Children often wish they were grown-ups, and old people wish they were      16     again. There are good things and bad things about all ages, and the happiest people are the ones who enjoy what each age      17 them without wasting their time with      18     regrets (遗憾).Childhood is a time when people have few tasks to make life      19     . If a child has good parents, he is very      20     because he can be looked after well. However, it is natural that he will never again in his life be      21      so much without having to do anything in return. Life is about giving new things to children. While for older people, those things may have lost their     22 because they know them very well. But children have their weaknesses too. They are not free to do everything they want to do; they are again and again being told what not to do or being punished for what they have done wrong.

When a young man   23   to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes and his house. He has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing the way he used to as a child, he will go      24     some day.      25   , if he works hard, he will be able to enjoy the great happiness of building up his own position in society.

(   )16. A. energetic    B. young    C. active     D. strong

(   )17. A. leaves    B. hopes   C. makes   D. gives

(   )18. A. useful  B. useless  C. happy     D. smart

(    )19. A. beautiful  B. easy   C. difficult   D. perfect

(   )20. A. lucky    B. unlucky   C. luckily    D. unluckily

(   )21. A. taught  B. asked for   C. paid    D. given

(   )22. A. stress  B. sense  C. value   D. interest

(   )23. A. plans  B. starts  C. continues   D. manages

(   )24. A. mad   B. blind   C. hungry   D. angry

(   )25. A. When  B. So    C. However   D. Therefore

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