第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Each age has its pleasure and its pains. The happiest person is the one who 21 what each age gives him without 22 any time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are 23 duties. Life is always giving 24 things to a child. He finds 25 in playing in the rain or snow. His first 26 to the seaside makes him wild. But a child has his 27 . He is not so 28 to do as he
wishes to. He is always told not to do this or that, or is even 29 for what he has done wrong. His life is therefore not perfectly happy.
When the young man starts to make his own living, he becomes free 30 the discipline(纪律) of schools and parents, but at the same time he is forced to accept duties. He can no longer 31 others to pay for his food, clothing and housing, but has to work if he wants to live 32 . If he spends most of his time playing about in the 33 he used as a child, he will go 34 . And if he breaks the 35 of society, he may go to prison. However, if he works hard, keeps out of 36 , and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of seeing himself make rapid 37 in his job and of building up his position in society.
Old age has always been considered as the 38 time of life. But the old can feel the happiness of having come through the 39 of life safely and having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, 40 the young to continue the fight.
21. A. shares B. enjoys C. chooses D. refuses
22. A. saving B. offering C. hoping D. wasting
23. A. little B. a few C. few D. a little
24. A. delicious B. new C. similar 
D. meaningless
25. A. discipline B. duty C. pleasure D. pain
26. A. knowledge B. thought C. visit D. play
27. A. characters B. pains C. mistakes D. habits
28. A. willing B. glad C. careful D. free
29. A. regretted B. punished C. praised D. apologized
30. A. in B. with C. against D. from
31. A. hope B. expect C. promise D. forbid
32. A. freely B. safely C. gladly D. comfortably
33. A. rain B. sea C. way D. work
34. A. bad B. wrong C. good D. hungry
35. A. peace B. rule C. law D. plan
36. A. power B. trouble C. order D. control
37. A. chance B. progress C. condition D. score
38. A. better B. worse C. worst D. best
39. A. battle B. hunger C. peace D. joy
40. A. keeping B. leaving C. remaining D. permitting
