The best age to be Childhood is the time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved whatever he may do. It is improbable he will ever gain in his life given so much without having to do anything in turn. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child - things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. A child finds pleasure playing in the rain, or in the snow. His first visit to the seaside is a marvelous adventure. But a child has pain: he is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks older people are; he is continually told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong. HIs life is therefore not perfectly happy. When a young man starts to earn his own living, he becomes free from the discipline of school or parents, but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities. He can no longer expect other to pay for his food, his clothes and his room, but he has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most time playing about in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of the society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of seeing himself make steady progress in his job and of building up for himself his own position in society. Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be, but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age come wisdom and the ability to help others with advice widely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life, they can watch their children 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 w time when they can lie back and rest, leaving other to continue the fight. 1. It is stated in the passage that ________ A. a young man accepts a lot of responsibilities B. childhood is the best age to be C. a person can be happy at any age D. old age is the worst age 2. What makes life difficult according to the author? A. laws of society B. responsibilities C. discipline D. all are correct 3. … people are not interested in new things presented to children because ________ A. these are too familiar B. they are impossible C. children are imaginative D. these things are famous 4. A child’s life is not perfectly happy because ________ A. he is not free to do as he wishes B. he is continually being told not to do things C. he is punished for what he has done D. all are correct 5. According to the author a young man A. is happier than a child because he is free from discipline of school and parents B. is happier than a child because he starts to earn his own living C. is happier than a child because he can spend most of his time playing about D. A and B are correct