We are going on a long train journey. Out of the windows, we can see cars running on nearby highways, children waving at a crossing, cattle grazing（吃草） on a distant hillside, smoke pouring from factories, village houses and city skylines.
But   36  in our minds is the final destination（目的地）. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will  37  into the station. Bands will be playing and flags   38  . Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will   39  and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a(n)   40   jigsaw（拼图） puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles（过道）, damning（诅咒） the minutes for waiting, waiting for the station.
“When we reach the  41  , that will be it!” We cry “When I am 18.” “When I  42  a new 450SL Mercedes Benz!” “When I put the   43  kid through college.” “When I have   44  off the debts!” “When I get a promotion（提升）.” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live   45  ever after!”
  46  , we come to realize that there is no such station as we arrive at once and for all. The  47  joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It   48  leaves us behind.
“Cherish（珍视） the moment” is a good   49  . It is the burdens（负担） of today that drive us to keep on   50  . And it is the regrets over yesterday that motivate（激发） us to overcome the   51  and look forward to the future.
So   52  pacing the aisles and counting the miles.   53  , climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot（赤脚） more   54  , swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived   55  we go along. The station will come soon enough.
小题1:A hidden      B faint      C deep      D buried
小题2:A pull      B get      C approach      D arrive
小题3: A floating      B waving      C raising      D shaking
小题4:A come up      B come around      C come out      D come true
小题5:A divided      B separated      C completed      D united
小题6:A station     B age      C target      D point
小题7:A borrow      B buy      C order      D rent
小题8:A first      B best      C last      D eldest
小题9:A cut      B left      C taken      D paid
小题10:A happily      B fully      C anxiously      D freely
小题11:A Believe it or not      B Sooner or later      C Once again      D All at once
小题12:A simple      B basic      C true      D final
小题13:A eventually（最后）      B accidentally      C instantly      D constantly
小题14:A motto（箴言）      B sentence      C concept     D slogan（标语）
小题15:A pushing      B trying      C working      D sticking
小题16:A effort      B mistake      C challenge      D fault
小题17:A consider      B stop      C go on      D plan on
小题18:A Besides      B Thus      C However      D Instead
小题19:A often      B gently      C quickly      D slowly
小题20:A if      B unless      C as      D once