题目内容：

Many years ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and ________ as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.________ enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and _____ as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could.

He _____ riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was _______or tired, he did not stop _______he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was _________. Then he asked himself, “Why did I _____myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only _____ a very small area to _____myself.”

The above story is _____ to the journey of our _____. We push ourselves very hard every day to make more ________, to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our ________, time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding ______and the things we love to do. One day __________ we look back, we will ______that we don’t really need that much, ____________ then we cannot turn back time for what we have __________

Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only _________ to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.

1.A. use    B. get    C. work    D. cover

2.A. Sure    B. Strange    C. Good    D. Interesting

3.A. rode    B. ran    C. expanded    D. struggled

4.A. gave up    B. asked for    C. kept on    D. succeeded in

5.A. sad    B. hungry    C. confused    D. excited

6.A. because    B. so    C. but    D. if

7.A. dying    B. arguing    C. sleeping    D. smiling

8.A. make    B. push    C. destroy    D. prove

9.A. find    B. have    C. need    D. show

10.A. live    B. support    C. bury    D. sleep

11.A. useful    B. certain    C. special    D. similar

12.A. future    B. past    C. history    D. life

13.A. money    B. progress    C. discoveries    D. friends

14.A. freedom    B. career    C. honor    D. health

15.A. things    B. condition    C. beauty    D. people

16.A. before    B. when    C. unless    D. since

17.A. regret    B. realize    C. apologize    D. explain

18.A. but    B. until    C. however    D. or

19.A. saved    B. won    C. reduced    D. missed

20.A. possible    B. probable    C. necessary    D. suitable