题目内容：

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was 3 6  to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was   3 7. So both of them agreed not to  3 8  after choosing a 3 9  at every fork (岔路口). A road sign at the first fork   4 0  one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the  4 1  after a 4 2  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 couldn’t help regretting. But they had to make it, and  45  , for it brooked(容忍) no delay. If they hesitated (犹豫不决) 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 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 come by.

1.                A．easy           B．eager          C．impossible     D．possible

 

2.                A．enough         B．limited         C．tight D．plentiful

 

3.                A．retrace（折回） B．come           C．go   D．go back

 

4.                A．main road       B．branch         C．crossing  D．highway

 

5.                A．showed        B．pointed         C．intended D．made

 

6.                A．former         B．later           C．last  D．the third

 

7.                A．brief           B．long           C．no   D．heated

 

8.                A．hoped         B．wanted         C．favored   D．got

 

9.                A．getting         B．taking          C．grasping  D．giving up

 

10.               A．slowly          B．immediately     C．timely D．easily

 

11.               A．less           B．more          C．most  D．least

 

12.               A．high           B．slow           C．short D．rapid

 

13.               A．increase        B．rid            C．reduce    D．raise

 

14.               A．just exactly      B．more or less     C．hardly     D．most

 

15.               A．unwanted       B．rejected        C．enjoyable  D．desirable

 

16.               A．wish           B．want           C．must  D．have to

 

17.               A．spend time      B．kill time        C．have a hard time     D．hope of

 

18.               A．start with       B．get up          C．succeed in D．end up in

 

19.               A．By no means     B．Not in the least   C．At most   D．At least

 

20.               A．stupid          B．delighted       C．hard  D．supported