（ 2014年高考全国课标卷I ）

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ___41___ at work in people of all ___42___. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about ___43___ with their new toys. But their ___44___ soon wears off and by January those ___45___ toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of ___46___ stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s ___47___ interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child ___48___ bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the ___49___ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great ___50___ but are soon looking forward to ___51___. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many ___52___, who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, ___53___ drove for hours at a time when they first ___54___ their driver’s licenses (执照)? Before people retire, they usually ___55___ to do a lot of ___56___ things, which they never had ___57___ to do while working. But ___58___ after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they ___59___. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new ___60___.

41. A. principle B. habit C. way D. power

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

56. A. great B. strange C. difficult D. correct

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

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

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

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

本文是一篇议论文。论点是：任何事情做久了都会让人厌倦，任何年龄阶段的人都是如些。

41. A 由文章首句As a general rule(一般说来，作为一个一般的规则)可知, 选A。principle与上文的rule近义词复现。

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42. D 由For example后面提到的children, adolescents, young adults以及Before people retire可知，这个原理适合不同年龄阶段的人，填ages。

43. C 由常识可知，孩子们“玩(play)”新的玩具，故填playing。

44. B 上文说孩子们很“兴奋地”玩他们的新玩具，由But可知，他们的“兴趣（interest）”逐渐消逝(wear off)。其它选项confidence(信心), anxiety(焦虑), sorrow(伤心)与语境不符。

45. A 放到了地下室里的玩具就是原来孩子们兴奋地玩的玩具，故填same。

46. D 由后面与之并列的unfinished models (没有完成的模型)可知，应是half-filled(装满一半的)集邮册。

47. B 每一个装满一半的集邮册和尚未完成的模型都是某人曾有过短暂兴趣的纪念碑。passing 意为“短暂的(lasting for a short time)”。

48. B 由本句与下句可知, 开始时孩子“很乐意（gladly）”为宠物洗澡和梳理毛发。

49. B 由本文主题可知，过一段时间之后，孩子们就没有了兴趣,，照顾宠物也因此成为“负担（burden）”，移交给父母了。

50. D 由主题和上文的children are excited about可知，青少年也是非常“兴奋(excitement)”地进入高中的。

51. A 由but可知，他们不久后就会失去兴趣而盼望“毕业（graduation）”。

52. C 由The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then... 及后文的drives to work可知，此处是讲“成年人adults”。

53. B 由常识和本文主题可知，人们开始拿到驾照时是很“渴望(eagerly)”开车的。

54. B 根据常识和搭配可知，应是“获得(obtained)”驾照。Require(要求)，notice(注意到)，discover(发现)不合语境。

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55. D 他们在退休前通常“打算（plan）”做很多事情。

56. A 由下文的the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes可知, 这是他们退休后打算做的“令人愉快的(great)”事。

57. A 由后文while working 可知，他们没有“时间(time)”去做那些的事情。

58. D 由本文主题及but可知，“不久以后(soon after)”，高尔夫和钓鱼等事又会跟退休前所做的工作一样变得无聊。

59. C 指他们在退休时“离开(left)”的工作。

60. B 意指退休的人对他们之前打算做的事失去兴趣就如同一月份的孩子们对圣诞节的玩具失去兴趣一样，又要寻找新的“玩具（toys）”。