题目内容：

    When it comes to the changes in our life, I always memorize my skating. I______ that no matter how much we enjoy doing something, at some point the one we enjoy comes to a _____ and we move on to our next life phase.

When I was a young boy growing up in New York, I enjoyed____ skating on the local ponds free of charge. Later, I ____ to enter a roller rink(溜冰场). As my years of roller skating began to ____ , I discovered that quite often I would be the oldest skater. That, however, never_____ me because I figured that somebody had to be the youngest and somebody had to be the oldest. I just _____to be the oldest.

About a year ago I was skating with a group of middle school students. But this time it was ____. For the first time I was having trouble keeping my_____ and almost fell several times. My years of skating were_____ over! I felt as if I had just lost my favourite _____. That was when I was aware that there was more to roller skating than just the skating.  I  ____ to hand out skates to the students. If they were having a(n)  _______time trying to skate, I helped them with a smile and words of ________. “The next time we come to skate I ____ that you will do much better because you have already______the poorly part  of  skating.”

Surprisingly, I don’t miss skating. It’s time to move on to another phase of it— the ________phase.  I have_____ those years on skating for joy. I’m smiling and laughing a  lot _____ now. On the faces of others, I now get to see the ______ 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