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It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was afraid that my best years were now behind me. So I a 小题1: my neighbour Nicholas, a 79-year-old man, “What was the best time of your life?”
Without hesitation(犹豫), Nicholas said: “Well, Joe, this is my philosophical(哲学的) answer to your philosophical question:
“When I was a child in Austria and everything was t 小题2: care of for me by my parents, that was the best time of my life.
“When I was going to school and learning the things I k 小题3: today, that was the best time of my life.
“When I got my first job and had responsibilities(责任) and got paid for my e 小题4: , that was the best time of my life.
“When I met my wife and f 小题5:in love, that was the best time of my life.
“When World War Ⅱ came, my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and s 小题6: on a ship to North America, that was the best time of my life.
“When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life.
“When I was a young father, watching my c 小题7: grow up, that was the best time of my life.
“And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine y 小题8: old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first m 小题9: . This is the best time of my life.”
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not b 小题10: they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.
小题1:asked
小题2: taken
小题3:know
小题4:efforts
小题5:fell
小题6:safe
小题7:children
小题8:years
小题9:met
小题10:because
题目分析：我即将三十岁了，在和我的邻居，79岁的Nicholas回忆，讨论一生中最好的时光。很多回忆如上学时期，第一工作拿工资，恋爱，做父亲，都是很好的，人们喜欢常常拿出来欣赏。
小题1:考查动词。句意：所以我问了我的朋友Nicholas。ask，动词，问。
小题2:考查动词。句意：当我是个孩子的时候，我被父母照顾的很好。take care of 照顾，照料。在此是被动语态。被照顾。
小题3:考查动词。句意：当我在学校学习我今天所知道的东西的时候，那是我的最好的时光。know 知道，了解。I know我所知道的，做定语。
小题4:考查名词。句意：因为我的努力，我得到了报酬。effort努力。
小题5:考查动词。句意；当我遇到我的妻子，爱上她，是我这一生中最美的时光。fall in love with sb爱上某人。
小题6:考查形容词。句意：当我们在一起，安全的呆在去北美的船上。safe安全的。
小题7:考查名词。句意：当我是一个年轻的父亲，看着我的小孩成长，这是我一生中最美的时光。children名词，孩子。
小题8:考查名词。句意：现在我七十九岁了。基数词+years old，表示年龄多大。
小题9:考查动词。句意：我们第一次见面的时候我爱上了我的妻子。meet见面。
小题10:考查连词。句意；不是因为他们从来没有发现过。because因为。