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.
| 小题1: | | A．connect | B．keep | C．keep out | D．prevent |
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| 小题2: | | A．everyone | B．anyone | C．nobody | D．somebody |
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| 小题3: | | A．have | B．like | C．compete | D．try |
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| 小题4: | | A．health | B．joy | C．children | D．wealth |
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| 小题5: | | A．seldom | B．always | C．hardly | D．sometimes |
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| 小题6: | | A．much time | B．no reason | C．many reasons | D．no time |
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| 小题7: | | A．Meanwhile | B．At the same time | C．Therefore | D．Virtually |
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| 小题8: | | A．pleasure | B．pressure | C．work | D．happiness |
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| 小题9: | | A．must | B．need | C．could | D．dared |
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| 小题10: | | A．know | B．find | C．recognize | D．care |
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| 小题11: | | A．in the morning | B．in the evening | C．all day long | D．in the afternoon |
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| 小题12: | | A．Thanks to | B．Regardless of | C．Owe to | D．According to |
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| 小题13: | | A．money | B．time | C．pleasure | D．pressure |
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| 小题14: | | A．strongest | B．slightest | C．most | D．smallest |
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| 小题15: | | A．the old | B．the new | C．the best | D．the same |
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| 小题16: | | A．books | B．work | C．money | D．drugs |
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| 小题17: | | A．pressure | B．life | C．pleasure | D．money |
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| 小题18: | | A．improved | B．failed | C．succeeded | D．lived |
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| 小题19: | | A．content | B．surprised | C．patient | D．angry |
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| 小题20: | | A．built | B．put down | C．pulled down | D．set up |
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