Question

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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 (指数) 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

 

Answer 1

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】

试题分析：本文是一篇趣闻轶事类短文，主要用寓言的方式讲述了一个重要的道理。压力和快乐不是对立的，是相互联系统一的。对工作的幸福的追求不能走极端。

1. 动词辨析。A. connect 连接，连结 B. keep out 阻止进入 C. go out 出去；熄灭 D. prevent预防，防止；根据文章，人们在快乐之城和压力之城之间建立围墙以阻止交流。prevent from doing sth。不符合文章。选B。

2. 代词辨析。A. everyone 每个人 B. anyone 任何人；任何一个 C. nobody无人，没有人 D. somebody有人；某人。这里指所有的人用everyone。anyone多用于否定和疑问句。选A。

3. 动词辨析。A. have 有；让 B. like 喜欢；想 C. compete 竞争；比赛 D. try试图，努力。try to do 尽力做某事。根据语境孩子出生后，尽力让孩子哭的大声。选C。

4. A. health 健康； B. joy 欢乐，快乐； C. children孩子们 D. wealth财富；大量。在压力之城，衡量成功的标准当然是财富。选D。

5. 副词辨析。A. seldom 很少，不常 B. always永远，一直；C. hardly 几乎不 D. sometimes有时，间或。在压力之城，衡量成功的标准是财富，所以人们一直在努力工作。选B.

6. A. much time 很多时间 B. no reason没有理由C. many reasons 很多原因 D. no time无时间。 人们一直忙于工作，所以没有时间休息。选D。

7.A. Meanwhile同时，其间 B. otherwise 否则；另外 C. Therefore 因此；所以 D. Virtually事实上，几乎。上段介绍压力之城，第二段介绍快乐之城。前后情况进行对比，所以需要衔接词。选A。

8. 名词辨析。A. pleasure 快乐；希望 B. pressure 压力；压迫 C. work 工作；产品 D. happiness幸福。快乐之城里的人们工作完全没有任何压力。选B。

9. A. must 必须，一定 B. need 需要，要求； C. could 能够 D. dared 敢于。在快乐之城，人们没有任何压力，并且可以做任何自己想做的事。选C。

10. A. know 知道 B. find 发现；认为 C. recognize 认出， D. care照顾；关心；学校老师不关心学生是否来上课。选D。

11. 介词短语辨析。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。工人们整天不工作，而是在办公室品咖啡。选C。

12. A. Thanks to由于，幸亏 B. Regardless of 不顾，不管C. Owe to 归功于D. According to根据，按照；根据语境，人们不担心失业是因为没有相关制度。所以选A。

13. 名词辨析。A. money 钱； B. time 时间； C. pleasure 快乐； D. pressure压力。快乐之城的人们整天无所事事，只要自己快乐就行。所以pleasure最重要。选C。

14.. 形容词辨析。A. strongest 最强壮的 B. slightest极不重要的 C. most 大部分的，多数的； D. smallest最小的。对于快乐城的这种情况，没有人有哪怕一丝的想法去改变它。选B。

15. A. the old老人 B. the new 新的，新鲜的 C. the best 最好的 D. the same同样地；一样。通过两种情况的对比，可以推测快乐之城人们所用的电脑只能是老人型号。

16. 名词辨析。A. books 书籍 B. work工作； C. money 钱； D. drugs 毒品，药物。后文说到两所城的年轻人开始思考生活是为了什么，可以推测很多人沉溺于毒品。 be addicted to沉溺于。选D。

17. A. pressure 压力； B. life 生活 C. pleasure 快乐 D. money钱。根据语境，应该是表达生活为了什么。选B。

18. 动词辨析。A. improved 改善，增进 B. failed 失败， C. succeeded 成功D. lived居住。just before就在...之前。文章表达就在完全堕落之前，一位圣人出现了。选B。

19. 形容词辨析。A. satisfied 感到满意的 B.surprised 感到惊讶的 C. patient 有耐性的 D. angry生气的。be satisfied with 感到满意。压力之城的人们开始学会对生活满足。选A。

20. A. built 建造 B. put down镇压；记下 C. pulled down摧毁，推翻 D. set up建立；装配。通过交流，人们都过上了幸福的生活。自然两座城之间的隔墙就被推翻了。选C。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读