Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-50题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I usually set my dogs free when I walk them to the park. Their reactions to freedom are totally    31_ .Barney is a three-year-old beagle and he   32   to wander off the path. He will   33   his nose just about anywhere. I have to watch him    34   he doesn’t wander too far off the path and get    35  . Lucy is 14 years old. She usually follows right behind me. Sometimes she will  36   to sniff and then gets right back on track.

   As I was watching them the other day, I    37   the story of The Tortoise and the Hare(《龟兔赛跑》). Though the tortoise ran much more   _38 _ , he didn’t stop to take a rest as the hare did. So he  _ 39 _  to be the winner.

   I know that my dogs aren’t in a  _40  , but the point is that Lucy usually gets to the park a little earlier than Barney. It makes me think of how people work toward ___41  . Some people go really fast, then stop and wander off the path and have to run to  42  . They’re like the hare (Barney).   43   are like the tortoise (Lucy). They take it slow and steady,   44   they are consistent (始终如一的).

   45   do you do things? Do you run really fast and stop to take a rest or do you take it slow and steady? I have to tell you that the first way is really    46   ! You get a little ways quickly, but burn out quickly and have to stop and   47   . From my point of view, slow and steady is the    48   to success. Are you consistent? If your answer is   49  _, then why not take a step to make a(n)   50   to be more consistent?

31. A. funny            B. surprising             C. different              D. strange

32. A. likes            B. remembers            C. hopes               D. fears

33. A. prepare           B. lead                   C. trust                D. follow

34. A. although          B. so                   C. as                  D. if

35. A. lost              B. free                   C. bored               D. frightened

36. A. want             B. turn                  C. continue             D. stop

37. A. thought of      B. made up             C. looked through     D. picked out

38. A. slowly         B. often                  C. quickly              D. quietly

39. A. took over         B. set off              C. gave up           D. turned out

40. A. story            B. forest                    C. race              D. team

41. A. aims             B. ideas                  C. matches             D. results

42. A. cheer up          B. catch up              C. go up                       D. get up

43. A. Those            B. We                  C. Others                D. You

44. A. but              B. unless                 C. for                  D. or

45. A. What             B. Why                 C. When               D. How

46. A. impossible         B. tiring                C. acceptable                D. wonderful

47. A. worry            B. regret               C. try               D. rest

48. A. introduction       B. reply                   C. key                 D. ability

49. A. no               B. yes                 C. false                    D. sure

50. A. choice         B. decision              C. suggestion                D. change

    

Answer 1

31-35 CADBA              36-40 DAADC      41-45 ABCAD      46-50 BDCAD