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 26 side is much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to 27 in good health, or 28 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to 29 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 30 the title. Therefore, the scissors would 31 before they start, 32 halfway done when I find out the 33 result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 34 . You can only take up one of them; the other has to wait or be 35 up. But you know the future is unpredictable-the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 36 . Thus you are 37 in a difficult position and feel sad. How 38 that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life 39 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 40 is like: we are often 41 with the two opposite sides of the thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 42 we get into another. The 43 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I 44 remember a philosopher’s remarks: “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual 45 may not be a had one.
26. A. front B. same C. either D. opposite
27. A. get B. keep C. lead D. bring
28. A. advice B. news C. a theory D. a report
29. A. suffer B. reduce C. prevent D. cause
30. A. on B. for C. without D. off
31. A. use B. handle C. prepare D. stay
32. A. or B. but C. so D. for
33. A. satisfying B. regretful C. surprising D. impossible
34. A. courage B. strength C. attention D. patience
35. A. given B. held C. made D. picked
36. A. near B. alone C. about D. behind
37. A. filled B. attracted C. caught D. struck[来源:学
38. A. dares B. comes C. does D. dare
39. A. improves B. changes C. progresses D. goes
40. A. study B. society C. nature D. life
41. A. faced B. supplied C. connected D. fixed
42. A. before B. after C. until D. as
43. A. following B. next C. above D. former
44. A. still B. also C. once D. almost
45. A. treatment B. action C. choice D. remark
He is said abroad now, but I don’t know in which country he is
A. to study B. to be studying
C. to have studied D. studying
A saying goes practice makes perfect.
A. which B. that C. whether D. what
It has been a long established that the Spring Festival is a time for family reunion in China.
A. tradition B. history C. intelligence D. system
My grandpa is as as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.
A. religious B. curious C. energetic D. effective
— Where did you find your lost key?
— Well, it was at the hotel we stayed.
A. that B. where C. when D. in what
