题目内容：

In the US, most parents put lots of thought into which neighborhood they choose to live in. That’s because they want their children to ______ in a positive (正面的) environment.

I grew up in Point Breeze, a neighborhood in the East End of my hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. It’s probably best known ______ Frick Park, a public park with many picnic areas, gardens, paths for hiking and biking and fields for playing sports. Frick Park is a _____ resource (资源) that the whole neighborhood ______. People use it for exercise and relaxation.

In addition to great green ______，Point Breeze has excellent public and private schools. _____, until age 14, my whole world was in Point Breeze.

My neighborhood was, in my ______, a world ruled by kids. I remember how my friends and I would walk around with a baseball, a football or - in later years -a video camera, exploring, ______

other kids and getting into adventures.

We’d race to the candy store on foot. We’d chase (追赶) down the ice cream truck on bikes. We’d come home when it got ______ outside, tired from play but eager (渴望) to wake| up and do it all again. We ______ felt scared, and we also never felt bored. That’s how childhood should be.

1.A. pick up    B. end up    C. save up    D. grow up

2.A. to    B. for    C. as    D. of

3.A. wonderful    B. successful    C. natural    D. personal

4.A. celebrates    B. shares    C. buys    D. refuses

5.A. forest    B. food    C. spaces    D. lights

6.A. Therefore    B. Because    C. However    D. Otherwise

7.A. life    B. sunrise    C. memory    D. dream

8.A. searching    B. controlling    C. playing    D. meeting

9.A. dark    B. rainy    C. angry    D. excited

10.A. sometimes    B. never    C. often    D. usually