阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we  36  realize that those challenges are the very things that  37  us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with  38  .
When we are faced 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 is the right thing to do, in most  43  all that is needed is  44  and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how  45  or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to  46   it and work it through 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 feeling hurt,”  49  “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for  50_  they are: 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 is 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 made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”

A．seem to B．come to C．hope to D．try to

A．design B．promote C．direct D．shape

A．confidence B．pressure C．friendship D．difficulty

A．opportunities B．expectations C．choices D．aspects

A．demanding B．deserving C．predicting D．presenting

A．comment B．loss C．trouble D．expense

A．spans B．times C．dates D．ages

A．cases B．fields C．parts D．occasions

A．assessment B．commitment C．encouragement D．adjustment

A．doubtful B．shameful C．harmful D．painful

A．keep B．control C．face D．catch

A．space B．plan C．topic D．room

A．If B．As C．While D．Unless

A．other than B．rather than C．or rather D．or else

A．what B．who C．where D．which

A．pass by B．come across C．get through D．run over

A．unnecessary B．necessary C．impossible D．possible

A．serves B．means C．aims D．attempts

A．opens B．appeals C．goes D．happens

A．look down on B．look back on C．look forward to D．look up to