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 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  36  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered(走的路程).  37  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and  38  as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He  39  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was  40  or tired, he did not stop  41  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was  42 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I  43  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only  44  a very small area to  45  myself.”        The above story is  46  to the journey of our  47 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more  48 , to gain power or recognition（承认）. We neglect(疏忽，忘记) our  49  , time with our family and to appreciate(欣赏) the surrounding  50  and the things we love to do. One day  51  we look back, we will  52  that we don’t really need that much,  53  then we cannot turn back time for what we have  54 .        Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only  55  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. 36. A. use             B. cover    C. work           D. get 37. A. Good     B. Strange C. Sure       D. Interesting 38. A. rode      B. ran            C. expanded        D. struggled 39. A. kept on   B. asked for       C. gave up        D. succeeded in 40. A. sad             B. excited    C. confused        D. hungry 41. A. but             B. so             C. because           D. if 42. A. sleeping     B. arguing     C. dying             D. smiling 43. A. push           B. make          C. destroy          D. prove 44. A. need           B. have          C. find               D. show 45. A. live            B. bury          C. support          D. sleep 46. A. useful     B. certain        C. similar        D. special 47. A. future     B. past        C. history              D. life 48. A. friends  B. progress   C. discoveries D. money 49. A. health     B. career         C. honor      D. freedom 50. A. things     B. condition C. people             D. beauty 51. A. before     B. when          C. unless        D. since 52. A. realize  B. regret      C. apologize  D. explain 53. A. or    B. until     C. however   D. but 54. A. saved      B. missed         C. reduced         D. won 55. A. possible  B. probable    C. necessary        D. suitable 答案：BCAAD  CCAAB CDDAD  BADBC 

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