Question

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was ____1____ to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was ___2___. So both of them agreed not to ____3___ after choosing a ____4___  at every fork(岔道口).
A road sign at the first fork ____5____ one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the ____6____ after a ___7____ discussion because lion were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division(路口) going separately to the pandas and peacock. They ____8____ pandas as it was the nation’s treasure and went the way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant ____9____ what they couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and ____10____, for it brooked(容忍)no delay. If they hesitated they would miss ___11___. Only ___12___ decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and ___13____ possible regret.
Life is ____14____ like this------ choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two ____15_____ jobs, two fascinating wooers(追求者). To get one you ___16____ give up the other ------- you can get half of it. If you __17___ weighing the pros and cons and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely _____18_____ empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. ___19___ you have got half of the desirable things in life ------ something that is ___20____ to come by.
1.A. easy         B. eager      C. impossible       D. possible
2.A. enough       B. limited     C. tight            D. plentiful
3.A. retrace       B. come       C. go              D. go back
4.A. main road     B. branch      C. crossing         D. highway
5.A. showed       B. pointed      C. intended        D. made
6.A. former        B. later        C. lost            D. the third
7.A. brief          B. long        C. no             D. heated
8.A. hoped         B. wanted      C. favored         D. got
9.A. getting        B. taking       C. grasping       D. giving up
10.A. slowly       B. immediately    C. timely        D. easily
11.A. less          B. more         C. most          D. least
12.A. high         B. slow          C. short          D. rapid
13.A. increase      B. rid           C. reduce        D. raise
14.A. just exactly    B. more or less    C. hardly        D. most
15.A. unwanted      B. rejected       C. enjoyable     D. desirable
16.A. wish          B. want          C. must         D. have to
17.A. spend time     B. kill time       C. have a hard time  D. hope for
18.A. start with       B. get up        C. succeed in       D. end up in
19.A. By no means    B. Not in the least C. At most         D. At least
20.A. stupid         B. delighted      C. hard            D. supported

Answer 1

1--5 CBABA  6--10 AACDB  11---15 BDCBD 16--20 DADDC

1.C.在动物园中每个地方都看到是不可能的。
2.B．因时间有限，他们必须决定。。。
3.A.不走回头路。
4.B.在岔道口选择支路。
5.A.表明。
6.A.依后文lion可知。
7.A.因时间有限，只能作简短的讨论。
8.C.偏爱大熊猫因是国宝。
9.D.每个选择都意味着放弃其他的。
10.B.他们必须立即做出决定。
11.B.如果他们犹豫的话，那将失去的更多。
12.D只有迅速的决定才能有更多的机会。
13.C.减少可能的遗憾。
14.B.生活几乎也是如此。
15.D.在两个渴望得到的工作中进行选择。
16.D.不得不。
17.A.如果你花时间权衡利弊的话。
18.D.你很可能会两手空空。
19.D.至少你得到了一半。
20.C.生活中难得的东西。