Question

As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常規(guī)) basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this at work in people of all . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about with their new toys. But their soon wears off and by January those toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many , who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license (執(zhí)照)? Before people retire, they usually to do a lot of things, which they never had to do while working. But after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they . And, like the child in January, they go searching for new .

1.A. weaker B. habit C. principle D. power

2.A. parties B. ages C. countries D. races

3.A. playing B. living C. working D. going

4.A. confidence B. anxiety C. interest D. sorrow

5.A. same B. extra C. funny D. expensive

6.A. well-organized B. half-filled C. newly-collected D. colorfully-printed

7.A. broad B. passing C. different D. main

8.A. gladly B. impatiently C. silently D. worriedly

9.A. promise B. burden C. right D. game

10.A. courage B. calmness C. confusion D. excitement

11.A. graduation B. independence C. responsibility D. success

12.A. children B. adults C. students D. retirees

13.A. carefully B. bravely C. nervously D. eagerly

14.A. required B. obtained C. noticed D.discovered

15.A. need B. learn C. start D. plan

16.A. great B. strong C. difficult D. correct

17.A. money B. time C. skills D. knowledge

18.A. only B. soon C. well D. even

19.A. lost B. chose C. left D. quit

20.A. toys B. pets C. friends D. colleagues

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：一般來(lái)說(shuō)，各種形式的活動(dòng)，如果在常規(guī)下進(jìn)行，都會(huì)給人帶來(lái)厭煩。這一原理適用于任何年齡段的人。反復(fù)玩同樣的玩具或做同樣的事情，人們往往會(huì)失去原有的新鮮感或興趣。

1.all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常規(guī)) basis”可知，所有形式的活動(dòng)在常規(guī)下進(jìn)行都會(huì)導(dǎo)致厭倦，根據(jù)“As a general rule”可知，這是一個(gè)普遍的原理，故選C。

2.at work in people of all .這一原理對(duì)各個(gè)年齡段的人都起作用，下文提到了兒童、青少年和成年人，故選B。

3.those toys can be found put away”可知，因?yàn)橛行峦婢咄妫�孩子們�?huì)很興奮，但是他們的興趣維持不了太長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，到了一月，玩具就會(huì)被收起來(lái)放進(jìn)地下室。play with玩......，故選A。

4. A自信心；B焦急；C興趣；D悲傷，懊悔。But their soon wears off... those toys can be found put away正是因?yàn)槭�去了�?duì)玩具的興趣，玩具才會(huì)被收了起來(lái)，故選C。

5.by January those toys can be found put away in the basement到了一月份，這些玩具就會(huì)被收起來(lái)放進(jìn)地下室，這里指孩子們?cè)�先感興趣的那些新玩具，用“same”來(lái)強(qiáng)調(diào)孩子們失去了興趣，故選A。

6.unfinished models”和第一段提到的原理可知，這個(gè)世界上充滿了未收集齊的郵冊(cè)和未完成的模型，故選B。

7.half-filled stamp albums and unfinished models”可知，人們的興趣只是一時(shí)的，不能維持很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間，故選B。

8.their child bathes it and brushes its fur孩子會(huì)開(kāi)心地給寵物洗澡，故選A。

9.the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents但是過(guò)不了多久，照顧寵物的重?fù)?dān)就落到了父母身上，故選B。

10. A勇氣； B平靜；C困惑；D興奮。Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to .青少年懷著興奮的心情走進(jìn)高中校園，但是很快會(huì)盼著畢業(yè)。這里列舉青少年的例子還是為了驗(yàn)證第一段提到的原理，這里指青少年對(duì)高中失去興趣，故選D。

11.but are soon looking forward to .對(duì)高中失去興趣的青少年盼著畢業(yè)的那一天，故選A。

12.the long drives to work”可知，只有到了成年之后才能開(kāi)始工作，說(shuō)明這里說(shuō)的是成年人，故選B。

13. drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license剛拿到駕照時(shí)，人們會(huì)急切地想駕車(chē)，一次開(kāi)幾個(gè)小時(shí)都不會(huì)覺(jué)得累，因?yàn)樗麄儺?dāng)時(shí)對(duì)開(kāi)車(chē)很感興趣，故選D。

14. drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license這里指第一次拿到駕照時(shí)激動(dòng)的心情，故選B。

15.they usually to do a lot of things在退休之前，人們通常會(huì)計(jì)劃做很多事情，plan to do sth計(jì)劃做某事，故選D。

16.the golfing, the fishing, the reading...”可知，打高爾夫球、釣魚(yú)、看書(shū)等都是工作時(shí)無(wú)暇顧及的事情，人們計(jì)劃等退休之后再做這些適合打發(fā)時(shí)間的事情，故選A。

17.which they never had to do while working這些事情都是在工作期間沒(méi)有時(shí)間去做的事情，故選B。

18.But after retirement, the golfing,...become as boring as the jobs然而退休之后不久 ，那些計(jì)劃要做的事情變得跟之前的工作一樣無(wú)聊，根據(jù)“But their soon...but are soon looking forward to .”可知答案，故選B。

19.as boring as the jobs they .這里指退休之前所從事的工作，退休即離開(kāi)工作崗位，故選C。

20.like the child in January”可知，這里是拿剛過(guò)完圣誕節(jié)的孩子作比喻，退休的人會(huì)像那些孩子一樣去尋找新的“玩具”，故選A。

考點(diǎn)：生活類短文閱讀