he may do. It’s impossible for him to be given so much again in his life without having to do anything in return. Besides, life is always giving new things to the child. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside makes him wild. But a child has his pains; he is not so free to do as he wishes. He is continually being told not to do this, not to do that, or being punished for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.

When the young man starts to make his own living, he becomes free from the rules of school and parents; but at the time he is forced to accept duties. He can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes and his room, but has to work for them 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 suffer. And if he breaks the law of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison, lf, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble, and has good health, he can have the great happiness of seeing himself make steady progress in his job and of building up his own position in society and enjoy success and good reputation..

Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be, but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. Old age has its own happiness. They 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, feel 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 others to continue the fight.

1.The main reason children wish they were grown up, and the old wish they were young again is that ______.

A. both aren’t satisfied with the weak points at their ages

B. both enjoy the strong points at the other age by looking back or looking forward

C. the human beings should be like this

D. they don’t think both ages are acceptable

2.“Enjoy what each age gives him without wasting time in useless regrets” means ______. 

A. Enjoy what is given to him by people at his age, feeling regrets

B. Enjoy himself at his own age, feeling regrets for a waste of time

C. Make full use of the time he is given at his age instead of regretting having no achievements

D. Enjoy his own age and look down on the people at other ages

3.“Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard” means “______”. 

A. Children shouldn’t be made to live a hard life

B. All the children won’t have to work for their own living

C. Children shouldn’t answer for the hard life they are leading

D. A child bas few duties to try hard to make a living for himself or for his seniors

4.According to the passage, what is a child’s greatest dissatisfaction? 

A. He thinks he has not got the equal freedom as his seniors.

B. He thinks he knows less about things than the older do.

C. He thinks it easy for him to do something wrong.

D. He thinks the society doesn’t believe in him.

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and the old wishing they were young again! Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting any time in useless regrets.
Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after, and loved whatever he may do. It’s impossible for him to be given so much again in his life without having to do anything in return. Besides, life is always giving new things to the child. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside makes him wild. But a child has his pains; he is not so free to do as he wishes. He is continually being told not to do this, not to do that, or being punished for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.
When the young man starts to make his own living, he becomes free from the rules of school and parents; but at the time he is forced to accept duties. He can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes and his room, but has to work for them 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 suffer. And if he breaks the law of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison, lf, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble, and has good health, he can have the great happiness of seeing himself make steady progress in his job and of building up his own position in society and enjoy success and good reputation..
Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be, but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. Old age has its own happiness. They 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, feel 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 others to continue the fight.

1. 1.

   The main reason children wish they were grown up, and the old wish they were young again is that ______.

   1. A.
      both aren’t satisfied with the weak points at their ages
   2. B.
      both enjoy the strong points at the other age by looking back or looking forward
   3. C.
      the human beings should be like this
   4. D.
      they don’t think both ages are acceptable
2. 2.

   “Enjoy what each age gives him without wasting time in useless regrets” means ______. 

   1. A.
      Enjoy what is given to him by people at his age, feeling regrets
   2. B.
      Enjoy himself at his own age, feeling regrets for a waste of time
   3. C.
      Make full use of the time he is given at his age instead of regretting having no achievements
   4. D.
      Enjoy his own age and look down on the people at other ages
3. 3.

   “Children is a time when there are few duties to make life hard” means “______”. 

   1. A.
      Children shouldn’t be made to live a hard life
   2. B.
      All the children won’t have to work for their own living
   3. C.
      Children shouldn’t answer for the hard life they are leading
   4. D.
      A child bas few duties to try hard to make a living for himself or for his seniors
4. 4.

   According to the passage, what is a child’s greatest dissatisfaction? 

   1. A.
      He thinks he has not got the equal freedom as his seniors.
   2. B.
      He thinks he knows less about things than the older do.
   3. C.
      He thinks it easy for him to do something wrong.
   4. D.
      He thinks the society doesn’t believe in him.