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The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but had_1   in common. Residents
built walls to  2   influence from the  3   town.
In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women   4    birth, they would compete
to have the baby with the   5   cry. There was violent competition in very aspect of life. Because_6_
was the index(指数)of success, people were always    7    making money, with no time for relaxation
. Some young people couldn't bear the intensity(紧张) and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
_  8   , over in Pleasure, the motto was "as long as you like it, do it." People_9_ without pressure and
could do anything_10   liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn't
care 11  _students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office   12  _sipping coffee and
doing nothing. _13_the lack of regulation, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was pleasure that
mattered. No one had the slightest thought of moving 14_, either for themselves or for the town. The
computers they used 15_old models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to 16  because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in
the two towns began asking themselves, "What is life_17_?" But, just before life in the two towns
completely failed, there came a saint-Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, _18  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_19 _the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The
townspeople 20   to realize the truth-there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if don't go
to extremes.
(     )1.A. anything
(     )2.A. keep out
(     )3.A. another
(     )4.A. gave
(     )5.A. loud
(     )6.A. health
(     )7.A. busy
(     )8.A. Meanwhile
(     )9.A. got up
(     )10.A. we
(     )11.A. what
(     )12.A. all way
(     )13.A. Thanks to
(     )14.A. backward
(     )15.A. was
(     )16.A. work
(     )17.A. for
(     )18.A. talked
(     )19.A. pulled down
(     )20.A. went

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