题目内容：

My friend Tim came from a big family. His father was an alcoholic and died very young and his mother was unable to ____ the family. Unfortunately, the children were ____ and placed in different foster homes.

Tim dropped out of school and did nothing to ____ himself. He eventually went through a divorce. Tim’s brother, ____ experiencing the same childhood, ____ himself for a degree and got a well – paid job. He possessed a(n) ____ home.

Both brothers gave a ____ answer when asked why their lives ____ the way they did. They said. “You’d live this way too if you had a ____ like mine. ” Neither of the brothers could ____ his past, but one of them adjusted his ____.

It doesn’t take much to find an ____ whether that is the family background, the ____ of education, or that we live in the wrong city, or do not know the right people. Actually, each of these problems has a ____.However, if you believe that there is nothing you can do to turn your life around, then you won’t be able to change your life for ____.

If you really ____ to turn your life to a new course, to set your sail to a different port, it is a matter of ____. If you choose to move ____, the easiest way is to find a solution to your today’s situation. Solutions are there if you want to ____ them. Sure, it may take some hard work. But if you do not, then you will never have a different or happy life. Do not ____ yourself by finding an excuse, but restrict your self by refusing to have an excuse.

1.A. encourage    B. support    C. satisfy    D. expand

2.A. selected    B. grouped    C. separated    D. gathered

3.A. further    B. express    C. mistake    D. pardon

4.A. as    B. since    C. before                D. although

5.A. treated    B. educated    C. controlled    D. behaved

6.A. ordinary    B. temporary    C. wonderful    D. special

7.A. strange    B. precise    C. firm    D. similar

8.A. turned out    B. broke out    C. turned up    D. broke up

9.A. divorce    B. childhood    C. school    D. job

10.A. ignore    B. describe    C. recall    D. change

11.A. sail    B. post    C. pace    D. taste

12.A. expression    B. example    C. error    D. excuse

13.A. future    B. lack    C. focus    D. need

14.A. price    B. reason    C. solution    D. reward

15.A. the most    B. the better    C. the least    D. the worse

16.A. desire    B. refuse    C. forget    D. regret

17.A. time    B. money    C. choice    D. fact

18.A. off    B. in    C. backward    D. forward

19.A. wait for    B. go after    C. ask for    D. look after

20.A. limit    B. push    C. enjoy    D. calm[