Question

As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常规) basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this at work in people of all . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about with their new toys. But their soon wears off and by January those toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many , who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually to do a lot of things, which they never had to do while working. But after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they . And, like the child in January, they go searching for new .

1.A. weaker B. habit C. principle D. power

2.A. parties B. ages C. countries D. races

3.A. playing B. living C. working D. going

4.A. confidence B. anxiety C. interest D. sorrow

5.A. same B. extra C. funny D. expensive

6.A. well-organized B. half-filled C. newly-collected D. colorfully-printed

7.A. broad B. passing C. different D. main

8.A. gladly B. impatiently C. silently D. worriedly

9.A. promise B. burden C. right D. game

10.A. courage B. calmness C. confusion D. excitement

11.A. graduation B. independence C. responsibility D. success

12.A. children B. adults C. students D. retirees

13.A. carefully B. bravely C. nervously D. eagerly

14.A. required B. obtained C. noticed D.discovered

15.A. need B. learn C. start D. plan

16.A. great B. strong C. difficult D. correct

17.A. money B. time C. skills D. knowledge

18.A. only B. soon C. well D. even

19.A. lost B. chose C. left D. quit

20.A. toys B. pets C. friends D. colleagues

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.B

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：一般来说，各种形式的活动，如果在常规下进行，都会给人带来厌烦。这一原理适用于任何年龄段的人。反复玩同样的玩具或做同样的事情，人们往往会失去原有的新鲜感或兴趣。

1.all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常规) basis”可知，所有形式的活动在常规下进行都会导致厌倦，根据“As a general rule”可知，这是一个普遍的原理，故选C。

2.at work in people of all .这一原理对各个年龄段的人都起作用，下文提到了儿童、青少年和成年人，故选B。

3.those toys can be found put away”可知，因为有新玩具玩，孩子们会很兴奋，但是他们的兴趣维持不了太长时间，到了一月，玩具就会被收起来放进地下室。play with玩......，故选A。

4. A自信心；B焦急；C兴趣；D悲伤，懊悔。But their soon wears off... those toys can be found put away正是因为失去了对玩具的兴趣，玩具才会被收了起来，故选C。

5.by January those toys can be found put away in the basement到了一月份，这些玩具就会被收起来放进地下室，这里指孩子们原先感兴趣的那些新玩具，用“same”来强调孩子们失去了兴趣，故选A。

6.unfinished models”和第一段提到的原理可知，这个世界上充满了未收集齐的邮册和未完成的模型，故选B。

7.half-filled stamp albums and unfinished models”可知，人们的兴趣只是一时的，不能维持很长的时间，故选B。

8.their child bathes it and brushes its fur孩子会开心地给宠物洗澡，故选A。

9.the of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents但是过不了多久，照顾宠物的重担就落到了父母身上，故选B。

10. A勇气； B平静；C困惑；D兴奋。Adolescents enter high school with great but are soon looking forward to .青少年怀着兴奋的心情走进高中校园，但是很快会盼着毕业。这里列举青少年的例子还是为了验证第一段提到的原理，这里指青少年对高中失去兴趣，故选D。

11.but are soon looking forward to .对高中失去兴趣的青少年盼着毕业的那一天，故选A。

12.the long drives to work”可知，只有到了成年之后才能开始工作，说明这里说的是成年人，故选B。

13. drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license刚拿到驾照时，人们会急切地想驾车，一次开几个小时都不会觉得累，因为他们当时对开车很感兴趣，故选D。

14. drove for hours at a time when they first their driver’s license这里指第一次拿到驾照时激动的心情，故选B。

15.they usually to do a lot of things在退休之前，人们通常会计划做很多事情，plan to do sth计划做某事，故选D。

16.the golfing, the fishing, the reading...”可知，打高尔夫球、钓鱼、看书等都是工作时无暇顾及的事情，人们计划等退休之后再做这些适合打发时间的事情，故选A。

17.which they never had to do while working这些事情都是在工作期间没有时间去做的事情，故选B。

18.But after retirement, the golfing,...become as boring as the jobs然而退休之后不久 ，那些计划要做的事情变得跟之前的工作一样无聊，根据“But their soon...but are soon looking forward to .”可知答案，故选B。

19.as boring as the jobs they .这里指退休之前所从事的工作，退休即离开工作岗位，故选C。

20.like the child in January”可知，这里是拿刚过完圣诞节的孩子作比喻，退休的人会像那些孩子一样去寻找新的“玩具”，故选A。

考点：生活类短文阅读