Question

A long time ago, there was an emperor. One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and 1  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.  2 enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and 3  as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He 4  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was 5  and tired, he did not stop 6  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was  7 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I 8  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only 9  a very small area to 10  myself.”

The above story is 11  to the journey of our 12 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more  13 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect our 14 , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding 15  and the things we love to do. One day 16  we look back, we will 17  that we don’t really need that much, 18  then we cannot turn back time for what we have 19 .

Life is not about making money. Life is definitely not about work! Work is only 20  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

1.                A．use            B．cover          C．work D．get

2.                A．Good          B．Strange         C．Sure D．Interesting

3.                A．rode           B．ran            C．expanded D．struggled

4.                A．kept on         B．asked for        C．gave up   D．succeeded in

5.                A．sad            B．excited         C．confused D．hungry

6.                A．but            B．so             C．because  D．if

7.                A．sleeping        B．arguing         C．dying D．smiling

8.                A．push           B．make           C．destroy   D．prove

9.                A．need           B．have           C．find  D．show

10.               A．live            B．bury           C．support   D．sleep

11.               A．useful          B．certain         C．similar D．special

12.               A．future         B．past           C．history    D．life

13.               A．friends         B．progress        C．discoveries D．money

14.               A．health         B．career         C．honor D．freedom

15.               A．things          B．condition       C．people    D．beauty

16.               A．before         B．when          C．unless D．since

17.               A．realize         B．regret          C．apologize  D．explain

18.               A．or             B．until           C．however  D．but

19.               A．saved          B．missed         C．reduced   D．won

20.               A．possible        B．probable       C．necessary  D．suitable

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文的主要内容是通过一个故事，说明了这样一个生活哲理。在生活中，我们一直争名逐利，忽视错过了很多美好的东西，但有一天当我们回顾往事时，我们意识到我们真的不需要那么多，但我们已经无法回到我们已经错过的时光。

1.根据he would give him the area of land he had covered，故选B。

2.根据the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse，故选C，Sure无疑的。

3.根据A long time ago, there was an emperor. One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse，故选A。

4.根据whipping the horse to go as fast as possible.可知这里想说他一直不停的骑马，故选A，kept on继续进行。

5.根据and tired，故选D，hungry饥饿的。

6.根据he wanted to cover as much area as possible，故选C。

7.根据Now I am dying and I only need   a very small area to bury myself，故选C。

8.根据myself so hard to cover so much land area?故选A，push推。

9.这里想表达我只需要很小的一块地来埋葬自己，故选A，need 需要。

10.这里想表达我只需要很小的一块地来埋葬自己，故选B，bury埋葬。

11.这里想说上面的这个故事和我们生命的历程很相似，故选C， be similar to与……相似。

12.这里想说上面的这个故事和我们生命的历程很相似，故选D。

13.根据to gain power or recognition.故选D。

14.这里想说我们忽视了自己的健康，故选A，health健康。

15.根据and to appreciate the surrounding，故选D，beauty美好。

16.这里想表达有一天当我们回顾往事时，故选B，when当……时候。

17.这里想表达我们意识到我们真的不需要那么多，故选A，realize意识到。

18.这里想表达但是，我们已经无法回到我们已经错过的时光，故选D，but但是。

19.这里想表达但是，我们已经无法回到我们已经错过的时光，故选B，missed 错过的。

20.根据to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life，故选C，necessary必要的。

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