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 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, we see that love can result in 12 hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for 13 the next morning. We find out that adult life is not as 14 as we 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． 小题1: A．comfortable B．dependent C．polite D．independent 小题2: A．defeated B．older C．married D．confident 小题3: A．like B．forget C．miss D．regret 小题4: A．job B．study C．age D．health 小题5: A．creates B．shows C．limits D．means 小题6: A．adulthood B．childhood C．parenthood D．neighborhood 小题7: A．reduce B．experience C．describe D．understand 小题8: A．thinner B．greener C．yellow D．colorful 小题9: A．researchers B．adults C．teenagers D．elders 小题10: A．decide B．wish C．return D．stop 小题11: A．making B．worrying about C．having D．showing off 小题12: A．healthy B．ambitious C．excited D．broken 小题13: A．breakfast B．school C．work D．exercise 小题14: A．rich B．busy C．poor D．easy 小题15: A．love B．life C．career D．future 小题16: A．long B．fair C．short D．beautiful 小题17: A．study B．think C．live D．play 小题18: A．stopped B．imagined C．enjoyed D．tried 小题19: A．reason B．result C．truth D．dream 小题20: A．When B．If C．Unless D．Before