I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭)，credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us ____ chasing the same thing. One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell ____. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ___ possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was ____， full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and ____ a corner to camp in. The locals knew nothing about me, ____ slowly, they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began ____ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a ____ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ____. What I had believed in, all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. ____ on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors. Four years later, I moved back into ____. I saw many people were having a really hard time, ____ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to ___ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house，but over time I've had nine people come in and move on to other places. We'd all be in ____ if we hadn't banded together. The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about ____ we can all get by together.
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:B
小题20:D
文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文，通过困境中来到乡下，受到邻里之间的帮助，让我的思想转变了：美国梦是一个共享的梦。
小题1:答案：A 所有的人都各自地追逐着同样的东西。separately各自地，分别地，符合题意。而equally平等地，violently猛烈地，暴力地，naturally自然地，皆不合题意。
小题2:答案：B 由不好的事及下文我独自一人无家可归，可知一切都失败了。fall apart崩溃，失败，符合题意。
小题3:答案：D 我在乡下搜索寻找一个可以租的地方。search...for...搜索某一范围找某个东西，符合题意。
小题4:答案：D 由上文我只有56美元，可知是找一个最便宜的出租地，故选D项。
小题5:答案：C 在河流的上方用over。
小题6:答案：B 由下文，充满破玻璃和垃圾，可知是一个废弃的地方。abandoned 废弃的，遗弃的，符合题意。occupied忙碌的，被占的。
小题7:答案：C 由上文房子充满破玻璃和垃圾，所以，要先清理出一个角落才能入住。clear清理，符合题意。
小题8:答案：A 上句当地人不认识我，下句他们开始教给我，之间是转折关系，用but连接两个并列分句。
小题9:答案：D 由下文“邻居们放下毯子，蜡烛，工具”等等，可知这是作邻居的艺术，故选D项。
小题10:答案：A 邻居们放下东西，停下来聊天。stick around停留，逗留，符合题意。
小题11:答案：C 由下文“不是个人的成就，而是……”与我原本以为的完全不同，故选C项。
小题12:答案：A 由上文可知，作者感动的是邻里之间的和睦关系，故选A项。neighborliness睦邻，亲近，和睦，符合题意。
小题13:答案：D 原本我认为对于城市生活必需的东西，故选D项。
小题14:答案：A 由上文信息他的房子是在four miles up a winding mountain road可知这里的人们是住在山上，故选A项。
小题15:答案：B 由上文12空处，可以看出，我最珍贵的财产就是我与邻居们的关系。故选B项。
小题16:答案：C 由move back搬回，可知又回到镇上，故选C项。
小题17:答案：B 由下文我租了房子给人住，可以知道很多人失去了工作和房子，选losing。
小题18:答案：C 我租了足够大的房子收留一些人，take in收留，留宿，符合题意。put in输入，turn in上交，get in收割，皆不合题意。
小题19:答案：B 如果我们不联合起来，我们全都要住在收容所里。shelter收留所，遮蔽处，符合题意。
小题20:答案：D about后面的从句不缺主语、宾语、表语，因此不选what；也没有是否(whether)的意思；也没涉及时间(when)问题，因此只能选how。
