完形填空。      A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could
ride on his horse and    1  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had
covered.     2    enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and      3  as fast as possible to
cover as much land area as he could. He     4 riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as
possible. Even when he was     5    or tired, he did not stop     6  he wanted to cover as much area
as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was       7   .
Then he asked himself, "Why did I    8  myself so hard to cover so much land ar ea? Now I am dying
and I only    9  a very small area to    10  myself."
   The above story is  10    to the journey of our  12  . We push ourselves very hard every day to make
more   13 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽,忘记) our     14 , time with our family and
to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding    15  and th e things we love to do. One day    16  we look back,
we will   17  that we don"t really need that much,   18  then we cannot turn back time for what we have 
19 .
   Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only    20  to
keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. (     )1. A. use    
(     )2. A. Good   
(     )3. A. rode    
(     )4. A. kept on
(     )5. A. sad    
(     )6. A. but    
(     )7. A. sleeping  
(     )8. A. push    
(     )9. A. need    
(     )10. A. live   
(     )11. A. useful
(     )12. A. future
(     )13. A. friends  
(     )14. A. health
(     )15. A. things
(     )16. A. before
(     )17. A. realize  
(     )18. A. or    
(     )19. A. saved  
(     )20. A. possible B. cover    
B. Strange
B. ran      
B. asked for
B. excited  
B. so    
B. arguing  
B. make    
B. have     
B. bury     
B. certain  
B. past  
B. progress
B. career  
B. condition
B. when    
B. regret  
B. until    
B. missed  
B. probable C. work         
C. Sure         
C. expanded    
C. gave up  
C. confused    
C. because      
C. dying      
C. destroy      
C. find      
C. support      
C. similar    
C. history    
C. discoveries  
C. honor        
C. people    
C. unless    
C. apologize    
C. however      
C. reduced      
C. necessary     D. get        
D. Interesting
D. struggled  
D. succeeded in
D. hungry      
D. if          
D. smiling    
D. prove      
D. show        
D. sleep      
D. special    
D. life        
D. money      
D. freedom    
D. beauty      
D. since      
D. explain    
D. but        
D. won        
D. suitable