阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I come across a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it．But just as I am about to do so，I find the article on the 1side is much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to 2in good health，or advice about how to behave and 3yourself in society．If I cut the front articles，the opposite one is likely to suffer 4，leaving one half of it or keeping the text 5the title．Therefore，the scissors would stay before they start， 6the cutting would be halfway done when I find out the 7result．
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time，both worth your 8．You can only take up one of them；the other has to wait or be 9up．But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not 10you to do what is left behind．Thus you are 11in a difficult position and feel sad．How come nice 12and clever ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 13greatly on your preference of your one choice to the other．
In fact that is what 14is like；we are often 15with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both 16like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that our attention is 17to the thing only after we get into another．The former may be more important than the latter and this 18a divided mind．I still remember a philosopher’s 19：“When one door shuts，another opens in life．”So a casual（不经意的） 20may reward one．
1.A．same B．opposite C．either D．front
2.A．get B．bring C．1ead D．keep
3.A．enjoy B．help C．conduct D．dress
4.A．damage B．destroy C．hurt D．injury
5.A．on B．for C．without D．off
6.A．or B．but C．so D．for
7.A．satisfying B．regrettable C．surprising D．impossible
8.A．courage B．patience C．strength D．attention
9.A．given B．picked C．held D．made
10.A．persuade B．agree C．allow D．tell
11.A．filled B．struck C．caught D．attracted
12.A．chances B．conditions C．wishes D．ways
13.A．progresses B．goes C．changes D．improves
14.A．study B．1ife C．society D．nature
15.A．supplied B．connected C．fixed D．faced
16.A．available B．desirable C．considerable D．enjoyable
17.A．turned B．transferred C．paid D．drawn
18.A．gives way to B．gives rise to C．gets through to D．gets close to
19.A．remarks B．sayings C．slogans D．comments
20.A．behavior B．action C．choice D．attitude
In the dark forest _______, some large enough to hold several English towns.
A. stand many lakes B. lie many lakes
C. many lakes lie D. many lakes lies
Last week, only two people came to look at the house, _______ wanted to buy it.
A. none of them B. both of them C. none of whom D. neither of whom
After the new technique was introduced, the farmers produced ________ grain in 2006 as five years before.
A. as twice much B. as much twice C. twice much as D. twice as much
The man,_______ is often parked in front of our house, is a famous surgeon.
A. who’s car B. of which the car C. the car of which D. whose car
– Can you tell me ___________?
– An engineer from Jinan Iron and Steel Plants．
A．what your friend is B．who your friend is
C．what is your friend D．who is your friend
