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The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. Residents built walls to      influence from the other town.
In Pressure,      struggled to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would      to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because     was the index (指数) of success, people were     busy making money, with     for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t bear the intensity and resorted to drink or drugs to escape.
_ , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People grew up without      and     do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t _ whether students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office      sipping coffee and doing nothing.      the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was      that mattered. No one had the      thought of moving forward, either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were       models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to      because of the meaninglessness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is     for?” But, just before life in the two towns completely      , there came a saint – Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, talking with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be      with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They     the walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns’ people came to realize the truth—there is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes.

A．connect B．keep C．keep out D．prevent

A．everyone B．anyone C．nobody D．somebody

A．have B．like C．compete D．try

A．health B．joy C．children D．wealth

A．seldom B．always C．hardly D．sometimes

A．much time B．no reason C．many reasons D．no time

A．Meanwhile B．At the same time C．Therefore D．Virtually

A．pleasure B．pressure C．work D．happiness

A．must B．need C．could D．dared

A．know B．find C．recognize D．care

A．in the morning B．in the evening C．all day long D．in the afternoon

A．Thanks to B．Regardless of C．Owe to D．According to

A．money B．time C．pleasure D．pressure

A．strongest B．slightest C．most D．smallest

A．the old B．the new C．the best D．the same

A．books B．work C．money D．drugs

A．pressure B．life C．pleasure D．money

A．improved B．failed C．succeeded D．lived

A．content B．surprised C．patient D．angry

A．built B．put down C．pulled down D．set up

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