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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
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 were violent competitions in every aspect of life. Because
6 was the index
(指数) of success, people were always
7 making money, with no time for relaxation.
8 , over in Pleasure, the motto was "As long as you like it, do it." People
9 without pressure and could
do
10 they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn't care
11 the
students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office
12 sipping coffee and doing nothing.
13 the
lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. No one had slightest thought of moving
14 , either
for themselves or for the town. The computer they used were
15 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 walls between
them and built a road to connect the two. The town people
20 to realize the truth-There is no space between
Pressure and Pleasure if people 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. nothing ( )11. A. what ( )12. A. all way ( )13. A. Thanks to ( )14. A. backward ( )15. A. new ( )16. A. work ( )17. A. for ( )18. A. talked ( )19. A. pulled down ( )20. A. went |
B. nothing B. look out B. any B. took B. louder B. healthy B. lazy B. At that time B. grew up B. something B. who B. all night B. Because B. forward B. old B. money B. at B. to talk B. put down B. returned |
C. everything C. work out C. other C. offered C. loudest C. wealth C. easy C. At one time C. set up C. anything C. where C. all way long C. As a result C. upward C. right C. drugs C. in C. talks C. went down C. happened |
D. something D. give out D. the other D. brought D. loudly D. wealthy D. hard D. Once in a while D. brought up D. everything D. whether D. all day long D. According to D. downward D. advanced D. books D. to D. talking D. wrote down D. came |