We’ve heard it before --we’ve heard it on the news, from teachers, from parents -- children
and teenagers today are growing up too fast. There are not too many people that will 36 with that statement. Teenagers are faced with serious problems and decisions at an early 37 . In fact most teenagers’ daily schedules are as 38 as those of an adult’s.
I have been working since I was thirteen, and always in companies in which I was working with adults. I have had to learn to think and 39 like an adult to be taken 40 . So, I count myself as one who has grown up too fast. I just graduated from high school, and have recently spent some time reflecting(反思)on the 41 eighteen years-- thinking about myself, what I have gained, and what 42 I have yet to achieve.
We are expected to work hard, get excellent 43 , be in a good relationship, and know what we want to do 44 . The list goes on and on. But the 45 is clear: We live in a society today that is 46 our childhood. We no longer have many years to be careless and fancy-free. We are expected to 47 the strict school rules and to excel(擅长)in everything we do.
I’ve known these things for a long time, and knew that they 48 me. But, I never really admitted it until last night, when I learned a 49 lesson, taught me by my boss for whom I work. We had finished a job at a remote site. It was about 11:30 at night, and we had gone back to his house. We were talking about the 50 he had been making to his home. One of the things he said was “I 51 my basketball hoop(篮圈).” Then he threw a basketball to me.
I hadn’t 52 a basketball in five years.
We proceeded to shoot hoops for about 40 minutes. Both of us were terribly bad at it, but we spent the whole time 53 heartily like children. Then I realized something: I am still a child. Oh, the law 54 I’m an adult. But, we are still really and truly children. We all need to have 55 once in a while.
【題組】36.
(A) argue
(B) disagree
(C) satisfy
(D) discuss