湖北省枣阳市第一中学2016届高三下学期3月月考 英语试题
第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 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 ___1_____at work in people of all _____2____. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about __3_____with their new toys. But their ____4____soon wear off and by January those___5______toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of____6_____stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s ___7______interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child____8____bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the__9_____of caring the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescent enter high school with great____10___but soon looking forward to____11____. The same is true of the young adults going to the college. And then, how many____12_____, who complain about the long drives to work, ___13______drove for hours at a time when they first_____14____ their drivers licenses? Before people retire, they usually __15_____to do a lot of_16____things, which never had __17___while working. But ___18_____after retirement, the golfing, the fishing , the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they __19_____. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new___20______.
1．A.principle B.habit C.way D.power
2．A.parties B.races C.countries D.ages
3．A.working B.living C.playing D.going
4．A.confidence B.interest C.anxiety D.sorrow
5．A.same B.extra C.funny D.expensive
6．A.well-organized B.colorfully-printed C.newly-collected D.half-filled
7．A.broad B.passing C.different D.main
8．A.silently B.impatiently C.gladly D.worriedly
9．A.promise B.burden C.right D.game
