Recently, we went on a vacation for a week that involved visiting four different ports in the sunny and warm climate of the Caribbean. There were         of laughter, fun and great food. It’s a        thing when you go away that each day of the vacation also        to the end and a return to work.
It was twelve years since we went on a vacation, so this vacation was viewed with        of a great break away from my daily routine. And we weren’t        .
But there was something very different about this vacation compared to those when we worked in a corporative environment. The main       was that when we returned, when the vacation was rapidly drawing to a close, we didn’t have the same feeling of     stress, anxiety and fear.
In this recent vacation, it wasn’t that we        enjoyed the various fun and new activities, the break away from routine, the pleasure of touring different countries and cultures, the         to do what we wanted when we wanted or the leisurely      of each day that was significant. What was significant was that we didn’t       fear the last day of vacation. You see, we know that we were        what we love to do not what we had to do.
The feelings experienced in the last couple of days of vacation were viewed with the same joy as the very first days. In the previous times, the last days of vacation were terrible. We experience an increasing        of stress      we knew that a return to our field of employment was “work” and not        that we loved and thoroughly enjoyed.
The        is this: If you do what you love, it doesn’t matter       that a vacation has to end. If you love what you do you will not        yourself wishing for even a few more days of vacation, or wishing that you could      enjoying this vacation for much, much longer. A love of what you do        you back like a magnet.
小題1:
A．moments B．possibilities C．situations D．ways
小題2:
A．discouraging B．bitter C．wonderful D．funny
小題3:
A．come up B．count downC．give out D．die away
小題4:
A．expectation B．a(chǎn)ttempt C．opinion D．demand
小題5:
A．satisfiedB．tiredC．disappointed D．optimistic
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)dvantageB．problem C．differenceD．drawback
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)pproachingB．relieving C．bearing D．overcoming
小題8:
A．necessarily B．thoroughly C．relaxinglyD．smoothly
小題9:
A．opportunity B．desire C．possibility D．right
小題10:
A．pattern B．paceC．lifestyleD．a(chǎn)tmosphere
小題11:
A．yetB．stillC．a(chǎn)lso D．even
小題12:
A．returning to B．submitting to C．turning to D．heading for
小題13:
A．number B．knowledgeC．sense D．a(chǎn)wareness
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)lthough B．a(chǎn)nd C．because D．if
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)nything B．everything C．nothing D．something
小題16:
A．lesson B．idea C．pointD．solution
小題17:
A．in the least B．for a moment C．a(chǎn)fter all D．a(chǎn)t the moment
小題18:
A．let B．find C．make D．catch
小題19:
A．maintain B．risk C．keep D．stop
小題20:
A．draws B．holds C．pushes D．welcomes

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B 
小題4:A
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:D
小題12:A
小題13:C
小題14:C
小題15:D
小題16:C
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:C
小題20:A

試題分析：文章大意：外出旅行時人們在行程即將結(jié)束時往往會產(chǎn)生恐懼感，其原因是他們又要重新回到自己不喜歡的工作崗位上。但如果所從事的是自己很喜歡的工作，那么人們會不會還有這種恐懼感呢？
小題1:A名詞辨析。那是有歡笑、快樂和美食的時光，所以用moments。possibility可能性；situation形勢，情況；way方法，手段。
小題2:D上下文連串。作者認為外出度假本來是一件令人愉快的事情，但人們往往由于對度假結(jié)束以后重新走上工作崗位的恐懼而不能充分享受這種快樂，這是一件很奇怪的事情。funny在這一語境中的含義為“奇怪的，難以解釋的”。
小題3:B動詞短語辨析。count down倒計時。人們在度假的同時在倒數(shù)距離假期結(jié)束，重新上班的天數(shù)。本句旨在表明人們對假期結(jié)束后重新上班所表現(xiàn)出的恐懼感。
小題4:A名詞辨析。expectation期望。因此，這次度假被視為脫離我日常工作的一種期盼。
小題5:C上下文連串。由下文內(nèi)容可知，作者對最近的這次旅行感到很滿意，沒有失望之情。
小題6:C上下文連串。根據(jù)上文的something very different判斷，此處應(yīng)使用difference(差異，區(qū)別)。
小題7:A動詞辨析。當假期結(jié)束回來的時候，我們沒有以往那種走近壓抑和恐懼的感覺。approach(時間或空間上的)接近，靠近。
小題8:B。副詞辨析。thoroughly在文中的含義為“徹底地，完全地”。
小題9:A 名詞辨析。做我們想要做的事情的機會。opportunity機會。
小題10:B。上下文連串。。根據(jù)上文的leisurely(悠閑的，慢悠悠的)判斷，此處所傳達的信息為“每天悠閑的生活節(jié)奏”。
小題11:D副詞辨析。重要的是，甚至在假期的最后一天，我們也沒有感到恐懼。even含義為“甚至”。
小題12:A 短語辨析。結(jié)束旅行后重新回到……，所以用return to。submit to屈服于；turn to求助于；head for朝……前進。
小題13:C名詞辨析。我們越來越感到壓抑。a sense of是固定短語，含義為“……感覺”
小題14:C 連詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文判斷，空格后面陳述的是原因。
小題15:D上下文連串。根據(jù)所處語境判斷，此處是說“而不是我們所喜歡并且能得到充分享受的事情”，所以用something。
小題16:C 名詞辨析。文章接下來對全文進行總結(jié)。point在這一語境下的含義為“關(guān)鍵”。
小題17:A 短語辨析。如果做自己喜歡的事，假期結(jié)束一點兒關(guān)系也沒有。in the least用于否定句中表示強調(diào)，含義為“一點兒也不”。
小題18:B 動詞辨析。如果喜歡自己所做的事，你就不會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在不知不覺地期望假期能多幾天。find oneself doing sth.是固定搭配，用于表達“發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不知不覺地在做某事”。
小題19:C 上下文連串。本句根據(jù)下文的for much，much longer進行判斷。keep doing sth.繼續(xù)或持續(xù)做某事。
小題20:A 上下文連串。根據(jù)下文的like a magnet(像磁鐵一樣)判斷，此空應(yīng)使用draw，像磁鐵一樣把你吸引過來。
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In the past the university was very set in their ways. They did things the way they wanted them done. They paid no attention to the rest of the society and the way the ones paying the bills wanted them done. In the past the professors would lecture endlessly to the students, which often left the students bored and with no idea what was really said to them in the lecture. This is no way to try and teach students; students need interaction with the professors that are paid to teach them. As Paulo Freire believed there needs to be communication between the students and the professors and the class should not be totally memorization. This is the way that things were done in the past.
In the present many universities have either changed or are changing the way that they run their universities. The universities now are taking on many of the modern educational beliefs in order to make changes in the teaching methods. Universities are breaking down many of the divides between majors that they offer. By breaking these barriers the universities are becoming less specialized and more diverse. This goes along with the ideas of Berry who believes that the schools are over-specialized and that the universities are now just machines that are merely meant to produce workers. In the past few years the colleges have been lowering the standards of admission, which in turn lowers the standards of all the schools below the college level. The universities are now on the right track by increasing the standards of admission into their colleges.
小題1:In the author’s view, what can decide a university’s quality?
A．What its structure is like.B．How its workings are run.
C．What times it belongs to.D．Whether it’ll adjust itself.
小題2:Which of the following is NOT a feature of universities in the past?
A．They were run in a fixed way.
B．They ignored the needs of society.
C．They had lower standards of admission.
D．Professors lacked interaction with students.
小題3:What is the author’s main attitude towards universities in the present?
A．Positive.B．Doubtful.C．Passive.D．Uncertain.
小題4:What would the author most probably focus on in the following part of this passage?
A．Universities in the future.
B．The standards of schools.
C．The admission into some colleges.
D．Other changes of teaching methods.

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