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题组层级快练(三十二) Ⅰ.完形填空 As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine (常规) basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ___1___ at work in people of all ___2___. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about ___3___ with their new toys. But their ___4___ soon wears off and by January those ___5___ toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of ___6___ stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s ___7___ interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child ___8___ bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the ___9___ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great ___10___ but are soon looking forward to ___11___. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many ___12___, who now complain (抱怨) about the long drives to work, ___13___ drove for hours at a time when they first ___14___ their driver’s license (执照)? Before people retire, they usually ___15___ to do a lot of ___16___ things, which they never had ___17___ to do while working. But ___18___ after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they ___19___. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new ___20___. 1. A. principle B. habit | 
