题目内容：

    I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage (按揭), credit cards, 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 alone. I only 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 _________ 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 ____________ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a ____________ American Dream-not the one of individual achievement but of ____________.

What I have believed in, all those things I thought were ____________ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. ____________ on the mountain, 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 ____________ one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about what we can all get by together.

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

2.A.off B.apart C.over D.out

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

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

5.A.at B.through C.over D.round

6.A.occupied B.emptied C.abandoned 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.swinging B.looking C.crowding D.turning

11.A.different B.real C.wild D.steady

12.A.neighborliness B.toughness C.happiness D.tolerance

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

14.A.Up B.Down C.Deep D.Along

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

16.A.reality B.town C.society D.life

17.A.creating B.quitting C.undertaking D.offering

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

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

20.A.desperate B.shared C.complicated D.flexible