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5.Pressure and Pleasure
The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common.(71)C
In Pressure,everyone struggled to be the very best.When women gave birth,they would compete to have the baby with the loudest cry.(72)B Because wealth was the index(指数)of success,people were always busy 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.
(73)E People grew up without pressure and could do anything they liked.Children played computer games day and night.At school,teachers didn't care whether students showed up or not.Workers might sit around the office all day long sipping coffee and doing nothing.Thanks to the lack of regulation,nobody worried about losing their jobs.(74)A No one had the slightest thought of moving forward,either for themselves or for the town.The computers they used were old models from Pressure.
Some of the young in both were addicted to drugs because of the emptiness of their lives.Then,people in the two towns began asking themselves,"What is life for?"But,just before life in the two towns completely failed,there came a saint-Mr.Reason.He went from door to door,talking with people and giving advice.People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had,while people in Pleasure began to make plans.(75)G The townspeople came to realize the truth-there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if don't go to extremes.

A.It was pleasure that mattered.
B.There was violent competition in every aspect of life.
C.Citizens built walls to keep out influence from the other town.
D.Success was not significantly affected by the size of the pressure sore.
E.Meanwhile,in Pleasure,the motto was"as long as you like it,do it."
F.Although they got as much pleasure as possible,they didn't have a better life.
G.They pulled down the walls between them and built a road to connect the two.

分析 本文讲述的是从前有两个仅一墙之隔的压力和快乐小镇,两个小镇的人彼此不相往来.在压力小镇人们时刻处于压力中,在快乐乡镇上人们不思进取,碌碌无为,两种截然不同的生活导致了很多问题,终于有一天,两个小镇的人相遇了,他们意识到,压力和快乐是分不开的.

解答 71.答案C.本段前面说到城镇的快乐与压力,则衔接处应对城镇加以解释.通读选项可知C项能更好的衔接town.故选C.
72.答案B.从"people were always busy making money,with no time for relaxation"可看出,压力小镇的人们忙着赚钱,没时间休息,可见生活频率快,竞争压力大.故选择B.
73.答案E.从后文"People grew up without pressure and could do anything they liked"看出快乐小镇的人们在做自己喜欢的事情.通读选项可知,E项更能作为此段的主旨句,故选E.
74.答案A.后文中,快乐小镇的人们都不思进取,不担心失去工作,没有压力,可见快乐在小镇中是件重要的事.故选A.
75.答案G."The townspeople came to realize the truth-there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if don't go to extremes."此句表明市民们认识到快乐和压力分不开,既然有了联系,那么他们就推翻了搁在两个小镇之间的墙.故选G.

点评 七选五是一类完成性阅读.在题型上和完型很类似.在解题时,要在理解文章整体的情况下充分考虑语境和空格前后的句子,注意句子间的逻辑关系.一定要把握信息词.

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