第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

   The town of Pressure and the town Pleasure were neighbor but had  36  in common. Residents built walls to  37  influence from the  38  town.

   In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women  39  birth, they would compete to have the baby with the  40  cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because  41  was the index (指数) of success, people were always  42  making money, with no time for relaxation.

    43  , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People  44  without pressure and could do  45  they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t care  46  students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office  47  sipping coffee and doing nothing.  48  the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. No one had the slightest thought of moving  49  , either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were  50  models from Pressure.

   Some of the young were addicted to  51  because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life  52  ?” But, just before life in the two towns completely failed. There came a saint-Mr. Reason. He went from door to door,   53  with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They  54  the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The townpeople  55  to realize the truth-There is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if people don’t go to extremes.

36. A. anything    B. nothing     C. everything   D. something

37. A. keep out    B. look out    C. work out    D. give out

38. A. another     B. any       C. every      D. other

39. A. gave      B. took      C. offered     D. brought

40. A. loud      B. louder     C. loudest     D. loudly

41. A. health     B. healthy     C. wealth     D. wealthy

42. A. busy      B. lazy      C. easy      D. hard

43. A. Meanwhile    B. At that time  C. At one time   D. Once in a while

44. A. got up     B. grew up     C. set up     D. brought up

45. A. nothing     B. something    C. anything    D. everything

46. A. what      B. who       C. where      D. whether

47. A. all way     B. all night    C. all way long  D. all day long

48. A. Thanks to    B. Because     C. Owe to     D. According to

49. A. backward    B. forward     C. upward     D. downward

50. A. new       B. old       C. right      D. advanced

51. A. work      B. money      C. drugs      D. books

52. A. for       B. at       C. in       D. to

53. A. talked     B. to talk     C. talks      D. talking

54. A. pulled down   B. put down    C. went down    D. wrote down

55. A. went      B. returned    C. happened    D. came

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