In some cities , workaholism（废寝忘食工作）is so common that people don’t consider it unusual . They accept the lifestyle as 36 . Government workers in Washington , D. C. , 37 , frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week . They don’t do this because they have to ; they do it because they 38 to . Workaholism can be a 39 problem . Because true workaholics would rather work than do anything else , they 40 have no idea of how to relax ; that is , they might not 41 movies , sports , or other types of entertainment . Most of all , they 42 to sit and do nothing . The lives of workaholics are usually stressful , and this tension（紧张）and worry can cause 43 problems such as heart attacks and stomach diseases . 44 , typical workaholics don’t pay much attention to their families . Their marriages may end in 45 as they spend little time with their families .
Is workaholism 46 dangerous ? Perhaps not . There are , certainly , people who work 47 under stress . Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in work . They feel 48 is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy . For most workaholics , work and entertainment are the same thing . Their jobs 49 them with a challenge ; this keeps them busy and creative .
50 do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much ? There are several 51 to work . Of course , it provides people with paychecks , and this is important . But it offers 52 financial security . It provides people with self-confidence（自信心）; they have a feeling of satisfaction 53 they have produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say “I 54 it” . Psychologists （心理学家）claim that their work gives people an identity （自身价值）. After they take part in work , they 55 a sense of self and individualism .
36．A．strange B．boring C．pleasant D．normal
37．A．for example B．on the other hand C．what’s more D．after all
38．A．agree B．promise C．dare D．want
39．A．slight B．serious C．obvious D．difficult
40．A．still B．probably C．certainly D．mostly
41．A．afford B．enjoy C．watch D．allow
42．A．dream B．decide C．intend D．hate
43．A．physical B．cultural C．social D．mental
44．A．Therefore B．However C．Anyway D．Besides
45．A．happiness B．silence C．failure D．surprise
46．A．sometimes B．always C．seldom D．hardly
47．A．sadly B．differently C．efficiently D．slowly
48．A．study B．family C．life D．work
49．A．equip B．pack C．provide D．fill
50．A．When B．Why C．How D．Where
51．A．factors B．advantages C．steps D．ways
52．A．no more B．more or less C．no more than D．more than
53．A．when B．before C．unless D．until
54．A．valued B．failed C．caught D．made
55．A．give B．lose C．get D．need
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Buddy, five years old, is traveling with his parents to enjoy a taste of adventure. He is only 600 miles away from the youngest-ever hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail (阿巴拉契亚山道). they started their journey, they were told that the youngest person to ever the trail was a six-year-old who hiked it in 1980. The couple hadn’t set out to any records. “We don’t know he was setting the record until after we started.” his mother said.
The group travels . They just have the main item being an iPad Mini that they use to plot (绘制) their route and shelters along the way. They also have a Jeep to get them to the trail heads each day, a that has sheltered them through all kinds of weather, and a Marmot thick jacket to protect Buddy on trails. They post updates about Buddy’s progress and to their website.
Instead of going to 52 Buddy has the outside world as his classroom and listens to CDs. “He hikes with educational music, which is . He’s learning French, he’s learning to count, spell, add and subtract (减去) while he hikes without the of other kids or being in the classroom. He can focus on his study,” his mother said.
The couple that unlike other hikers Buddy’s age gave him the of unlimited energy. “He hurts the next morning like most hikers do. He’s had it than most hikers,” his parents said.
The adventures of the youngster, who has scaled mountains, camped in snow and met wild horses, will be into a children’s book once he has completed the last 600 miles. They plan to finish on New Year’s Eve.
A．meeting B．beating C．confusing D．becoming
A．Unless B．When C．Because D．Though
A．skip B．speed C．complete D．organize
A．make B．break C．lose D．hold
A．finally B．successfully C．proudly D．officially
A．hard B．quick C．light D．more
A．exact B．extra C．extensive D．expensive
A．mark B．show C．search D．find
A．cabin B．tent C．house D．coat
A．windy B．rainy C．sunny D．cloudy
A．route B．health C．photos D．studies
A．office B．work C．school D．toilet
A．international B．educational C．traditional D．original
A．wonderful B．disturbing C．energetic D．enthusiastic
A．attention B．expression C．distraction D．advance
A．accepted B．argued C．admired D．added
A．achievement B．advantage C．amusement D．agreement
A．never B．always C．often D．sometimes
A．easier B．further C．better D．less
A．divided B．looked C．turned D．made
“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not that disappointment.”
Mother was right, I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to a job in radio, then work my way up to sports . I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and on the door of every station—and got turned every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an person –“Go out in the sticks（偏远地区） and find a small station that will give you a ,” she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I . The job just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have . “Everything happens for the best,” Mom me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the elevator I heard Mac Aethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an) game.
On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what dirction my life might have taken if I the job at Montgomery Ward.
A．faced B．received C．considered D．accepted
A．because B．as C．in D．for
A．old B．previous C．original D．early
A．when B．as C．that D．while
A．try out B．try on C．try for D．try over
A．player B．announcer C．manager D．fan
A．knocked B．arrived C．approached D．hunted
A．out B．off C．on D．down
A．unknown B．famous C．inexperienced D．strange
A．choice B．suggestion C．chance D．advantage
A．When B．While C．Which D．So
A．adopt B．receive C．manage D．decide
A．accepted B．agreed C．applied D．promised
A．sounded B．listened C．voiced D．heard
A．come B．shown C．disappeared D．brightened
A．recovered B．discouraged C．upset D．reminded
A．frustration B．determination C．congratulation D．satisfaction
A．after B．as C．before D．when
A．forceful B．close C．imaginary D．ordinary
A．get B．got C．have gotten D．had gotten
Home on the Way
People need homes: children their parents' place as home; call school "home" on weekdays; married couples work together to build new homes; and travelers … have no place to call "home", for a few nights. So how about people who have to travel for _ periods of time? Don’t they have the right to a home? Of course they do.
Some regular travelers take their own : like bed sheets, pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home they are; some stay for long periods in the same hotel and become very familiar with service and attendants; others may put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely. , driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home -- only !
And how about maintaining relationships while in ? Some keep with their friends via internet; some send letters and postcards, or even photos; others may just call and say hi, just to let their friends know that they're still and well. People find ways to keep in touch. Making friends on the way helps travelers feel at home. Backpackers in youthhostelsmay become very good friends, closer than siblings.
Nowadays, people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a of belonging? Whenever we our local boundaries, there is always another "home" waiting . Wherever we are, with just a little bit of effort and , we can make the place we stay "home".
A．assign B．assume C．assist D．associate
A．boarders B．farmers C．scholars D．residents
A．at last B．at most C．at least D．at best
A．expanded B．extended C．exposed D．exploited
A．belongings B．property C．treasure D．furniture
A．no matter when B．no matter where C．no matter how D．no matter who
A．in fact B．as a result C．even though D．on the contrary
A．frequently B．necessarily C．simply D．immediately
A．However B．Insetead C．Furthermore D．Still
A．solid B．fragile C．dynamic D．mobile
A．transform B．transit C．transfer D．translation
A．control B．connection C．contact D．contract
A．busy B．free C．enjoyable D．alive
A．now and then B．whether or not C．more or less D．sooner or later
A．and B．so C．but D．even
A．fewer B．more C．many D．most
A．feeling B．emotin C．sense D．expression
A．keep out of B．drop out of C．step out of D．get out of
A．to find B．to be found C．to be finding D．to have been found
A．preparation B．imagination C．impression D．decision
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"It can sum up parenthood pretty concisely(简明地). " The boy’s father joked. That's 32-year-old Cramer described a family photo that shows his wife, Elizabeth, the couple's 6-month-old son into the air as she to swing him around for the photo.
"In my family we have about 18 of us, and a lot of kids," Cramer told Good Morning America. com. " We taking the large photo getting everyone to smile. But as you can imagine, getting all those kids to sit and doesn't go so well. "
"When we with that, my 4-year-old was done. He had had enough. But my wife and I were all on the beach in the coordinating outfits and we wanted to get one good picture to our happy family, but it wasn't going so smoothly."
Cramer explains that to get the children to calm down, they try to the boy’s attention with some fun shots. And that's when things went wrong.
We them around a couple times, but the final time I heard my wife just go, "Ahhhh!" so I turn around and I see my son just and peacefully doing this full layout back flip(直体后空翻), landing flat on his back in the sand, Cramer explained. "We were just . "
The couple says the baby cried for about two minutes got over it and fine. "He sniffled a little bit, " said Cramer. "But my dad is a pediatrician(儿童医生) and looked him and said, ''Oh, he's fine."
Once the family realized the baby was , they looked at the photos the photographer had taken and they had Internet gold-the image has already tallied more than 2 million views since being posted on Reddit.
We got this incredible . "It's funny," Cramer said. "Everything could have gone , but it ended as best as possible. Every time I look at the picture, though, my palms still get a little . "
A．how B．what C．when D．why
A．pushes B．carries C．launches D．kick
A．suggests B．attempts C．remembers D．decides
A．run out B．started out C．worked out D．sent out
A．smile B．cry C．observe D．shout
A．did B．started C．finished D．began
A．seldom B．perhaps C．hardly D．really
A．put off B．keep off C．show off D．set off
A．lost B．draw C．share D．wear
A．properly B．perfectly C．horribly D．possibly
A．dropped B．swung C．spread D．handed
A．deliberately B．gracefully C．pitifully D．awfully
A．amazed B．excited C．interested D．shocked
A．though B．because C．but D．therefore
A．over B．in C．for D．after
A．bad B．terrible C．fine D．ill
A．realized B．thought C．understood D．figured
A．film B．photo C．story D．painting
A．plain B．good C．smooth D．wrong
A．empty B．sweaty C．dirty D．guilty
Some people took a tourist bus to a mountainous area .The scenery was really _______and a couple of young lovers were _______ so much by the natural beauty that they got off the bus on the way. Shortly after the bus went on, they heard a_______ boom ahead of the road. It was a huge rock rolling down in the landslide that hit the bus and fell with it into a deep valley. The lovers were greatly _______by the news that no passengers on_______ survived. When they calmed down, they _______ and expressed their feelings in a few words.
The above story was told by a_______ when we were riding a tourist bus to a scenic mountain. He asked us to guess what the lovers said after the disaster that they had _______ escaped.
Often we read reports about traffic accidents, among which there were lucky ones who missed the bus and _______ the disaster. Those people usually said with a sigh of _______ “Fortunately I was not on board.” On our bus the passengers’ _______ to the guide were various.
But the answer was quite out of our _______.“If we hadn’t got down and delayed the bus, it would have passed the dangerous spot and all the passengers would have _______”
The story passed from person to person as a sort of wit (智慧) test, but I think _______ It actually serves as an examination of a person’s mind. I pay my heart-felt respect to the couple who, instead of feeling lucky, _______ themselves for causing the loss of lives. People all have heart for mercy , but it is often a flashing thought across one’s mind that decides whether it is good or evil (邪恶的).
A．breathtaking B．inspiring C．satisfying D．frustrating
A．struck B．moved C．encouraged D．appealed
A．vast B．noisy C．loud D．large
A．shocked B．scared C．embarrassed D．confused
A．bus B．hill C．board D．road
A．shouted B．screamed C．explained D．sighed
A．tourist B．guide C．driver D．passager
A．finally B．eventually C．nearly D．narrowly
A．passed B．avoided C．caused D．trapped
A．sadness B．concern C．relief D．regret
A．emotions B．expressions C．attitudes D．replies
A．touch B．expectation C．doubt D．reach
A．died B．passed C．survived D．stayed
A．differently B．actually C．similarly D．sincerely
A．thanked B．blamed C．apologized D．forgave
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