阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。

　　Life is difficult．

　　But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it．

　　Most do not fully see this truth．　　1　　 they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy．It seems to them that difficulties represent 　　2　　 special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation．

　　　　3　　 makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems 　　4　　 painful．Problems, 　　5　　(depend)on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear．These are 　　6　　(comfort)feelings, often as any kind of physical pain．And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy．

　　Yet it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning．

　　Problems are the serious test that tells success from 　　7　　(fail)．When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems just as in school we set problems for our children 　　8　　(solve)．It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems 　　9　　 we learn．As Benjamin Franklin said,“Those things that hurt, instruct．”It is 　　10　　 this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems．

根据句意和汉语提示，从所给的词汇中选择合适的单词或词组，并用其适当形式填空。

curious　similar　agreement　approach　introduce　general　limit　particular　represent　avoid　even if　mean　likely　misunderstand　express　turn away

1．He ________(转过脸去), because the sight was too frightening for him to bear．

2．I’m quite in ________(同意)with your decision, but we have to ask for the manager’s advice．

3．In a ________(相似的)way, some birds have bright feathers．

4．________(尽管)the doctor tried his best, he didn’t cure the patient who was infected AIDS．

5．Of all the fruits, she likes eating watermelon in ________(特别)．

6．You should pay more attention to what the teacher says, or you maybe ________(误解)the sentences he explains．

7．Tomato was ________(引进)from Europe about in Ming Dynasty(朝)．

8．________(通常)speaking, we can see a rainbow in the sky after rain．

9．The boy told a lie to the teacher in order to ________(避免)being punished．

10．When they ________(接近)the mountain village, it had been dark．

11．When Newton was a boy, he was ________(好奇的)about everything unusual．

12．Since you didn’t understand the main idea of the text, it was no wonder that you couldn’t ________(表达)it properly．

13．The black lines on the map ________(代表)railway．

14．For you couldn’t help him out, he was ________(可能的)to turn to Jack．

15．The parents should ________(限制)the pocket money of the spoiled child．

16．These new orders ________(意味着)working overtime．