Question

As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常規(guī)) basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this at work in people of all . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about with their new toys. But their soon wears off and by January those toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many , who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license (執(zhí)照)? Before people retire, they usually to do a lot of things, which they never had to do while working. But after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they . And, like the child in January, they go searching for new .

1.A. weaker B. habit C. principle D. power

2.A. parties B. ages C. countries D. races

3.A. playing B. living C. working D. going

4.A. confidence B. anxiety C. interest D. sorrow

5.A. same B. extra C. funny D. expensive

6.A. well-organized B. half-filled C. newly-collected D. colorfully-printed

7.A. broad B. passing C. different D. main

8.A. gladly B. impatiently C. silently D. worriedly

9.A. promise B. burden C. right D. game

10.A. courage B. calmness C. confusion D. excitement

11.A. graduation B. independence C. responsibility D. success

12.A. children B. adults C. students D. retirees

13.A. carefully B. bravely C. nervously D. eagerly

14.A. required B. obtained C. noticed D.discovered

15.A. need B. learn C. start D. plan

16.A. great B. strong C. difficult D. correct

17.A. money B. time C. skills D. knowledge

18.A. only B. soon C. well D. even

19.A. lost B. chose C. left D. quit

20.A. toys B. pets C. friends D. colleagues

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：一般來說，各種形式的活動，如果在常規(guī)下進行，都會給人帶來厭煩。這一原理適用于任何年齡段的人。反復(fù)玩同樣的玩具或做同樣的事情，人們往往會失去原有的新鮮感或興趣。

1.all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常規(guī)) basis”可知，所有形式的活動在常規(guī)下進行都會導(dǎo)致厭倦，根據(jù)“As a general rule”可知，這是一個普遍的原理，故選C。

2.at work in people of all .這一原理對各個年齡段的人都起作用，下文提到了兒童、青少年和成年人，故選B。

3.those toys can be found put away”可知，因為有新玩具玩，孩子們會很興奮，但是他們的興趣維持不了太長時間，到了一月，玩具就會被收起來放進地下室。play with玩......，故選A。

4. A自信心；B焦急；C興趣；D悲傷，懊悔。But their soon wears off... those toys can be found put away正是因為失去了對玩具的興趣，玩具才會被收了起來，故選C。

5.by January those toys can be found put away in the basement到了一月份，這些玩具就會被收起來放進地下室，這里指孩子們原先感興趣的那些新玩具，用“same”來強調(diào)孩子們失去了興趣，故選A。

6.unfinished models”和第一段提到的原理可知，這個世界上充滿了未收集齊的郵冊和未完成的模型，故選B。

7.half-filled stamp albums and unfinished models”可知，人們的興趣只是一時的，不能維持很長的時間，故選B。

8.their child bathes it and brushes its fur孩子會開心地給寵物洗澡，故選A。

9.the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents但是過不了多久，照顧寵物的重擔(dān)就落到了父母身上，故選B。

10. A勇氣； B平靜；C困惑；D興奮。Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to .青少年懷著興奮的心情走進高中校園，但是很快會盼著畢業(yè)。這里列舉青少年的例子還是為了驗證第一段提到的原理，這里指青少年對高中失去興趣，故選D。

11.but are soon looking forward to .對高中失去興趣的青少年盼著畢業(yè)的那一天，故選A。

12.the long drives to work”可知，只有到了成年之后才能開始工作，說明這里說的是成年人，故選B。

13. drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license剛拿到駕照時，人們會急切地想駕車，一次開幾個小時都不會覺得累，因為他們當(dāng)時對開車很感興趣，故選D。

14. drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license這里指第一次拿到駕照時激動的心情，故選B。

15.they usually to do a lot of things在退休之前，人們通常會計劃做很多事情，plan to do sth計劃做某事，故選D。

16.the golfing, the fishing, the reading...”可知，打高爾夫球、釣魚、看書等都是工作時無暇顧及的事情，人們計劃等退休之后再做這些適合打發(fā)時間的事情，故選A。

17.which they never had to do while working這些事情都是在工作期間沒有時間去做的事情，故選B。

18.But after retirement, the golfing,...become as boring as the jobs然而退休之后不久 ，那些計劃要做的事情變得跟之前的工作一樣無聊，根據(jù)“But their soon...but are soon looking forward to .”可知答案，故選B。

19.as boring as the jobs they .這里指退休之前所從事的工作，退休即離開工作崗位，故選C。

20.like the child in January”可知，這里是拿剛過完圣誕節(jié)的孩子作比喻，退休的人會像那些孩子一樣去尋找新的“玩具”，故選A。

考點：生活類短文閱讀