Unit 1 Festivals around the world using language课时作业

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

To be or not to be. These six words are the most famous in all the _1_ of the world. They were _2_ by Hamlet when he was thinking aloud，and they are the most famous words in Shakespeare's works because Hamlet was speaking not only for himself but also for every _3_ man and woman. To be or not to be，to live or not to live，to live _4_and abundantly and eagerly，or to live dully and meanly and scarcely. A philosopher once wanted to know _5_he was alive or not，which is a good question for everyone to put to himself _6_. He answered it by saying ，"I think，_7_I am. "

But the best _8_of existence ever seen was given by another philosopher who said，"To be is to be in _9_. "If this is true，then the more relations a living thing has，the more it is alive. To live abundantly means simply to _10_the range and intensity of our relations. _11_ we are so used to loving our routine. But apart from our regular _12_，how much are we alive？If you are _13_ only on your regular occupation，you are alive only to that extent. If _14_things are not concerned so far-poetry，music，pictures，sports，friendships，politics，international affairs-you are _15_. On the contrary，it is true that every time you _16_a new interest-even more，a new accomplishment-you increase your power of life. No one who is deeply interested in a large variety of subjects can remain _17_；the real pessimist is the person who has lost _18_.

To be or not to be-to live intensely and richly，merely to exist，that fits with _19_. Let's widen and strengthen our relations. _20_we live let live!

1. A. literature B. arts C. history D. architecture

答案　A　["存在还是死亡"这六个字在世界文学(作品)中是最有名的。literature文学，文学作品。]

2. A. talked B. carved C. spoken D. written