MyfriendTimcamefromabigfamily.Hisfatherwasanalcoholican...

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My friend Tim came from a big family. His father was an alcoholic and died very young and his mother was unable to ___16___ the family. Unfortunately, the children were ___17___ and placed in different foster homes.

Tim dropped out of school and did nothing to ___18___ himself. He eventually went through a divorce. Tim’s brother, ___19___ experiencing the same childhood, ___20___ himself for a degree and got a well – paid job. He possessed a(n) ___21___ home.

Both brothers gave a ___22___ answer when asked why their lives ___23___ the way they did. They said. “You’d live this way too if you had a ___24___ like mine. ” Neither of the brothers could ___25___ his past, But one of them adjusted his ___26___.

It doesn’t take much to find an ___27___ whether that is the family background, the ___28___ of education, or that we live in the wrong city, or do not know the right people. Actually, each of these problems has a ___29___ver, if you believe that there is nothing you can do to turn your life around, then you won’t be able to change your life for ___30___.

If you really ___31___ to turn your life to a new course, to set your sail to a different port, it is a matter of ___32___. If you choose to move ___33___, the easiest way is to find a solution to your today’s situation. Solutions are there if you want to ___34___ them. Sure, it may take some hard work. But if you do not, then you will never have a different or happy life. Do not ___35___ yourself by finding an excuse, but restrict your self by refusing to have an excuse.

16. A. encourage    B. support    C. satisfy    D. expand

17. A. selected    B. grouped    C. separated    D. gathered

18. A. further    B. express    C. mistake    D. pardon

19. A. as    B. since    C. before                D. although

20. A. treated    B. educated    C. controlled    D. behaved

21. A. ordinary    B. temporary    C. wonderful    D. special

22. A. strange    B. precise    C. firm    D. similar

23. A. turned out    B. broke out    C. turned up    D. broke up

24. A. divorce    B. childhood    C. school    D. job

25. A. ignore    B. describe    C. recall    D. change

26. A. sail    B. post    C. pace    D. taste

27. A. expression    B. example    C. error    D. excuse

28. A. future    B. lack    C. focus    D. need

29. A. price    B. reason    C. solution    D. reward

30. A. the most    B. the better    C. the least    D. the worse

31. A. desire    B. refuse    C. forget    D. regret

32. A. time    B. money    C. choice    D. fact

33. A. off    B. in    C. backward    D. forward

34. A. wait for    B. go after    C. ask for    D. look after

35. A. limit    B. push    C. enjoy    D. calm

【回答】

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知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

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