Question

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was   36  to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was   37 . So both of them agreed not to   38  after choosing a   39  at every fork (岔路口).
A road sign at the first fork   40  one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the   41  after a   42  discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division (路口) going separately to the panda and peacock. They   43  panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant   44  what they could regret. But they had to make it  45 , for it brooked (容忍) no delay. If they hesitated they would miss  46 . Only   47  decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and   48  possible regret.
Life is  49  like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two  50  jobs, two fascinating wooers (追求者). To get one you   51  give up the other—you can get half of it. If you   52  weighing the pros and cons(權(quán)衡利弊) and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely   53  empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it.  54  you have got half of the desirable things in life—something that is   55  to get.

【小題1】

A．easy B．impossible C．eager D．possible

【小題2】

A．limited B．enough C．tight D．plentiful

【小題3】

A．go B．come C．return D．reach

【小題4】

A．main road B．highway C．crossing D．branch

【小題5】

A．had B．showed C．intended D．pointed

【小題6】

A．last B．latter C．former D．the third

【小題7】

A．long B．brief C．no D．heated

【小題8】

A．hoped B．wanted C．got D．favored

【小題9】

A．getting B．taking C．giving up D．grasping

【小題10】

A．immediately B．slowly C．hardly D．easily

【小題11】

A．less B．most C．more D．least

【小題12】

A．rapid B．slow C．short D．high

【小題13】

A．increase B．reduce C．cause D．raise

【小題14】

A．a(chǎn)bsolutely B．hardly C．more or less D．most

【小題15】

A．desirable B．rejected C．enjoyable D．unwanted

【小題16】

A．wish B．have to C．must D．want

【小題17】

A．kill time B．spend time C．have a hard time D．hope for

【小題18】

A．start with B．get up C．end up in D．succeed in

【小題19】

A．At least B．Not in the least C．At most D．By no means

【小題20】

A．hard B．delighted C．stupid D．supported

Answer 1

【小題1】B。
【小題1】A。
【小題1】C。
【小題1】D。
【小題1】B。
【小題1】C。
【小題1】B。
【小題1】D。
【小題1】C。
【小題1】A。
【小題1】C。
【小題1】A。
【小題1】B。
【小題1】C。
【小題1】A。
【小題1】B。
【小題1】B。
【小題1】C。
【小題1】A。
【小題1】A。

解析【小題1】B。be impossible to不可能。兩個(gè)朋友去動(dòng)物園游玩,動(dòng)物園非常大,不可能每個(gè)地方都玩到。
【小題1】A。由于他們時(shí)間有限（limited）,他們不得不選擇去觀看哪些動(dòng)物。
【小題1】C。他們倆都同意如果選定了每個(gè)岔口（branch）中一個(gè)分支路口后就不再折回（return）。
【小題1】D。branch分支，岔口。解析見上題。
【小題1】B。第一個(gè)岔口的路標(biāo)指示（show）一條路通向獅子營(yíng),另一條路通向老虎山。
【小題1】C。former前者。討論片刻（brief）后,他們決定去獅子營(yíng),因?yàn)楠{子是森林之王。
【小題1】B。brief簡(jiǎn)短的。解析見上題。
【小題1】D。他們贊成（favored）去看熊貓,因?yàn)樾茇埵菄?guó)寶。
【小題1】C。give up放棄。因此他們就這樣一路作出決定。每一個(gè)決定都意味著放棄他們所可能后悔的。
【小題1】A。他們不得不迅速（immediately）作出決定。
【小題1】C。如果他們猶豫不決就只會(huì)失去更多（more）游玩的機(jī)會(huì)。
【小題1】A。只有迅速（rapid）作出決定才能贏得更多的機(jī)會(huì)去觀光和減少（reduce）可能的遺憾。。
【小題1】B。解析見上題。
【小題1】C。more or less或多或少。生活亦是如此。
【小題1】A。desirable令人向往的。比如，在兩個(gè)令人向往的工作。
【小題1】B。have to 不得不。接受其中一個(gè),你就得放棄另一個(gè)。
【小題1】B。spend time花費(fèi)時(shí)間。如果你花費(fèi)時(shí)間權(quán)衡利弊。
【小題1】C。end up in以……結(jié)束。你將可能最終兩手空空。
【小題1】A。At least至少。至少你在生命中已經(jīng)擁有了其中的二分之一。
【小題1】A。be hard to很難。很難得到的東西。