The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but had 1 in common. Residents built walls to 2 influence from 3 town. .
In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women 4 birth, they would compete to have the baby with the 5 cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life Because 6 was the index（指数） of success, people were always 7 making money, with no time for relaxation.
8 ，over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it. ” People 9 without pressure and could do 10 they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn’t care 11 the students showed up or not. Workers might sit around the office 12 sipping coffee and doing nothing. 13 the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. No one had slightest thought of moving 14 , either for themselves or for the town. The computer they used were 15 models from Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to 16 because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves, “What is life 17 ?” But, just be- fore life in the two towns completely failed, there came a saint-Mr. Reason. He went from door to door, 18 with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They 19 walls between them and built a road to connect the two. The town people 20 to realize the truth — There is no space between Pressure and Pleasure if people don’t go to extremes.
1．A．anything B．nothing C．everything D．something
2．A．keep out B．look out C．work out D．give out
3．A．another B．any C．other D．the other
4．A．gave B．took C．offered D．brought
5．A．loud B．louder C．loudest D．loudly
6．A．health B．healthy C．wealth D．wealthy
7．A．busy B．lazy C．easy D．hard
8．A．Meanwhile B．At that time C．At one time D．Once in a while
9．A．got up B．grew up C．set up D．brought up
10．A．nothing B．something C．anything D．everything
11．A．what B．who C．where D．whether
12．A．all way B．all night C．all way long D．all day long
13．A．Thanks to B．Because C．As a result D．According to
14．A．backward B．forward C．upward D．downward
15．A．new B．old C．right D．advanced
16．A．work B．money C．drugs D．books
17．A．for B．at C．in D．to
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18．A．talked B．to talk C．talks D．talking
19．A．pulled down B．put down C．went down D．wrote down
20．A．went B．returned C．happened D．came