Question

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   36  side is as much interesting．It may be a discussion of the way to  37  in good health, or  38  about how to behave and conduct oneself in society．If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to  39   damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 40  the title．Therefore, the scissors would  41  before they start,  42   halfway done when I find out the  43   result．

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your  44 ．You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be  45  up．

But you know the future is unpredictable—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 46  ．Thus you are  47   in a difficult position and feel sad．How  48  that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life   49  greatly on your preference of one choice to the other．

In fact that is what  50  is like: we are often  51   with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting．It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only  52   we get into another．The  53  may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind．I  54   remember a philosopher's remarks: "When one door shuts, another opens in life．" So a casual  55   may not be a bad one．

1.	A．front B．same C．opposite D．either

2.	A．get B．keep C．lead D．bring

3.	A．a report B．news C．a theory D．advice

4.	A．reduce B．suffer C．prevent D．cause

5.	A．on B．for C．without D．off

6.	A．use B．stay C．prepare D．handle

7.	A．or B．but C．so D．for

8.	A．satisfying B．surprising C．regretful D．impossible

9.	A．courage B．strength C．attention D．patience

10.	A．given B．held C．made D．picked

11.	A．near B．alone C．behind D．about

12.	A．caught B．attracted C．filled D．struck

13.	A．dares B．deals C．comes D．does

14.	A．goes B．changes C．progresses D．improves

15.	A．life B．society C．nature D．study

16.	A．supplied B．faced C．connected D．fixed

17.	A．before B．after C．until D．as

18.	A．following B．next C．above D．former

19.	A．almost B．also C．once D．still

20.	A．treatment B．choice C．action D．remark

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.B

【解析】在我们的生活中我们经常会面临着痛苦的抉择。

1.形容词辨析。A前面的；B同样的；C反面的；D(两者之中)任一的。根据句意可知是指报纸另外一面内容也很精彩。

2.固定词组。Keep in good health保持良好的健康状态。

3.词义辨析。A报道；B新闻；C理论；D建议。根据句意可知是关于在社会在如何行为举止良好的一篇报道。

4.动词辨析。A减少；B遭受；C预防，阻止；D导致；根据下文的名词damage，可知这是一个搭配，suffer damage遭受破坏。

5.介词搭配。根据上下文语境可知这里是指如果我们剪下某一面，另外一面可能会遭受破坏，只剩下一个没有标题的文章。

6.动词辨析。A使用；B保持，待，停留；C准备；D处理；根据句意可知是指在开始剪之前剪刀要停顿下，或者当我发现破坏另外一半的这样会让我遗憾的结果时，剪到一半要停顿下来。

7.连词辨析。解析同上。

8.形容词辨析。解析同41.

9.名词辨析。A勇气；B力气；C注意力；D耐心；根据句意可知这里是指值得你注意这两方面。

10.短语辨析。give up放弃；hold up延误，阻碍，抢劫；make up化妆，编造，弥补，组成；pick up捡起，用车接，无意中学会…根据句意可知是剪了一面而放弃另外一面。

11.短语辨析。根据下文可知leave behind留下。句意：变化的形式也许不会允许你做留下的事情。

12.固定短语。Be caught in…遭遇…;

13.固定词组。How comes?怎么会？

14.动词辨析。根据上下文可知是指你的生活会大大改善因为你更喜爱其中的一个选择。

15.上下文串联。根据上下文可知是指这就是生活的意义。我们经常会面对着像都想要的报纸的两面这样的选择。

16.形容词辨析。解析同上。

17.上下文串联。句意是指当我们的注意力被吸引到一个事物以后，我们的注意力经常会转移到另一个事物。

18.上下文串联。根据下文的the latter可知这里是the former.

19.副词辨析。根据句意可知：我仍然记得哲学家的话：当一扇门关起来，上帝会为你打开另外一扇门。所以一次随意的选择也许并不是糟糕的一个。

20.略