When I come across a good article in reading newspapers. I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the ___1___ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to ___2___ in good health, or a ___3___ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to ___4___ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text ___5___ the title. Therefore, the scissors would ___6___ before they start, ___7___ halfway done when I find out the ___8___ result.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth you ___9___. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be ___10___ up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可預料) — the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left ___11___. Thus you are ___12___ in a difficult position and feel sad. How ___13___ that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life ___14___ greatly on you preference of one choice to the other.

In fact that is what ___15___ is like, we are often ___16___ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ___17___ we get into another. The ___18___ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I ___19___ remember a philosopher’s remarks, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual(不經(jīng)意) ___20___ may not be a bad one.

1. A. front??????????????? B. same??????????????????? C. either?????????????????? D. opposite

2. A. get?????????????????? B. keep???????????????????? C. lead????????????????????? D. bring

3. A. advice????????????? B. news??????????????????? C. theory????????????????? D. report

4. A. suffer?????????????? B. reduce????????????????? C. prevent???????????????? D. cause

5. A. on??????????????????? B. for?????????????????????? C. without??????????????? D. off

6. A. use?????????????????? B. handle????????????????? C. prepare???????????????? D. stay

7. A. or??????????????????? B. but?????????????????????? C. so??????????????????????? D. for

8. A. satisfying????????? B. regretful?????????????? C. surprising???????????? D. impossible

9. A. courage??????????? B. strength??????????????? C. attention?????????????? D. patience

10. A. given????????????? B. held????????????????????? C. made??????????????????? D. picked

11. A. near??????????????? B. alone??????????????????? C. about?????????????????? D. behind

12. A. filled?????????????? B. attracted?????????????? C. caught????????????????? D. struck

13. A. dares????????????? B. comes????????????????? C. deals??????????????????? D. does

14. A. improves???????? B. changes??????????????? C. progresses??????????? D. goes

15. A. study????????????? B. society???????????????? C. nature?????????????????? D. life

16. A. faced????????????? B. supplied??????????????? C. connected???????????? D. fixed

17. A. before???????????? B. after???????????????????? C. until???????????????????? D. as

18. A. following??????? B. next???????????????????? C. above??????????????????? D. former

19. A. still???????????????? B. also????????????????????? C. once??????????????????? D. almost

20. A. treatment??????? B. action?????????????????? C. choice????????????????? D. remark

【答案與解析】

1. D。一張報紙只有正反兩面，想剪一面的文章又擔心影響另一面的有用的內(nèi)容，故選opposite。

2. B。keep in good health 意為“保持健康”。

3. D。首先排除C( theory), 因為how to behave and conduct oneself in society 不能稱為理論。 advice, news是不可數(shù)名詞，不能與前面的不定冠詞a連用，因此只能選report。

4. C。/ 5.? A。在剪報紙時，通過留一半文章或讓文章連著標題，可以防止另一面的文章受損。

6. C。首先排除D, 在開始前，準備好剪刀。

7. A。/ 8. B。表示相反意義的轉(zhuǎn)折。如果不準備好剪刀，到中途可能就會遭到令人后悔的結(jié)果

9. B。/ 10. A。有時我們可以同時做兩件事情，如果兩件都要付出力氣的話，只能選擇其中一個，而另一個只能等待或是被放棄。

11. A。變化中的局勢可能不會允許你做留在手邊的事情，于是你會陷入困難的境地。

12. C。be caught in 為常用搭配，意為“遭遇到”。

13. D。that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once在句中作主語。

14. A。improve 意為“改進”、“改善”。

15. B。剪報時的難以取舍與人在社會中的處境相似。

16. C。我們往往與有兩面性的事情連接在一起，就像描述剪報時的情形一樣。首先排除fix(修理，固定)和 (supplied 供應)，它們不符合句意； faced(面對)不與with搭配。

17. B。/ 18. D。從后一句latter得到提示。

19. A。引用前人說過的話，說明仍然記得。

20. C。從哲學家的名言，“一扇門關(guān)了，生活中的另一扇門又打開了”提示，選擇choice。

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