完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. Residents built walls to______ influence from the other town.

In Pressure, ____ struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would ____ to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because ______ was the index (指數(shù)) of success, people were ____ busy making money, with____ for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the intensity and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.

_____ , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without ____ and____ do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t ____ whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office _____ sipping coffee and doing nothing._____ the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was ______ that mattered. No one had the ___ thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were _____ models from Pressure.

Some of the young were addicted to______ because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is ____ for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely ___ , there came a saint – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be____ with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They ___ the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.

1. A. connect B. keep out C. go out D. prevent

2.A. everyone B. anyone C. nobody D. somebody

3.A. have B. like C. compete D. try

4. A. health B. joy C. children D. wealth

5. A. seldom B. always C. hardly D. sometimes

6. A. much time B. no reason C. many reasons D. no time

7.A. Meanwhile B. otherwise C. Therefore D. Virtually

8. A. pleasure B. pressure C. work D. happiness

9. A. must B. need C. could D. dared

10. A. know B. find C. recognize D. care

11.A. in the morning B. in the evening C. all day long D. in the afternoon

12. A. Thanks to B. Regardless of C. Owe to D. According to

13. A. money B. time C. pleasure D. pressure

14. A. strongest B. slightest C. most D. smallest

15.A. the old B. the new C. the best D. the same

16. A. books B. work C. money D. drugs

17. A. pressure B. life C. pleasure D. money

18. A. improved B. failed C. succeeded D. lived

19.A. satisfied B. surprised C. patient D. angry

20. A. built B. put down C. pulled down D. set up

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇趣聞?shì)W事類(lèi)短文，主要用寓言的方式講述了一個(gè)重要的道理。壓力和快樂(lè)不是對(duì)立的，是相互聯(lián)系統(tǒng)一的。對(duì)工作的幸福的追求不能走極端。

1. 動(dòng)詞辨析。A. connect 連接，連結(jié) B. keep out 阻止進(jìn)入 C. go out 出去；熄滅 D. prevent預(yù)防，防止；根據(jù)文章，人們?cè)诳鞓?lè)之城和壓力之城之間建立圍墻以阻止交流。prevent from doing sth。不符合文章。選B。

2. 代詞辨析。A. everyone 每個(gè)人 B. anyone 任何人；任何一個(gè) C. nobody無(wú)人，沒(méi)有人 D. somebody有人；某人。這里指所有的人用everyone。anyone多用于否定和疑問(wèn)句。選A。

3. 動(dòng)詞辨析。A. have 有；讓 B. like 喜歡；想 C. compete 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)；比賽 D. try試圖，努力。try to do 盡力做某事。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境孩子出生后，盡力讓孩子哭的大聲。選C。

4. A. health 健康； B. joy 歡樂(lè)，快樂(lè)； C. children孩子們 D. wealth財(cái)富；大量。在壓力之城，衡量成功的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)當(dāng)然是財(cái)富。選D。

5. 副詞辨析。A. seldom 很少，不常 B. always永遠(yuǎn)，一直；C. hardly 幾乎不 D. sometimes有時(shí)，間或。在壓力之城，衡量成功的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是財(cái)富，所以人們一直在努力工作。選B.

6. A. much time 很多時(shí)間 B. no reason沒(méi)有理由C. many reasons 很多原因 D. no time無(wú)時(shí)間。 人們一直忙于工作，所以沒(méi)有時(shí)間休息。選D。

7.A. Meanwhile同時(shí)，其間 B. otherwise 否則；另外 C. Therefore 因此；所以 D. Virtually事實(shí)上，幾乎。上段介紹壓力之城，第二段介紹快樂(lè)之城。前后情況進(jìn)行對(duì)比，所以需要銜接詞。選A。

8. 名詞辨析。A. pleasure 快樂(lè)；希望 B. pressure 壓力；壓迫 C. work 工作；產(chǎn)品 D. happiness幸福�？鞓�(lè)之城里的人們工作完全沒(méi)有任何壓力。選B。

9. A. must 必須，一定 B. need 需要，要求； C. could 能夠 D. dared 敢于。在快樂(lè)之城，人們沒(méi)有任何壓力，并且可以做任何自己想做的事。選C。

10. A. know 知道 B. find 發(fā)現(xiàn)；認(rèn)為 C. recognize 認(rèn)出， D. care照顧；關(guān)心；學(xué)校老師不關(guān)心學(xué)生是否來(lái)上課。選D。

11. 介詞短語(yǔ)辨析。A. in the morning 在清晨 B. in the evening 在晚上C. all day long 整天； D. in the afternoon在下午。工人們整天不工作，而是在辦公室品咖啡。選C。

12. A. Thanks to由于，幸虧 B. Regardless of 不顧，不管C. Owe to 歸功于D. According to根據(jù)，按照；根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，人們不擔(dān)心失業(yè)是因?yàn)闆](méi)有相關(guān)制度。所以選A。

13. 名詞辨析。A. money 錢(qián)； B. time 時(shí)間； C. pleasure 快樂(lè)； D. pressure壓力�？鞓�(lè)之城的人們整天無(wú)所事事，只要自己快樂(lè)就行。所以pleasure最重要。選C。

14.. 形容詞辨析。A. strongest 最強(qiáng)壯的 B. slightest極不重要的 C. most 大部分的，多數(shù)的； D. smallest最小的。對(duì)于快樂(lè)城的這種情況，沒(méi)有人有哪怕一絲的想法去改變它。選B。

15. A. the old老人 B. the new 新的，新鮮的 C. the best 最好的 D. the same同樣地；一樣。通過(guò)兩種情況的對(duì)比，可以推測(cè)快樂(lè)之城人們所用的電腦只能是老人型號(hào)。

16. 名詞辨析。A. books 書(shū)籍 B. work工作； C. money 錢(qián)； D. drugs 毒品，藥物。后文說(shuō)到兩所城的年輕人開(kāi)始思考生活是為了什么，可以推測(cè)很多人沉溺于毒品。 be addicted to沉溺于。選D。

17. A. pressure 壓力； B. life 生活 C. pleasure 快樂(lè) D. money錢(qián)。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境，應(yīng)該是表達(dá)生活為了什么。選B。

18. 動(dòng)詞辨析。A. improved 改善，增進(jìn) B. failed 失敗， C. succeeded 成功D. lived居住。just before就在...之前。文章表達(dá)就在完全墮落之前，一位圣人出現(xiàn)了。選B。

19. 形容詞辨析。A. satisfied 感到滿意的 B.surprised 感到驚訝的 C. patient 有耐性的 D. angry生氣的。be satisfied with 感到滿意。壓力之城的人們開(kāi)始學(xué)會(huì)對(duì)生活滿足。選A。

20. A. built 建造 B. put down鎮(zhèn)壓；記下 C. pulled down摧毀，推翻 D. set up建立；裝配。通過(guò)交流，人們都過(guò)上了幸福的生活。自然兩座城之間的隔墻就被推翻了。選C。

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