We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships, and be __ 36__ . However, when we’re __ 37__ , we want to go back to being young and we __ 38__ the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs, __ 39__ pressure, and money problems. Young people believe adulthood __ 40__ freedom from parents and schoolwork. When they get older, they feel that __ 41__ is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To __ 42__ this feeling, people say, “The grass is always __ 43__ on the other side.” As teenagers, we like to be like adults but as young adults, we __ 44__ to be young again. We think about staying out late, __ 45__ our own money to spend. Suddenly, they see that love can result in _ 46__ hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for__ 47__ the next morning. They find out that adult life is not as __ 48__ as they thought it would be and suddenly, __ 49__ becomes very scary. Life is __ 50__ . It gives us time to__ 51__ but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look __ 52__ wishing we __ 53__ being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the __ 54__ is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have. That is the first step to growing up. __ 55__ life becomes more complex we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults. 小题1: A．comfortable B．dependent C．independent D．polite 小题2: A．older B．defeated C．married D．confident 小题3: A．like B．forget C．regret D．miss 小题4: A．study B．job C．age D．health 小题5: A．creates B．shows C．means D．limits 小题6: A．childhood B．adulthood C．parenthood D．romanticism 小题7: A．reduce B．describe C．experience D．understand 小题8: A．greener B．thinner C．yellow D．colorful 小题9: A．wish B．decide C．return D．stop 小题10: A．making B．having C．worrying about D．showing off 小题11: A．healthy B．ambitious C．broken D．excited 小题12: A．breakfast B．school C．exercise D．work 小题13: A．rich B．busy C．free D．easy 小题14: A．life B．love C．career D．future 小题15: A．long B．short C．fair D．beautiful 小题16: A．study B．think C．play D．live 小题17: A．up B．down C．back D．into 小题18: A．stopped B．enjoyed C．imagined D．tried 小题19: A．reason B．result C．dream D．truth 小题20: A．If B．When C．Unless D．Before