The Town of Pressure and the Town of Pleasure were neighbors but had nothing in common. People built walls to influence from the other town.
In Pressure, tried to be the very best. When women gave birth, they would compete（竞争） to have the baby with the cry. There was competition in every side of life. Because was the index (指数) of success, people were busy making money, with for relaxation. Some young people couldn’t stand it 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 appear or not. Workers might sit around the office drinking coffee and doing nothing. rules, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was that is of great importance. No one had the thought of moving , either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were models from Pressure.
Some of the young take drugs because of the 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 distant space between Pressure and Pleasure if they don’t go to extremes(极端).
A．connect B．keep C．keep out D．protect
A．everyone B．anyone C．nobody D．somebody
A．saddest B．easiest C．loudest D．poorest
A．health B．joy C．children D．wealth
A．rarely B．always C．hardly D．sometimes
A．much time B．no reason C．many reasons D．no time
A．Meanwhile B．Otherwise C．Unfortunately D．Similarly
A．pleasure B．pressure C．work D．happiness
A．must B．need C．could D．should
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．Without B．With C．Referring to D．According to
A．money B．time C．pleasure D．pressure
A．backward B．forward C．about D．away
A．the old B．the new C．the best D．the same
A．anxiousness B．homelessness C．happiness D．meaninglessness
A．pressure B．life C．pleasure D．money
A．improved B．failed C．succeeded D．lived
A．satisfied B．surprised C．patient D．angry
A．put up B．put down C．pulled down D．set up
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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阅读下面短文，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
After spending a weekend away with my adult son, I was so impressed by his generous heart that I sent him this letter.第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine, a 36 was lying on the grass, reading a book with 37 concentration. Near her, another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was 38with his back against a tree and had a 39 on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was _40 in his task, like the first child.
_41 the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of 42 , while teachers wandered among them, talking to them, 43 them, and encouraging their efforts.
_44 I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it 45 to me that a visitor here would 46 have thought be had entered a formal school. He would have been even more 47 if he had been told that the children he was 48came from different kinds of academic levels.
That 49has been staying with me ever since. I have been 50about some problems. Why in many schools are our children 51asked to acquire skills in a way 52 from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a 53school child so often become a defeated school failure?
Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said,” 54of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we 55our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.
36. A. gardener B. childC. teacherD. visitor
37. A. poorB. little C. completeD. slight
38. A. sittingB. standing C. sleeping D. listening
39. A. toyB. pencilC. flowerD. notebook
40. A. laidB. set C. defeated D. lost
41. A. OverB. Above C. InsideD. Outside
42. A. waysB. ideas C. opinions D. views
43. A. referring toB. smiling at C. pointing toD. staring at
44. A. UnlessB. As C. Until D. Before
45. A. happenedB. went C. occurred D. got
46. A. alreadyB. never C. rather D. ever
47. A. satisfiedB. disappointed C. delighted D. surprised
48. A. helping B. teaching C. encouraging D. observing
49. A. sceneB. sign C. look D. semen
50. A. dreaming B. regretting C. wondering D. joking
51. A. seldom B. hardly C. often D. badly
52. A. taken B. prevented C. learned D. separated
53. A. slowB. lively C. lucky D. friendly
54. A. Much B. Any C. Little D. None
55. A. turnB. feed C. draw D. base
第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36--55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My little Angel, you are teaching me how selfless real love is!
My wife called, “How long will you be with that 36? Will you come here and make your dear daughter eat her food?” I threw the paper away and rushed to the 37 . My daughter, Sindu, sat there, 38welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a big bowl of rice.
I 39the bowl. “Sindu, darling, why don't you take a few mouthful of this rice?”
Sindu wiped her tears. “Ok, Dad. I will eat — not just a few mouthfuls, 40the whole lot of this. But …You should…” Sindu hesitated. “Dad, if I eat this 41 rice, will you give me 42I ask for?”
“Promise”. I 43the pink soft hand of my daughter with mine. Now I became a bit 44 . “Sindu, dear, you shouldn't insist on getting a computer or any such 45items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now.”
Slowly and 46, she finished eating the whole quantity. After that, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide with 47 . “Dad, I want to have my head shaved off(剃掉), this Sunday!”was her 48.
On Monday morning, I 49her at her school. It was a sight to watch my hairless Sindu walking towards her classroom. She turned around and 50 . I waved back with a smile. Just then, a boy, who just got out of a car, shouted, “Sindu, please wait for me!' What struck me was the hairless head of that boy.
“Sir, your daughter Sindu is 51indeed!” Without introducing herself, a lady standing beside me continued, “that boy is my son Harish. He is suffering from a disease. He lost all his 52 due to the side effects of the treatment. He 53to come back to school fearing the unintentional but 54teasing（取笑）of the schoolmates. Sindu visited him last week, and promised him that she would take care of the teasing issue. But, I 55 imagined she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son!”
36. A. bowlB. newspaperC. daughter D. food
37. A. scene B. kitchen C. bedroomD. study
38. A. surprise B. anger C. tearsD. smiles
39. A. took away B. picked up C. put asideD. put down
40. A. and B. so C. or D. but
41. A. deliciousB. terrible C. entireD. wonderful
42. A. whatever B. wherever C. whichever D. whenever
43. A. moved B. hit C. covered D. put
44. A. nervous B. anxious C. excited D. confused
45. A. valuableB. useful C. wonderfulD. expensive
46. A. happily B. excitedly C. painfullyD. quietly
47. A. expectation B. confidence C. worryD. curiosity
48. A. message B. demand C. note D. sign
49. A. sentB. helpedC. dropped D. collected
50. A. shouted B. smiledC. wavedD. nodded
51. A. beautifulB. lovely C. faithfulD. great
52. A. friendsB. hairC. hopeD. face
53. A. refused B. wishedC. intended D. disliked
54. A. kindB. cruel C. harmless D. rough
55. A. hardly B. ever C. never D. nearly
III、完形填空(共20分)
It’s a question anyone might ask in the future: Should your household robot be cool? Or practical?
For Sony Corporation, robots ought to be entertaining. The company’s 41 robot, SDR—4 X, can sing and dance.
But for automaker Honda Motor Co Ltd, such 42 should perform useful tasks for their 43 masters.
“It is in the end a machine, a 44 ,” said Masato Hirose, Honda’s chief engineer.
Sony’s chief researcher Toshi Doi said robots performing such tasks as 45for ill or disabled people would not necessarily need a human 46 .
“The attractiveness of the SDR—4 X is its 47”, he said.
“It has feelings. It has instincts(直觉).”
Drawing from its 48of 60,000 words, an SDR—4 X robot 49 last week that it can ask a 50 in a high voice: “Please 51still for a minute while I memorize your face.”
It also 52 off its ability to walk on uneven(不平的)floors, and come to its owner when it’s 53.
While Honda’s robot is 54 used mainly for entertainment, 
it is 55 that one day it will be a useful companion.
So its robot have been 56to be 120cm tall – more than twice the height of the SDR—4 X. Hirose said 120cm is the 5
7a robot that moves around a home should be.
“If you are going to have something that can move with 58 in a human surroundings(环境), then it is better to 59 the robot like a human,” he said.
Hirose said that he hopes the robot will be 60 enough so that he can buy one for himself and let it get him a beer.
41. A. earliest B. latest C. coolest D. smallest
42. A. matters B. people C. machines D. inventions
43. A. human B. own C. creative D. all
44. A. tool B. robot C. toy D. slave
45. A. looking B. working C. leaving D. caring
46. A. form B. character C. job D. ability
47. A. appearance B. purpose C. personality D. material
48. A. storage B. use C. making creation
49. A. said B. announced C. showed D. imaged
50. A. friend B. partner C. servant D. guest
51. A. hold B. lie C. take D. make
52. A. left B. showed C. put D. dropped
53.A. tired B. called C. controlled D. made
54.A. also B. still C. again D. even
55. A. sure B. hoped C. reported D. described
56. A. expected B. raised C. proved D. designed
57 A. cheapest B. dearest C. smallest D. biggest
58. A. ease B. care
C. difficulty D. foot
59. A. buy B. use C. invest
D. design
60. A. useful B. smart C. cheap D. small
选编（二十）
A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work.
He may have the belief that he is not capable (有能力的) of it. A child may think he is __1__ because he doesn’t understand how to make the __2__ of his mental faculties (才能). Older people may be mistaken that they are incapable of learning things new because of their __ 3__.
A person who believe that he is incapable will not make a real __4__ because he feels that it would be useless. He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for __5__ , and he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so. He is __6__ likely to fail, and the failure will __7__ his belief in his competence (才能) .
Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had __8__ like this. When he was a small boy, he had a poor __9__ in maths. His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not __10__ too much of him. In this way, they two __11__ the idea. He accepted __12__ mistaken thinking of his ability, felt that it was useless to __13__ and was very poor at maths, __14__ as they expected.
One day he worked at a problem which __15__ of the other students had been able to solve.
Alder __16__ in solving the problem. This gave him confidence (信心). He now __17__ with interest, determination and purpose, and he soon became especially good at __18__. He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned __19__ in his life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may __20__ himself as well as others by his ability.
1. A. clever B. shy C. useless D. stupid
2. A. biggest B. most C. highest D. deepest
3. A. ability B. age C. brain D. knowledge
4. A. decision B. success C. effort D. trouble
5. A. work B. study C. improvement D. success
6. A. truly B. really C. however D. therefore
7. A. lead to B. strengthen C. increase D. add to
8. A. an experience B. an example C. a thought D. a story
9. A. state B. mind C. start D. ending
10. A. blame B. expect C. get D. win
11. A. developed B. organized C. discovered D. found
12. A. his B. her C. its D. their
13. A. manage B. succeed C. try D. act
14. A. only B. almost C. just D. then
15. A. none B. no C. no one D. nobody
16. A. gave B. succeeded C. failed D. believed
17. A. lived B. worked C. played D. graduated
18. A. lessons B. medicine C. subjects D. maths
19. A. early B. deeply C. late D. simply
20. A. encourage B. love C. astonish D. disappoint