Unit 2 Robots language points课时作业

第一节 完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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 1 at work in people of all 2 . For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about 3 with their new toys. But their 4 soon wears off and by January those 5 toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of 6 stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone's 7 interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child 8 bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the 9 of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great 10 but are soon looking forward to 11 . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many 12 , who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, 13 drove for hours at a time when they first 14 their driver's license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually 15 to do a lot of 16 things, which they never had 17 to do while working. But 18 after retirement , the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they 19 . And , like the child in January, they go searching for new 20 .

1. A. principle B. habit C. weaker D. power

2. A. parties B. races C. countries D. ages

3. A. working B. living C. playing D. going

4. A. confidence B. interest C. anxiety D. sorrow

5. A. same B. extra C. funny D. expensive

6. A. well-organized B. colorfully-printed