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As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine（常规）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
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
1. general adj. 普遍的
2. form n. 形式
3. boredom n. 无聊，厌倦
4. perform ★ v. 表演； 做，执行
例： They always perform their duties faithfully. 他们总是忠实地履行自己的职责。
5. routine adj. 日常的；例行的 n. 常规
6. principle n. 原则
7. race ★ n. 赛车，赛跑； 种族
例： The law forbids discrimination on the grounds of race or religion. 法律禁止以种族或宗教信仰为由的歧视。
8. anxiety n. 焦虑
9. sorrow n. 悲伤
10. basement n. 地下室
11. monument n. 纪念碑
12. silently adv. 寂静地
13. bathe v. 洗澡
14. brush v. 刷
15. burden n. 负担
16. adolescent n. 青少年
17. calmness n. 冷静
18. confusion n. 困惑
19. retiree n. 退休人员
20. require v. 要求
21. obtain v. 获得
22. pastime ★ n. 消遣
例： [2013江西] And you can see that fishing can be an expensive pastime . 你会发现钓鱼可以是一种昂贵的消遣。
23. quit v. 放弃
1. on a routine basis 在常规的基础上
例： Letting employees know how they are doing on a routine basis is a good way to avoid unpleasant surprises at performance-review time. 定期让员工了解他们自己的工作表现，可以有效地避免在工作评审时出现不愉快的意外情况。
2. wear off ★ 逐渐减弱
例： Now that the initial shock was wearing off , he was in considerable pain. 最初的震惊渐渐过去之后，他感到疼痛难忍。
3. put away 放一边
例： [2009全国2] I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. 我把剩下的食物放在一边，而不是在晚上吃更多的东西。
4. hand over 交付
例： [2010辽宁] Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. 每周都有一辆卡车来收集捕获的物品然后交付金钱。
But their (44) interest soon wears off and by January those (45) same toys can be found put away in the basement.
困惑： 易错题（45题）
分析： 本题易错选项是C项，属于“忽略上下文提示”的错误类型。选C项funny（好玩的）的同学可能又要问“为什么玩具不能是好玩的”。玩具确实可以是“好玩的”，可问题是，空格后面明明说这个玩具被丢在地下室了，也就是说，就算这个玩具以前好玩，现在也不好玩了。而D项expensive（昂贵的）在文中并没有明确提及，也不正确。而A项same（相同的）代入空格后意为“那些相同的玩具”，指代前文提及的their new toys，符合语境，因此正确。
作为一个普遍规则，所有形式的活动都会导致厌倦，当它们以常规模式运作的时候。事实上，我们可以在不同(42) 年纪 的人身上看到这个 (41) 原则 在起作用。比如，在圣诞的早晨，孩子们很激动于 (43) 玩 新玩具。但是他们的 (44) 兴趣 很快减弱，到一月份的时候那些 (45) 相同的 玩具就会被发现放在地下室里。这个世界充满了 (46) 集了一半的 集邮簿和未完成的模型，每一个都充当着人们 (47) 过去 兴趣的纪念碑。当父母带一只宠物回家时，他们的孩子 (48) 开心地 给它洗澡、刷毛。然而，过不了多久，照料这个动物的 (49) 重担 就被移交给父母。青少年进入高中时都带着 (50) 激动兴奋的心情 ，但（他们）很快就会期待 (51) 毕业 。对于年轻人上大学来说也是一样的。那么，有多少 (52) 成年人 ，现在会抱怨工作的车程太远，而在第一次 (54) 拿到 驾照的时候却 (53) 急切地 一次开上几个小时？在人们退休前，他们经常 (55) 计划 做很多 (56) 了不起的 事情，而工作时他们却完全没有 (57) 时间 做这些事。但是在退休后 (58) 不久 ，高尔夫、钓鱼、读书等其他消遣都会变得和他们 (59) 离开 的工作一样枯燥。并且，和一月份的小孩子一样，他们会去找寻新的 (60) 玩具 。