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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You shoald choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

One type of person that is common in many countries is the one who always tries to do as little as possible and to get as much 56 return as he can. His opposite, the man who has 57 for doing more that is strictly 58 and who is ready to accept 59 is offered in return, is 60 everywhere.

Both these types are entirely different 61 thei behavior. The man who 62 is always

talking about his "63"; he thinks that society should 64 him a pleasant, easy life. The man (who is always doing more than 65) talks of "duties" ; he feels that the 66 is in debt to society.

The man who tries to do as 67as he can is always full of 68 For instance, if he has 69 to do something, it was because he was 70 by bad luck. His opposite is never 71 busy to take ona(an) 72 piece of work. So it is 73 that if you want something 74 ina hurry, go to the busiest man whom you have 75 in.

56. A. in B. by C. as D. of

57. A. courage B. enthusiasm C. interest D. sense

58. A. essential B. elementary C. necessary D. principal

59. A. that B. which C. it D. what

60. A. short B. slight C. scarce D. rare

61. A. from B. in C. with D. for

62. A. drops B. withdraws C. avoids D. dislikes

63. A. favor B. advantages C. rights D. priority

64. A. let B. provide C. supply D. grant

65. A. share B. part C. offer D. piece

66. A. collective B. public C. individual D. private

67. A. more B. much C. less D. little

68. A. excuses B. causes C. words D. reasons

69. A. failed B. dropped C. fallen D. missed

70. A. prevented B. protected C. blocked D. refused

71. A. so B. too C. quite D. very

72. A. supplementary B. spare C. auxiliary D. extra

73. A. possible B. advisable C. acceptable D. desirable

74. A. made B. done C. finished D. performed

75. A. interestB. relianceC. faithD. taste

答案：

56.A in return“回報(bào)，回禮”，固定搭配。

57.B enthusiasm“熱情”；courage“勇氣”；interest“興趣”；sense“感覺”。B符合題意。Have enthusiasm for“對(duì)…有熱情”。

58.C necessary“必須的”；essential“本質(zhì)的，精華的”；elementary“基礎(chǔ)的，根本的”；princi-pal“主要的”。根據(jù)句意，C正確。

59.D what在句中做主語(yǔ)。因此D為正確答案。

60.D rare“很少的”；short“短的”；slight“輕微的”；scarce“缺乏的，不足的”。rare與上文的“many”對(duì)應(yīng)，因此選D.

61.B be different in somethin9“在某方面不同”，是固定搭配。

62.C avoid“避免做…”；drop“落下，降落”；withdraw“撤退，后退”；dislike“不喜歡”。句中是講避免做事情的人。

63.C right“權(quán)利”；favor“喜好，好處”；advantage“有利條件，優(yōu)勢(shì)”；priority“優(yōu)先權(quán)”。根據(jù)句意，可知C為正確答案。

64.D grant“授予，答應(yīng)給予”；let“使，讓”；provide“提供”；supply“供應(yīng)”。根據(jù)句意，應(yīng)選D.

65.A share“份額”；part“部分”；offer“提供”；piece“一份”。句意為：這種人做的比份內(nèi)事更多。

66.C individual“個(gè)人，個(gè)體”；collective“集體”；public“公共的”；private“私人的，隱私的”。根據(jù)句意，C正確。

67.D little“少的”；as…as中間應(yīng)該接原形。

68.A excuse“借口”；cause“原因”；word“單詞”；reason“理由”。根據(jù)上下文，應(yīng)選A.

69.A fail“失敗，沒有做到某事”；drop“落下”；fall“跌倒，摔倒”；miss“失去”。fail to do sm.“做某事失敗”，是固定搭配。

70.A prevent“阻止…發(fā)生”；protect“保護(hù)”；block“阻塞”；refuse“拒絕”。根據(jù)句意，A正確。句意為：是因?yàn)閴倪\(yùn)氣阻止了他。

71.B too…to“太…以至于”，是固定搭配。

72.D extra“額外的”；supplementary“補(bǔ)充的，附加的”；spare“空閑的”；auxiliary“輔助的，幫助的”。根據(jù)句意，D正確。

73.B advisable“建議的”；possible“可能的”；acceptable“可接受的”；desirable“想要的”。根據(jù)上下文，應(yīng)選B.

74.B want something done“想要某事被做”，固定用法。

75.C faith“信賴”；interest“興趣”；reliance“信心”；taste“口味，品味”。have faith in sb.“信賴某人”。

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