55．A．thread B．thing C．jewel D．light
答案：36-40
DCABA 41-45 BDCAB 46-50 DBDAC 51-55 BADCA
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云南省玉溪一中10-11学年高二上学期期中考试
The town of Pressure
and the town of Pleasure
were neighbors but they had nothing in common. Residents built walls to 36 influence from the other
town.
In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the
very 37 . When women gave birth,
they would compete to have the baby with the loudest 38 . There was violent
competition in every aspect of life. Because 39 was the symbol of success,
people were always busy making money, with no time for relaxation. Some young
people couldn’t 40 the intensity(紧张) and chose to drink to escape.
In Pleasure, the motto was: 41 you like it, do it. People
grew up without pressure and
42 do anything
they liked. Children played computer games day 43 night. At school, teachers didn’t
care 44 students came or not.
Workers might sit around the office all day long drinking coffee and doing 45 . Thanks to the lack of
regulations, nobody worried about
46 their jobs.
It was pleasure that 47 . The computers they used
were old 48 from the town of Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to
drugs 49 the emptiness of their lives.
Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life 50 ?” But, just before life in
the two towns completely
51 , there came
a great person---Mr Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people
and 52 advice. People in Pressure learnt
to be content with what they had
53 people in
Pleasure began to make plans. They
54 the walls
between them and built a road to connect the two. The town’s people came
to 55 the truth---there is no gap
between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.