“Don'tworryifyouhaveproblems!”Itiseasytosayuntilyouareinthemidstofareallybigone．Theonlypeoplewhodon'thavetroublesaregatheredinlittleneighborhoods．Mostcommunitieshaveatleastone．Wecallthemcemeteries．Ifyou'rebreathingyouhavedifficulties．It'sthewayoflife．Andbelieveitornotmostofyourproblemsmayactuallybegoodforyou!Letmeexplain．

MaybeyouhaveheardtheGreatBarrierReefstretchingsome1800milesfromNewGuineatoAustralia．Tourguidesregularlytakevisitorstoviewthereef．

Ononetouratraveleraskedtheguideaninterestingquestion．"Inoticethatthelagoon（泻湖）sideofthereeflookspaleandlifelesswhiletheoceansideisvibrantandcolorful"thetravelerobserved．Whyisthis?

Theguidegaveaninterestinganswer"Thecoralaroundthelagoonsideisinstillwaterwithnochallengeforitssurvival．Itdiesearly．Thecoralontheoceansideisconstantlybeingtestedbywindwavesandstorms．Ithastofightforitssurvivaleveryday．Asitischallengedandtesteditchangesandadapts．Itgrowshealthy．Itgrowsstrong．Anditreproduces．"

Thenheadded“That'sthewayitiswitheverylivingorganism．”

That'showitiswithpeople．Challengedandtestedwecomealive!Likecoralpoundedbytheseawegrow．Physicaldemandscancauseustogrowstronger．Mentalandemotionalstresscanproducetough-mindednessandresiliency．Spiritualtestingcanproducestrengthofcharacterandfaithfulness．Soyouhaveproblems?Noproblem!Justtellyourself"ThereIgrowagain!"

Remember:Asmoothseanevermadeaskilledmariner．

1.Whohasnoproblemsaccordingtothepassage?

A．Thepersonswhoareveryfamous．

B．Thepersonswhohavemuchmoney．

C．Thepersonswhohavebeenborn．

D．Thepersonswhoarelivinginthecemeteries．

2.Inthewriter'sopinion________．

A．problemsbringusmuchtrouble

B．problemshavetwosidesgoodorbad

C．weshouldtrytostayawayfromanytrouble

D．thefewerthingswedothelesstroublewe'llmeet

3.Thereasonwhylagoonsideofthereefhasnolifeis_______．

A．ithasn'tgotanysunlight

B．ithaslessenergythanothers

C．itnever