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The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but had_1 in common. Residents built walls to 2 influence from the 3 town. In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women 4 birth, they would compete to have the baby with the 5 cry. There was violent competition in very aspect of life. Because_6_ was the index(指数)of success, people were always 7 making money, with no time for relaxation . Some young people couldn"t bear the intensity(紧张) and resorted to drink or drugs to escape. _ 8 , over in Pleasure, the motto was "as long as you like it, do it." People_9_ without pressure and could do anything_10 liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn"t care 11 _students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office 12 _sipping coffee and doing nothing. _13_the lack of regulation, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was pleasure that mattered. No one had the slightest thought of moving 14_, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used 15_old models from Pressure. Some of the young were addicted to 16 because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, "What is life_17_?" But, just before life in the two towns completely failed, there came a saint-Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, _18 with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They_19 _the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The townspeople 20 to realize the truth-there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if don"t go to extremes. | |||
( )1.A. anything ( )2.A. keep out ( )3.A. another ( )4.A. gave ( )5.A. loud ( )6.A. health ( )7.A. busy ( )8.A. Meanwhile ( )9.A. got up ( )10.A. we ( )11.A. what ( )12.A. all way ( )13.A. Thanks to ( )14.A. backward ( )15.A. was ( )16.A. work ( )17.A. for ( )18.A. talked ( )19.A. pulled down ( )20.A. went | B. nothing B. look out B. any B. took B. louder B. healthy B. lazy B. At that time B. grew up B. you B. who B. all night B. Because B. forward B. were B. money B. at B. to talk B. put down B. returned | C. everything C. work out C. every C. offered C. loudest C. wealth C. easy C. At one time C. set up C. they C. where C. all way long C. Owe to C. upward C. is C. drugs C. in C. talks C. went down C. happened | D. something D. give out D. other D. brought D. loudly D. wealthy D. hard D. Once in a while D. brought up D. it D. whether D. all day long D. According to D. downward D. are D. books D. to D. talking D. wrote down D. came |
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A great French writer has said that we should help everyone as much as possible because we often need help ourselves. The small even can help the great. To this effect , he tells the following simple story. An ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made desperate efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant, almost exhausted, was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved with pity the bird threw her a blade(叶片) of grass, which supported her like a raft, and thus she reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man approaching. He was walking along barefooted and carrying a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove he wished to kill her, and he would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life. | |||
1. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, therefore we should _______. | |||
A. help others as much as we can B. help those who may be useful to us C. get as much help as possible D. help others in order to keep alive | |||
2. An ant fell in the stream and could not reach the bank ________. | |||
A. because she did not try hard B. because she tried too hard C. because she did not cry for help D. no matter how hard she tried | |||
3. The ant finally got on the side _______. | |||
A. when the water pushed her B. with the help of a blade of grass given by a dove C. with the help of a piece of wood D. when the dove reached out a leg for her | |||
4. According to the passage, which of the following does the author express? | |||
A. the dove was quite brave B. the ant"s cleverness C. how an ant saved a bird D. that even the small can help the great |