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The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn't seen for many years. I couldn't believe the
change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn't even seem like the__1__person.
When I first knew Bill, back in__2__, he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑的) people I had
ever__3__. He was always ready to have a__4__. He usually went out for beer at three o'clock in the
morning or drove 50 miles to see an old__5__he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college,
and__6__was never dull when he was__7__. With him there was one wild__8__after another.
Sometimes I wonder how we__9__to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.__10__, I wasn't
even__11__it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn't really sure
until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He__12__most of the evening
about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the__13__
thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main__14__. Although I have
changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never__15__Bill changing so much. My image of him__16__the
one I had formed__17__the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it's__18__to expect people to remain the same, especially__19__I have changed so much
myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he__20__the same
way about me.

(     )1. A. proper (     )2. A. childhood (     )3. A. considered   (     )4. A. party (     )5. A. man   (     )6. A. study (     )7. A. in (     )8. A. dream (     )9. A. decided (     )10. A. As usual (     )11. A. glad (     )12. A. thought (     )13. A. best (     )14. A. interest (     )15. A. forgot (     )16. A. remained (     )17. A. since (     )18. A. unnecessary (     )19. A. because   (     )20. A. felt

B. same    B. primary school B. supposed     B. quarrel B. hospital B. life    B. down    B. mistake    B. continued B. By accident B. surprised B. talked    B. last    B. career    B. minded     B. reminded   B. from    B. foolish B. that      B. acted

C. regular C. high school C. met       C. meeting C. film   C. work    C. away    C. chance    C. managed C. From then on C. excited   C. argued    C. next    C. subject C. liked C. suggested C. at      C. common    C. how      C. looked

D. common       D. college     D. expected     D. class       D. hotel       D. fun         D. around       D. joke         D. hoped       D. All the time D. sure         D. spent       D. only         D. problem     D. imagined     D. became       D. till         D. unusual     D. when         D. discovered

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