Question

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) 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                                 C. keep 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. At the same time            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. content            B. surprised                         C. patient                              D. angry

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

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：從前有兩個僅一墻之隔的壓力小鎮和快樂小鎮，兩個小鎮的人們彼此不相往來。在壓力小鎮人們時刻處于競爭的壓力下；而在快樂小鎮人們都不思進取，碌碌無為。這兩種截然不同的生活都導致了很多問題，終于有一天兩個小鎮的人們意識到了如果不走極端的話，壓力和快樂是不分開的。

1.D動詞辨析。A連接； B保持；C. 把。。。擋在外面；D. 阻止。從情理可知建墻的目的是為了阻擋人們相互影響，所以答案選D。

2.A 不定代詞辨析。A.每個人；B. 任何人；C. 沒有人；D. 某個人。根據文章內容可知壓力小鎮上的人們在生活的方方面面都在競爭，任何人都不例外，所以答案選A。

3.C動詞辨析。 A. 有；B. 喜歡；C.競爭；D.嘗試。根據下文There was violent competition in every aspect of life可知人們都彼此攀比競爭，所以答案選C。

4.D名詞辨析。 A. 健康；B.高興；C.孩子們；D. 財富。從下文people were busy making money 可知人們都忙著掙錢，由此推斷在小鎮上判斷是否成功的標準是財富的多少，所以D選項正確。

5.B 副詞辨析。A. 很少；B. 總是；C.幾乎不；D. 有時。根據上文的講述可知人們為了成功，為了多掙錢總是忙忙碌碌的，所以判斷B選項正確。

6.D 名詞辨析。A. 很多時間；B. 沒有理由；C. 很多理由；D. 沒有時間。由上文內容可知人們都忙著掙錢，由此推斷沒有娛樂的時間，故D選項正確。

7.A副詞辨析。A.對比之下；與此同時；B. 同時；C. 因此；D. 簡直，幾乎。根據上下文可知此段講述快樂小鎮和壓力小鎮截然不同的情況，所以選A、句意：對比之下，在快樂小鎮上，人們的座右銘就是“做吧，只要你喜歡。”

8.B名詞辨析。A. 樂趣；B. 壓力；C. 工作；D. 幸福。從下文的敘述可知在快樂小鎮上，人們隨心所欲，想做什么就做什么，由此推斷人們都沒有壓力，所以選B。

9.C情態動詞辨析。 A. 必須；B. 需要；C. 能夠；D. 敢。根據語境可知人們在快樂小鎮上可以隨意做喜歡做的事情，換句話說，人們能夠做想做的任何事情，所以答案選C。

10.D動詞辨析。 A.知道；B. 發現；C.認出；D. 在意。由上下文內容可以判斷在快樂小鎮上人們沒有責任心和上進心，所以對教師來說他們也不在意學生是否來學校，故答案選D。

11.C 短語辨析。A. 在上午； B. 在晚上；C.整天；D. 在下午。根據上文內容Children played computer games day and night.可知孩子們整天玩游戲，由此推測成年人們也是每天都喝咖啡，無所事事。所以答案選C。

12.A短語辨析。 A.多虧了；B. 不管，不顧；C.由于；D.根據。由下文nobody worried about losing their jobs可以判斷沒有規章制度是人們不擔心失業的原因，所以答案選A。

13.C名詞辨析。A. 錢；B. 時間；C. 樂趣，快樂；D. 壓力。根據上下文可知在快樂小鎮最重要的事情就是快樂，所以C選項正確。

14.B形容詞辨析。A.最強壯的；B輕微的；C.最多的；D. 最小的。根據文章的講述可知在快樂小鎮上人們終日無所事事，不思進取，根本就不考慮進步，由此可知B為正確選項。

15.A形容詞辨析。A. 舊的；B. 新的；C.最好的；D.同樣的。根據上文內容可知快樂小鎮上的人們不思進取，所以他們用的東西都是落后的，而壓力小鎮上的人們都在競爭，競爭會促進社會進步，由此推斷快樂小鎮上的人們使用的是壓力小鎮上淘汰的舊電腦。所以A選項正確。

16.D名詞辨析。A. 書；B.工作；C. 錢；D. 毒品。根據文章內容可知快樂小鎮上的人們生活的空虛無聊，年輕人就要尋求刺激，由此推測他們開始吸毒，所以D選項正確。

17.B名詞辨析。 A.壓力；B生活；C.樂趣；D. 錢。根據上下文可知此處說的是兩個小鎮上的人們生活出現了問題，他們對自己的生活目的提出了質疑，由此推斷B選項正確。

18.B動詞辨析。A. 提高，改善；B.失敗；C. 成功；D. 生活。由上文的敘述可知快樂小鎮上的人們因為空虛而吸毒，而壓力小鎮上的人們為了放松也酗酒吸毒，由此可知他們的生活都是失敗的，所以B選項正確。

19.A 形容詞辨析。A.滿意的；B. 驚訝的；C.耐心的；D.生氣的。根據情理可知Mr Reason建議壓力小鎮上的人們不要總和別人攀比，要學會知足。所以A選項正確。

20.C動詞辨析。A. 建造；B. 放下；C. 拆毀；D. 建立。根據下文built a road to connect the two可知人們拆掉了兩個小鎮之間的那堵墻，所以答案選C。

考點：考查故事類短文。