When it comes to the changes in our life, I always memorize my skating. I___1___ that no matter how much we enjoy doing something, at some point the one we enjoy comes to a ___2___ and we move on to our next life phase.
When I was a young boy growing up in New York, I enjoyed___3___ skating on the local ponds free of charge. Later, I ___4___ to enter a roller rink(溜冰场). As my years of roller skating began to ___5___ , I discovered that quite often I would be the oldest skater. That, however, never___6___ me because I figured that somebody had to be the youngest and somebody had to be the oldest. I just ___7___to be the oldest.
About a year ago I was skating with a group of middle school students. But this time it was ___8___. For the first time I was having trouble keeping my___9___ and almost fell several times. My years of skating were___10___ over! I felt as if I had just lost my favourite ___11___. That was when I was aware that there was more to roller skating than just the skating. I ___12___ to hand out skates to the students. If they were having a(n) ___13___time trying to skate, I helped them with a smile and words of ____14____. “The next time we come to skate I ___15___ that you will do much better because you have already___16___the poorly part of skating.”
Surprisingly, I don’t miss skating. It’s time to move on to another phase of it— the ____17____phase. I have___18___ those years on skating for joy. I’m smiling and laughing a lot ___19___ now. On the faces of others, I now get to see the ___20___ that I once had for roller skating.
1. A. complain B. suspect C. realize D. predict
2. A. failure B. close C. hardship D. barrier
3. A. roller B. figure C. ski D. ice
4. A. paid B. regretted C. begged D. agreed
5. A. reduce B. disappear C. pass D. accumulate
6. A. bothered B. scared C. thrilled D. satisfied
7. A. hated B. claimed C. happened D. appeared
8. A. competitive B. rewarding C. challenging D. different
9. A. distance B. balance C. promise D. figure
10. A. gradually B. eventually C. accidentally D. originally
11. A. audience B. admirer C. companion D. coach
12. A. deserved B. pretended C. afforded D. volunteered
13. A. free B. adequate C. tough D. extra
14. A. encouragement B. expectation C. approval D. attention
15. A. command B. guarantee C. analyze D. instruct
16. A. substituted B. avoided C. simplified D. accomplished
17. A. performing B. watching C. learning D. governing
18. A. traded B. excused C. compensated D. mistook
19. A. longer B. fewer C. more D. less
20. A. joy B. bravery C. ambition D. sympathy
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. D 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A
