完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that i

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he liked, then Emperor would give him the area of land he had covered. Sure enough, the horseman    36     jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could.He    37     riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was   38     or tired, he did not stop   39     he wanted to cover as much area as possible. He came to a   40     when he had covered a great area and he was very tired and was   41    . Then he asked himself, “Why did I  42     myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only   43     a very small area to bury myself.”
The above story is   44_  to the journey of our   45    . We push very hard every
day to make more _ 46     to live a better life. We _ 47     our health and time with our family to_ 48     the surrounding beauty and the   49     we love to do. One day   50     we look back we will   51     that we don’t really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have  52    .
Life is not about making money. Life is   53     not about work! Work is only   54     to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and   55     of life.
36. A. quickly            B. carefully          C. simply            D. finally
37. A. kept on            B. asked for          C. gave up         D. succeeded in
38. A. sad               B. excited            C. tense             D. hungry
39. A. but               B. so                C. because           D. if
40. A. house             B. point              C. sea              D. hospital
41. A. sleeping           B. arguing            C. dying            D. smiling
42. A. push              B. control            C. punish            D. prove
43. A. need              B. destroy            C. find              D. show
44. A. useful             B. precious           C. similar            D. special
45. A. future            B. progress           C. history            D. life
46. A. friends            B. products           C. discoveries         D. money
47. A. forget             B. consider           C. want              D. doubt
48. A. describe          B. admire           C. protect             D. appreciate
49. A. jobs              B. things             C. lessons             D. sports
50. A. before            B. when              C. unless              D. since
51. A. realize            B. regret             C. apologize           D. explain
52. A. saved             B. missed            C. valued             D. won
53. A. hardly           B. probably           C. absolutely          D. extremely
54. A. practical          B. attractive           C. necessary         D. particular
55. A. pleasures         B. dreams             C. stories             D. secrets36—40 AADCB    41—45 CAACD