One type of person that is common in many countries is the one who always tries to do as little as possible and to get as much 1 return as he can. His opposite, the man who has 2 for doing more than is strictly 3 and who is ready to accept 4 is offered in return, is 5 everywhere.

　　Both these types are entirely different 6 their behavior. The man who 7 effort is always talking about his “ 8 ”. He thinks that society should 9 him a pleasant, easy life. The man who is always doing more than his 10 talks of “duties”. He feels that the 11 is in debt to society.

　　The man who tries to do as 12 as he can is always full of 13 . For instance, if he has 14 to do something, it was because he was 15 by bad luck. His opposite is never 16 busy to take on a(n) 17 piece of work. So it is 18 that if you want something 19 in a hurry go to the busiest man whom you have 20 in.

　　1. A. in B. by C. as D. of

　　2. A. courage B. enthusiasm C. interest D. sense

　　3. A. essential B. elementary C. necessary D. principal

　　4. A. that B. which C. it D. what

　　5. A. short B. slight C. scarce D. rare

　　6. A. from B. in C. with D. for

　　7. A. drops B. withdraws C. avoids D. dislikes

　　8. A. favor B. advantages C. rights D. priority

　　9. A. let B. provide C. supply D. grant

　　10. A. share B. part C. offer D. piece

　　11. A. collective B. public C. individual D. private

　　12. A. more B. much C. less D. little

　　13. A. excuses B. causes C. words D. reasons

　　14. A. failed B. dropped C. fallen D. missed

　　15. A. prevented B. protected C. blocked D. refused

　　16. A. so B. too C. quite D. very

　　17. A. supplementary B. spare C. auxiliary D. extra

　　18. A. possible B. advisable C. acceptable D. desirable

　　19. A. made B. done C. finished D. performed

　　20. A. interest B. reliance C. faith D. taste

　　1. A【解析】短語in return作為對……的回報。

　　2. B【解析】 courage勇氣;enthusiasm熱情; interest興趣;sense感覺。have enthusiasm for表示“對…有熱情”，據(jù)上下文應選擇B。

　　3. C【解析】essential基本的;必要的;elementary初級的，基礎的;necessary必要的，必需的;principal主要的，最重要的。necessary強調必需性，強制性，而其它幾詞更多地強調重要性。

　　4. D【解析】只有what既可以做accept的賓語又可以引導后面的主語從句。

　　5. D【解析】short短的，矮的;slight輕微的;scarce缺乏的;稀有的;rare稀罕的;稀有的。在文中表示這種人稀少。

　　6. B【解析】 in表示“在某一方面”，from表示“從…”，with表示“伴隨或帶有”，for表示“目的或朝向”，所以此處in符合題意。

　　7. C【解析】drop降落，下跌;withdraw撤退，撤消;avoid避免;逃避;dislike不喜歡。據(jù)上下文可知此處指的是不愿付出較多努力的人，所以選擇C。

　　8. C【解析】favor善意，恩惠;偏好;advantage 益處，優(yōu)點，優(yōu)勢;right權力;priority優(yōu)先，優(yōu)先權。

　　9. D【解析】let讓;provide供給;裝備;supply供給，供應(用品);grant允許，授與，文中表示授與某種權力，所以選grant。

　　10. A.【解析】share分享;份額;part部分;零件;offer提議;提供;piece片，張，塊，文中表示獲得的東西，所以應選擇share。

　　11.C.【解析】collective集體;集體事業(yè);public公眾，社會;individual個人，個體;private作形容詞用時是“個人的，私人的”，作名詞用時是“列兵，二等兵”，文中應選擇一個與society相對的詞，所以選individual。

　　12. D 【解析】據(jù)上下文此處接的是第一種“做的少，要求得到的多的人”，所以選擇little。

　　13. A【解析】excuse借口;cause原因，理由;word詞，言語;reason理由，原因，理智。文中表示找借口少做事，所以選擇excuses。

　　14. A【解析】fail to do sth.沒能成功做某事。

　　15. A【解析】prevent阻止;防止;protect保護，守衛(wèi);block妨礙，阻塞，封鎖;refuse拒絕;推卻;原文be prevented by可以與bad luck搭配，表示“由于壞運氣沒能做成某事”。

　　16. B【解析】too…to結構是 “太……而不……”的意思。

　　17. D【解析】supplementary 補充的;附錄的;spare備用的;剩余的;auxiliary輔助的;補充的;extra額外的;特別的。extra piece of work表示“額外一份工作”。

　　18. B【解析】possible可能的;advisable合理的;適當?shù)?acceptable可接受的，受歡迎的;desirable稱心的;合意的。原文最后一句表示作者的建議，所以應用it is advisable that…句式。

　　19. B【解析】do something泛指做事情。perform表演、實施。