(新)2009年读写2级练习A7卷-zm.doc

Unit 7/Book 2 Paper A TRD-B2-A7 题型代码 测试点 难易度 答案 编录员 -001 语境猜义 中 Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please choose the corresponding letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Workaholism can be a serious problem. True workaholics would rather work than do anything else and they probably don’t know how to relax. That is, they might not ___1__ movies, sports, or other types of entertaiment. Most of all, they hate to sit and do nothing. The lives of workaholics are usually ___2___, and this tension and worry can cause health problems such as heart attacks or stomach ulcer. In ___3___, typical workaholics don’t pay much attention to their families. They spend ___4___ time with their children, and their marriages may end in divorce. Is workaholism always dangerous? Perhaps not. There, certainly, people who work well under stress. Some studies show that many workaholics have great ___5___ and interest in life. Their work is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy. For most workaholics, work and ___6___ are the same thing. Their jobs provide them with a challenge. This keeps them ___7___ and creative. Other people retire from work at age sixty-five. Workaholics, on the other hand, usually prefer not to quit working. They are still ___8___ about work--- and life--- in their eighties and nineties. Why do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much? There are several ___9___to work. It provides people with paychecks, of course, and this is important. But it offers more than ___10___ security. It provides people with self-confidence; they have a feeling of satisfaction when they’ve produced a challenging piece of work. A) energy