We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships, and be __
36__. However, when we’re __
37__, we want to go back to being young and we __
38__ the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs, __
39__ pressure, and money problems.
Young people believe adulthood __
40__ freedom from parents and schoolwork. When they get older, they feel that __
41__is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To
__
42__ this feeling, people say, “The grass is always __
43__ on the other side.”
As teenagers, we like to be like adults but as young adults, we __
44__to be young again. We think about staying out late, __
45__ our own money to spend. Suddenly, they see that love can result in _
46__hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for__
47__the next morning. They find out that adult life is not as __
48__as they thought it would be and suddenly, __
49__ becomes very scary.
Life is __
50__. It gives us time to__
51__ but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look __
52__ wishing we __
53__being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the __
54__ is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have. That is the first step to growing up. __
55__life becomes more complex we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.
| 小题1: | | A．comfortable | B．dependent | C．independent | D．polite |
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| 小题2: | | A．older | B．defeated | C．married | D．confident |
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| 小题3: | | A．like | B．forget | C．regret | D．miss |
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| 小题4: | | A．study | B．job | C．age | D．health |
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| 小题5: | | A．creates | B．shows | C．means | D．limits |
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| 小题6: | | A．childhood | B．adulthood | C．parenthood | D．romanticism |
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| 小题7: | | A．reduce | B．describe | C．experience | D．understand |
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| 小题8: | | A．greener | B．thinner | C．yellow | D．colorful |
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| 小题9: | | A．wish | B．decide | C．return | D．stop |
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| 小题10: | | A．making | B．having | C．worrying about | D．showing off |
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| 小题11: | | A．healthy | B．ambitious | C．broken | D．excited |
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| 小题12: | | A．breakfast | B．school | C．exercise | D．work |
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| 小题13: | | A．rich | B．busy | C．free | D．easy |
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| 小题14: | | A．life | B．love | C．career | D．future |
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| 小题15: | | A．long | B．short | C．fair | D．beautiful |
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| 小题16: | | A．study | B．think | C．play | D．live |
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| 小题17: | | A．up | B．down | C．back | D．into |
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| 小题18: | | A．stopped | B．enjoyed | C．imagined | D．tried |
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| 小题19: | | A．reason | B．result | C．dream | D．truth |
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| 小题20: | | A．If | B．When | C．Unless | D．Before |
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