题目内容：

    I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, and success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us ______ chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell ______. I found myself homeless and ______. I had my truck and $56. I ______ the countryside for some place I could rent for the _____ possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road over the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was ______, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and ______ a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me, ______ slowly, they started teaching me the _______ of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began sticking around to _______. They started to teach me a belief in a ______ American Dream – not the one of individual achievement but of ______.

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were ______ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. Up on the ______, my most valuable possessions were my _______ with my neighbors.

Four years later, I moved back into ______. I saw many people were having a really hard time, ______ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to ______ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in ______ if we hadn’t banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about ______ we can all survive together.

1.A. separately B. equally C. violently D. naturally

2.A. off B. apart C. over D. out

3.A. awesome B. priceless C. alone D. passionate

4.A. crossed B. left C. toured D. searched

5.A. fullest B. largest C. fairest D. cheapest

6.A. occupied B. abandoned C. emptied D. robbed

7.A. turned B. approached C. cleared D. cut

8.A. but B. although C. otherwise D. for

9.A. benefit B. lesson C. nature D. art

10.A. chat B. fight C. struggle D. perform

11.A. wild B. real C. different D. remote

12.A. neighborliness B. happiness C. friendliness D. kindness

13.A. unique B. expensive C. rare D. necessary

14.A. mountain B. downtown C. river D. countryside

15.A. cooperation B. relationships C. satisfaction D. appointments

16.A. reality B. society C. town D. life

17.A. creating B. losing C. quitting D. finding

18.A. put in B. turn in C. take in D. get in

19.A. yards B. shelters C. camps D. cottages

20.A. when B. what C. whether D. how