We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships and be 1 .However, when we're 2 , we want to go back to being young and we 3 the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs, 4 pressure and money problems.
Young people believe adulthood 5 freedom from parents and schoolwork.When they get older, they feel that 6 is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To 7 this feeling, people say, "The grass is always 8 on the other side of the fence."
As 9 , we like to be like adults but as young adults, we 10 to be young again. We think about staying out late and 11 our own money to spend.Suddenly, we see that love can result in 12 hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for 13 the next morning. We find out that adult life is not as 14 as we thought it would be and suddenly, 15 becomes very scary.
Life is 16 .It gives us time to 17 but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look back wishing we 18 being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the 19 is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have.That is the first step to grow up. 20 life becomes more complex, we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.
1. A.comfortable B.dependent C.polite D.independent
2. A.defeated B.older C.married D.confident
3. A.like B.forget C.miss D.regret
4. A.job B.study C.age D.health
5. A.creates B.shows C.limits D.means
6. A.adulthood B.childhood C.parenthood D.neighborhood
7. A.reduce B.experience C.describe D.understand
8. A.thinner B.greener C.yellow D.colorful
9. A.researchers B.adults C.teenagers D.elders
10. A.decide B.wish C.return D.stop
11. A.making B.worrying about C.having D.showing off
12. A.healthy B.ambitious C.excited D.broken
13. A.breakfast B.school C.work D.exercise
14. A.rich B.busy C.poor D.easy
15. A.love B.life C.career D.future
16. A.long B.fair C.short D.beautiful
17. A.study B.think C.live D.play
18. A.stopped B.imagined C.enjoyed D.tried
19. A.reason B.result C.truth D.dream
20. A.When B.If C.Unless D.Before
— I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.
— . Don’t forget you must drive.
A.Anything but that B.By all means
C.Take it easy D.I won’t say no to this
The world’s elderly population will exceed(超过) ____ of children by 2060, when each group ____ to account for about one fifth of the population.
A.that ; is expected B.it; will expect
C.that; expects D.one ; will be expected
The U. S.declares it has the best medical technology in the world,but quite a lot of Americans have no ____to health care service.
A.devotion B.entrance C.access D.introduction
We’d better _____ some sports because sports can give us a perfect build and protect us from getting illness easily.
A.make up B.take up C.pick up D.build up
Making mistakes is a part of life. ________ matters is _________ you do afterwards.
A.It; what B.All; what C.What; what D.That; what