Question

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was  41  to go everywhere. They had to decide where to go and which animals to visit as their time was  42  So both of them agreed not to  43  after choosing a  44  at every fork（岔路口）.

A road sign at the first fork  45  one way to the lion area and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the former after a  46  discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division going separately to the panda and peacock. They  47  panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way.

  48  they made choices all along the way and each choice meant   49  what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and  50  , for it brooked（容忍）no delay. If they hesitated（犹豫不决） they would miss  51  . Only  52  decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and  53  possible regret.

Life is  54  like this ― choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two  55  jobs, two fascinating wooers（追求者）. To get one you  66  give up the other-you can get half of it. If you  57  weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely  58  empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it.  59  you have got half of the desirable things in life ― something that is  60  to come by.

 

41. A. easy	B. difficult	C. impossible	D. possible
42. A. enough	B. limited	C. tight	D. plentiful
43. A. return	B. continue	C. go	D. stop
44. A. sign	B. branch	C. crossing	D. highway
45. A. showed	B. pointed	C. intended	D. made
46. A. brief	B. long	C. no	D. heated
47. A. hoped	B. wanted	C. favored	D. got
48. A. Happily	B. Thus	C. Then	D. Finally
49. A. winning	B. taking	C. picking up	D. giving up
50. A. slowly	B. immediately	C. timely	D. easily
51. A. less	B. more	C. most	D. least
52. A. high	B. slow	C. short	D. rapid
53. A. increase	B. cause	C. reduce	D. raise
54. A. just exactly	B. more or less	C. hardly	D. most
55. A. unwanted	B. different	C. bad	D. desirable
56. A. ought to	B. may	C. must	D. have to
57. A. spend time	B. kill time	C. have a hard time	D. hope for
58. A. start with	B. get up	C. succeed in	D. end up in
59. A. By no means	B. Not in the least	C. At most	D. At least
60. A. stupid	B. delighted	C. hard	D. supported

Answer 1

41. C      42. B       43. A       44. B       45. A       46. A       47. C      48. B       49. D      50. B 

51. B      52. D       53. C      54. B       55. D     56. D      57. A       58. D      59. D      60. C