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．
| 小题1: | | A．comfortable | B．dependent | C．polite | D．independent |
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| 小题2: | | A．defeated | B．older | C．married | D．confident |
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| 小题3: | | A．like | B．forget | C．miss | D．regret |
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| 小题4: | | A．job | B．study | C．age | D．health |
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| 小题5: | | A．creates | B．shows | C．limits | D．means |
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| 小题6: | | A．adulthood | B．childhood | C．parenthood | D．neighborhood |
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| 小题7: | | A．reduce | B．experience | C．describe | D．understand |
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| 小题8: | | A．thinner | B．greener | C．yellow | D．colorful |
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| 小题9: | | A．researchers | B．adults | C．teenagers | D．elders |
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| 小题10: | | A．decide | B．wish | C．return | D．stop |
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| 小题11: | | A．making | B．worrying about | C．having | D．showing off |
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| 小题12: | | A．healthy | B．ambitious | C．excited | D．broken |
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| 小题13: | | A．breakfast | B．school | C．work | D．exercise |
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| 小题15: | | A．love | B．life | C．career | D．future |
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| 小题16: | | A．long | B．fair | C．short | D．beautiful |
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| 小题17: | | A．study | B．think | C．live | D．play |
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| 小题18: | | A．stopped | B．imagined | C．enjoyed | D．tried |
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| 小题19: | | A．reason | B．result | C．truth | D．dream |
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| 小题20: | | A．When | B．If | C．Unless | D．Before |
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