第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

We’ve heard it before － we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents －children and teenagers today are growing up too fast. There are not too many people that will   _31  with that statement. Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early   _32 . In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules（日程表）are as  33  as those of an adult’s.

I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in  34  in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and  35  like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting（反思）on the  36  eighteen years － thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what  37  I have yet to achieve.

We are expected to work hard, get excellent  38 , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do  39 . The list goes on and on. But the  40  is clear: We live in a society today that is  41  our childhood. We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free. We are expected to  42  the strict school rules and to excel（擅长）in everything we do.

I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they  43  me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a  44  lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a remote site. It was about 11:30 at night, and we had  45  to his house. We were talking about the  46  he had been making to his home. One of the things he said was “I  47  my basketball hoop（篮圈）. ”Then he threw a basketball to me.

I hadn’t  48  a basketball in five years.

We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 5 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time  49  like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have  50_   once in a while.

31. A. argue                  B. disagree               C. satisfy                  D. discuss

32. A. age                        B. stage                    C. year                     D. grade

33. A. certain            B. busy                    C. careful                        D. perfect

34. A. companies           B. factories                   C. positions              D. offices

35. A. study                  B. speak                   C. work                    D. act

36. A. last                        B. other                    C. rest                      D. coming

37. A. purposes             B. success                C. goals                    D. jobs

38. A. textbooks            B. grades                  C. teachers                D. schools

39. A. in life             B. in time                        C. for ages                D. for ever

40. A. information     B. message               C. notice                  D. idea

41. A. ruining           B. correcting             C. envying                D. shortening

42. A. respect            B. accept                  C. learn                    D. follow

43. A. inspired                 B. disappointed         C. affected                D. frightened

44. A. valuable                 B. serious                    C. important             D. useful

45. A. walked          B. flown back           C. gone back             D. driven

46. A. furniture             B. improvements       C. equipment            D. arrangements

47. A. moved            B. fixed                    C. sold                     D. broke

48. A. played            B. caught                  C. seen                  D. held

49. A. laughing             B. shouting               C. running                D. shooting

50. A. a rest                  B. a talk                   C. fun                      D. sports