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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 __15__ 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 of the fence.”
As __9__, we like to be like adults, but as young adults, we __10__ to be young again. We think
about staying out late and __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 grow up. __20__ life becomes more complex, we will
not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.

(     )1. A. comfortable (     )2. A. older       (     )3. A. like         (     )4. A. sleep       (     )5. A. creates     (     )6. A. childhood   (     )7. A. reduce       (     )8. A. greener     (     )9. A. researchers (     )10. A. wish       (     )11. A. making     (     )12. A. healthy     (     )13. A. breakfast   (     )14. A. rich       (     )15. A. life       (     )16. A. long       (     )17. A. study       (     )18. A. stopped     (     )19. A. reason     (     )20. A. If

B. dependent B. defeated   B. forget     B. job       B. shows     B. adulthood B. describe   B. thinner   B. teenagers B. decide     B. having     B. ambitious B. school     B. busy       B. love       B. short     B. think     B. enjoyed   B. result     B. When

C. independent     C. married         C. regret         C. age             C. means           C. parenthood     C. experience     C. yellow         C. adults         C. return         C. worrying about C. broken         C. exercise       C. free           C. career         C. fair           C. play           C. imagined       C. dream           C. Unless

D. polite       D. confident   D. miss         D. time         D. limits       D. romanticism D. understand   D. colorful     D. elders       D. stop         D. showing off D. excited     D. work         D. easy         D. future       D. beautiful   D. live         D. tried       D. truth       D. Before

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