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The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but they had nothing in common. Residents built walls to    influence from the other town.
In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very      . For instance, when women      birth, they would compete to have the baby with the loudest cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because      was the symbol of success, people were     busy making money, with no time for      . Some young people couldn't bear the intensity and chose to drive to escape.
, in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People      without pressure and        do anything they liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didn't care       students came or not. Workers might sit around the office        drinking coffee and doing nothing.        the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was        that mattered. No one had the slightest thought of moving     , either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used were the old models from the town of Pressure.
Some of the young were addicted to        because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves. “What is       for?” But just before life in the two towns completely      , there came a great person--Mr.Reason. He went from door to door,         with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, ________ people in Pleasure began to make plans. They      the wall between them and built a road to connect the two. People in the two towns came to realize the truth---there is no gap between Pressure and Pleasure if they don't go to extremes.

A．connect B．contact C．prevent D．arrange

A．worst B．best C．least D．most

A．took B．gave C．offered D．brought

A．health B．power C．wealth D．status

A．sometimes B．hardly C．seldom D．always

A．relaxation B．intension C．standard D．starvation

A．Furthermore B．Therefore C．However D．Moreover

A．got up B．went up C．grew up D．set up

A．must B．could C．need D．should

A．who B．where C．what D．whether

A．all day long B．all night C．all alone D．all the way

A．Regardless of B．Due to C．According to D．As for

A．pleasure B．time C．money D．pressure

A．backward B．downward C．upward D．forward

A．drugs B．food C．work D．books

A．money B．life C．pleasure D．pressure

A．failed B．improved C．lived D．succeeded

A．to talk B．talking C．talked D．talks

A．when B．as C．while D．since

A．went down B．put down C．pulled down D．wrote down