Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was 36 to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was 37 . So both of them agreed not to 38 after choosing a 39 at every fork (岔路口).
A road sign at the first fork 40 one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the 41 after a 42 discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division (路口) going separately to the panda and peacock. They 43 panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant 44 what they could regret. But they had to make it 45 , for it brooked (容忍) no delay. If they hesitated they would miss 46 . Only 47 decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and 48 possible regret.
Life is 49 like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two 50 jobs, two fascinating wooers (追求者). To get one you 51 give up the other—you can get half of it. If you 52 weighing the pros and cons(权衡利弊) and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely 53 empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. 54 you have got half of the desirable things in life—something that is 55 to get.
【小题1】A．easyB．impossibleC．eagerD．possible【小题2】A．limitedB．enough C．tight D．plentiful【小题3】A．goB．eC．returnD．reach【小题4】A．main roadB．highway C．crossingD．branch【小题5】A．had B．showedC．intendedD．pointed【小题6】A．lastB．latterC．formerD．the third【小题7】A．longB．briefC．noD．heated【小题8】A．hopedB．wantedC．gotD．favored【小题9】A．getting B．takingC．giving upD．grasping【小题10】A．immediatelyB．slowlyC．hardlyD．easily【小题11】A．lessB．mostC．more D．least【小题12】A．rapidB．slowC．short D．high【小题13】A．increaseB．reduce C．causeD．raise【小题14】A．absolutelyB．hardlyC．more or lessD．most【小题15】A．desirableB．rejectedC．enjoyableD．unwanted【小题16】A．wishB．have to C．mustD．want【小题17】A．kill timeB．spend timeC．have a hard timeD．hope for【小题18】A．start withB．get upC．end up inD．succeed in【小题19】A．At leastB．Not in the leastC．At most D．By no means【小题20】A．hardB．delightedC．stupidD．supportedB。
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(答案→)B。
解析：
【小题1】B。be impossible to不可能。两个朋友去动物园游玩,动物园非常大,不可能每个地方都玩到。
【小题1】A。由于他们时间有限（limited）,他们不得不选择去观看哪些动物。
【小题1】C。他们俩都同意如果选定了每个岔口（branch）中一个分支路口后就不再折回（return）。
【小题1】D。branch分支，岔口。解析见上题。
【小题1】B。第一个岔口的路标指示（show）一条路通向狮子营,另一条路通向老虎山。
【小题1】C。former前者。讨论片刻（brief）后,他们决定去狮子营,因为狮子是森林之王。
【小题1】B。brief简短的。解析见上题。
【小题1】D。他们赞成（favored）去看熊猫,因为熊猫是国宝。
【小题1】C。give up放弃。因此他们就这样一路作出决定。每一个决定都意味着放弃他们所可能后悔的。
【小题1】A。他们不得不迅速（immediately）作出决定。
【小题1】C。如果他们犹豫不决就只会失去更多（more）游玩的机会。
【小题1】A。只有迅速（rapid）作出决定才能赢得更多的机会去观光和减少（reduce）可能的遗憾。。
【小题1】B。解析见上题。
【小题1】C。more or less或多或少。生活亦是如此。
【小题1】A。desirable令人向往的。比如，在两个令人向往的工作。
【小题1】B。have to 不得不。接受其中一个,你就得放弃另一个。
【小题1】B。spend time花费时间。如果你花费时间权衡利弊。
【小题1】C。end up in以……结束。你将可能最终两手空空。
【小题1】A。At least至少。至少你在生命中已经拥有了其中的二分之一。
【小题1】A。be hard to很难。很难得到的东西。