I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭)，credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us ____ chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell ____. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ___ possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was ____， full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and ____ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me, ____ slowly, they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began ____ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a ____ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ____.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. ____ on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.
Four years later, I moved back into ____. I saw many people were having a really hard time, ____ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to ___ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house，but over time I've had nine people come in and move on to other places. We'd all be in ____ if we hadn't banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about ____ we can all get by together.
| 小题1: | | A．separately | B．equally | | C．violently | D．naturally |
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| 小题3: | | A．crossed | B．left | | C．toured | D．searched |
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| 小题4: | | A．fullest | B．largest | | C．fairest | D．cheapest |
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| 小题5: | | A．at | B．through | | C．over | D．round |
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| 小题6: | | A．occupied | B．abandoned | | C．emptied | D．robbed |
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| 小题7: | | A．turned | B．approached | | C．cleared | D．cut |
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| 小题8: | | A．but | B．although | | C．otherwise | D．for |
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| 小题9: | | A．benefit | B．lesson | | C．nature | D．art |
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| 小题10: | | A．sticking | B．looking | | C．swinging | D．turning |
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| 小题11: | | A．wild | B．real | | C．different | D．remote |
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| 小题12: | | A．neighborliness | B．happiness | | C．friendliness | D．kindness |
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| 小题13: | | A．unique | B．expensive | | C．rare | D．necessary |
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| 小题15: | | A．cooperation | B．relationships | | C．satisfaction | D．appointments |
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| 小题16: | | A．reality | B．society | | C．town | D．life |
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| 小题17: | | A．creating | B．losing | | C．quitting | D．offering |
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| 小题18: | | A．put in | B．turn in | | C．take in | D．get in |
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| 小题19: | | A．yards | B．shelters | | C．camps | D．cottages |
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| 小题20: | | A．when | B．what | | C．whether | D．how |
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