When I come across a good article in reading newspapers. I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the ___1___ side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to ___2___ in good health, or a ___3___ about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article, the opposite one is likely to ___4___ damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text ___5___ the title. Therefore, the scissors would ___6___ before they start, ___7___ halfway done when I find out the ___8___ result.

Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth you ___9___. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be ___10___ up. But you know the future is unpredictable(不可预料) — the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left ___11___. Thus you are ___12___ in a difficult position and feel sad. How ___13___ that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life ___14___ greatly on you preference of one choice to the other.

In fact that is what ___15___ is like, we are often ___16___ with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only ___17___ we get into another. The ___18___ may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I ___19___ remember a philosopher’s remarks, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.” So a casual(不经意) ___20___ may not be a bad one.

1. A. front                B. same                    C. either                   D. opposite

2. A. get                   B. keep                     C. lead                      D. bring

3. A. advice              B. news                    C. theory                  D. report

4. A. suffer               B. reduce                  C. prevent                 D. cause

5. A. on                    B. for                       C. without                D. off

6. A. use                   B. handle                  C. prepare                 D. stay

7. A. or                    B. but                       C. so                        D. for

8. A. satisfying          B. regretful               C. surprising             D. impossible

9. A. courage            B. strength                C. attention               D. patience

10. A. given              B. held                      C. made                    D. picked

11. A. near                B. alone                    C. about                   D. behind

12. A. filled               B. attracted               C. caught                  D. struck

13. A. dares              B. comes                  C. deals                    D. does

14. A. improves         B. changes                C. progresses            D. goes

15. A. study              B. society                 C. nature                   D. life

16. A. faced              B. supplied                C. connected             D. fixed

17. A. before             B. after                     C. until                     D. as

18. A. following        B. next                     C. above                    D. former

19. A. still                 B. also                      C. once                    D. almost

20. A. treatment        B. action                   C. choice                  D. remark

【答案与解析】

1. D。一张报纸只有正反两面，想剪一面的文章又担心影响另一面的有用的内容，故选opposite。

2. B。keep in good health 意为“保持健康”。

3. D。首先排除C( theory), 因为how to behave and conduct oneself in society 不能称为理论。 advice, news是不可数名词，不能与前面的不定冠词a连用，因此只能选report。

4. C。/ 5.  A。在剪报纸时，通过留一半文章或让文章连着标题，可以防止另一面的文章受损。

6. C。首先排除D, 在开始前，准备好剪刀。

7. A。/ 8. B。表示相反意义的转折。如果不准备好剪刀，到中途可能就会遭到令人后悔的结果

9. B。/ 10. A。有时我们可以同时做两件事情，如果两件都要付出力气的话，只能选择其中一个，而另一个只能等待或是被放弃。

11. A。变化中的局势可能不会允许你做留在手边的事情，于是你会陷入困难的境地。

12. C。be caught in 为常用搭配，意为“遭遇到”。

13. D。that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once在句中作主语。

14. A。improve 意为“改进”、“改善”。

15. B。剪报时的难以取舍与人在社会中的处境相似。

16. C。我们往往与有两面性的事情连接在一起，就像描述剪报时的情形一样。首先排除fix(修理，固定)和 (supplied 供应)，它们不符合句意； faced(面对)不与with搭配。

17. B。/ 18. D。从后一句latter得到提示。

19. A。引用前人说过的话，说明仍然记得。

20. C。从哲学家的名言，“一扇门关了，生活中的另一扇门又打开了”提示，选择choice。