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he world is full of __6__ stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone39。s __7__ interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child __8__ bathes it and brushes its fun. Within a short time, however, the __9__ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great __10__ but are soon looking forward to __11__. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many __12__, who now plain (抱怨 ) about the long drives to work, __13__ drove for hours at a time when they first __14__ their driver39。s licenses (執(zhí)照 )? Before people retire, they usually __15__ to do a lot of __16__ things, which they never had __17__ to do while working. But __18__ after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes bee as boring as the jobs they __19__. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new __20__. 文章大意:本文是一篇議論文 。告訴我們, 所有的事情按照一定的常規(guī)來進(jìn)行的話,人會感到無 聊厭倦的,這適合于所有年齡的人。然后從孩子到退休的老人舉例來說明這一點(diǎn)。 1. B. habit C. way D. power 答案: A 文章開頭提出,一 般來說,所有 形式的活動(dòng)當(dāng)它們按照一定的常規(guī)來進(jìn)行的話,都會造成人無聊厭倦。這是一個(gè)常規(guī),一個(gè)規(guī)則,故本空應(yīng)填 principle,意為 “ 原則 ” 。而 habit 個(gè)人行為習(xí)慣; way方法,方式; power權(quán)利,力量,均不合語境。 2. B. races C. countries D. ages 答案: D 由后文可知,這個(gè)原則適 應(yīng)于 所有年齡 的人。 party政黨; race種族; country國家; age年齡。由后面舉的孩子和年輕人的例子可知。 3. B. living C. playing D. going 答案: C 在圣誕節(jié)的早上 ,孩子們很顯 然是對玩兒新玩具很興奮。 play with玩 ?? ,跟 ?? 玩兒,符合語境。 work with跟 ?? 共事; live with 跟 ?? 一起生活; go with 跟 ??一起去,均不合語境。 4. B. interest C. anxiety D. sorrow 答案: B 由常識可知,孩 子們剛開始玩 兒新玩具時(shí),很感興趣,但是慢慢地,就會失去興趣。 confidence 自信; interest 興趣; anxiety 焦慮; sorrow 傷心。由語境可知 B 項(xiàng)正確。 5. B. extra C. funny D. expensive 答案: A 很顯然,此處表示 的是 “ 圣誕節(jié) 的新玩具被放置一邊了 ” ,也就是跟剛開始的是一樣的玩具,故選 same 同樣的,一樣的。而非 extra(額外的 ), funny(可笑的 ),expensive(昂貴的 )。 6. 173。anized B. colorfully173。printed C. newly173。collected D. half173。filled 答案: D 由空后面的信 息 unfinished models 可知,此處表示 “ 還沒有集滿的集郵冊 ” ,即: half173。filled。 well173。anized有序的,有條理的; colorful173。printed彩印的;newly173。collected 新收集的,均不合語境。 7. B. passing C. different D. main 答案: B 前面提到?jīng)]集滿 的集郵冊, 未 完成的模型,這每一個(gè)都是某個(gè)人短暫興趣的紀(jì)念碑。 broad 廣泛的; passin