题目内容：

    We’ve heard it before－we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents－children and teenagers today are growing up too fast．There are not too many people that will ____ with that statement．Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early ____．In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules are as ____ as those of an adult’s．

I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in  ____ in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and ____ like an adult to be taken seriously. So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting(反思) on the ____ eighteen years-thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what ____ I have yet to achieve.

We are expected to work hard, get excellent ____ , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do ____．The list goes on and on. But the ____ is clear：We live in a society today that is ____ our childhood．We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free. We are expected to ____ the strict school rules and to excel(擅长) in everything we do. I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they ____ me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a ____ lesson, taught to me by my boss where I work. We had finished a job at a remote site．It was about 11:30 at night, and we had ____ to his house. We were talking about the ____ he had been making to his home．One of the things he said was “I ____ my basketball hoop(篮圈).” Then he threw a basketball to me.

I hadn’t ____ a basketball in five years．

We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time ____ away like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law says I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have ____ once in a while.

1.A. argue B. disagree C. satisfy D. discuss

2.A. age B. stage C. year D. grade

3.A. certain B. busy C. careful D. perfect

4.A. companies B. places C. positions D. offices

5.A. study B. speak C. work D. act

6.A. last B. other C. rest D. coming

7.A. purposes B. success C. goals D. jobs

8.A. textbooks B. grades C. teachers D. schools

9.A. in life B. in time C. for ages D. forever

10.A. information B. message C. notice D. idea

11.A. ruining B. correcting C. envying D. shortening

12.A. respect B. accept C. learn D. follow

13.A. inspired B. disappointed C. affected D. frightened

14.A. valuable B. serious C. important D. useful

15.A. walked B. flown back C. gone back D. driven

16.A. furniture B. improvements C. equipment D. arrangements

17.A. moved B. fixed C. sold D. broke

18.A. played B. caught C. touched D. held

19.A. laughing B. shouting C. running D. shooting

20.A. a rest B. a talk C. fun D. sports