The doctor advised me to live         it is warm and a bit humid for the sake of my pneumonia.

A．in where   B．in which   C．the place where      D．where

The frequent television appearances of Pavarotti         his musical popularity.

A．added       B．added to    C．added up to      D．added up

He is quite reliable, so         he recommends will be adopted.

A．which       B．whichever        C．whatever  D．no matter what

You understand not only what the rule says but what it means, as if you yourself         it.

A．make        B．made        C．have made              D．had made

A man’s first care should be         the reproaches（谴责）of his own heart.

A．avoid        B．to avoid    C．to be avoided    D．avoided

I don’t think it     festival. It’s         celebration of Shakespeare and his extraordinary gifts.

A．a; a          B．不填; a            C．a; the        D．the; 不填

I’ve a lot of         her; she had four children and brought them up all on her own.

A．pride in     B．understanding of      C．sympathy for   D．mercy on

Insurance should be paid         disability.

A．instead of         B．in favor of        C．in spite of        D．in case of

—We only have seats in the very back row.

—         . I’ll take two tickets.

A．That’s OK                                                  B．I don’t quite follow

C．It’s a pity                                                   D．Funny you say that

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.”

As   9  , we like to be like adults but as young adults, we   10  to be young again. We think about staying out late,  11  our own money to spend. Suddenly, they see that love can result in   12  hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for   13  the next morning. They find out that adult life is not as   14  as they 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 growing up.  20  life becomes more complex we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.

1．A．comfortable           B．dependent            C．independent         D．polite

2．A．older                     B．defeated              C．married               D．confident

4．A．study                    B．job                      C．age                     D．health

5．A．creates                  B．shows                 C．means                 D．limits

6．A．childhood              B．adulthood            C．parenthood          D．romanticism

7．A．reduce                  B．describe              C．experience           D．understand

8．A．greener                 B．thinner                C．yellow                 D．colorful

9．A．researchers           B．teenagers             C．adults                  D．elders

10．A．wish                   B．decide                 C．return                 D．stop

11．A．making                B．having                 C．worrying about    D．showing off

12．A．healthy                B．ambitious             C．broken                D．excited

13．A．breakfast             B．school                 C．exercise              D．work

14．A．rich                    B．busy                   C．free                    D．easy

15．A．life                      B．love                    C．career                 D．future

16．A．long                    B．short                   C．fair                     D．beautiful

17．A．study                  B．think                   C．play                    D．live

18．A．stopped               B．enjoyed               C．imagined             D．tried

19．A．reason                 B．result                  C．dream                 D．truth

20．A．If                    B．When                    C．Unless               D．Before