阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，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 basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ________at work in people of all _________. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about _______with their new toys. But their ________soon wear off and by January those_________toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of_________stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s _________interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child________bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the_______of caring the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescent enter high school with great_______but soon looking forward to________. The same is true of the young adults going to the college. And then, how many_________, who complain about the long drives to work, _________drove for hours at a time when they first_________ their drivers licenses? Before people retire, they usually _______to do a lot of_____things, which never had _____while working. But ________after retirement, the golfing, the fishing , the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they _______. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new_________.
| 【小题1】 | | A．principle | B．habit | C．way | D．power |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．parties | B．races | C．countries | D．ages |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．working | B．living | C．playing | D．going |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．confidence | B．interest | C．anxiety | D．sorrow |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．same | B．extra | C．funny | D．expensive |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．well-organized | B．colorfully-printed | C．newly-collected | D．half-filled |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．broad | B．passing | C．different | D．main |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．silently | B．impatiently | C．gladly | D．worriedly |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．promise | B．burden | C．right | D．game |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．courage | B．calmness | C．confusion | D．excitement |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．graduation | B．independence | C．responsibility | D．success |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．children | B．students | C．adults | D．retirees |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．carefully | B．eagerly | C．nervously | D．bravely |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．required | B．obtained | C．noticed | D．discovered |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．need | B．learn | C．start | D．plan |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．great | B．strange | C．difficult | D．correct |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．time | B．money | C．skills | D．knowledge |
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| 【小题19】 | | A．lost | B．choose | C．left | D．quit |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．pets | B．toys | C．friends | D．colleagues |
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