When I was a boy I dreamed of my future. I was going to be a cowboy. Then I dreamed of being a fire fighter and _________ people from burning buildings. I just couldn’t _________ to grow up and be an adult. After I went to college and those dreams _________. I thought I would be a scientist, then I switched to being a teacher. When I _________ and had children, my dreams of the future changed again. Now it wasn’t so much a _________ career that I dreamed of but a time when I could be settled and _________ and my family and I would finally be problem free.
That dream, of course, didn’t _________. In fact, none of those dreams ever came to life. It took me many years as well to _________ that living in a dream future was living in a _________ and that each moment I spent there was taking a moment away from the __________ NOW. I saw that there could be no perfect, problem free future because problems are a part of __________.
It is only in the NOW that we can truly live. Our dreams for the future are just that: __________. Whether they come true or not isn’t as __________ as how we live each day here. A hug shared today can never be __________. An act of kindness not given now is lost forever. A moment of love missed can never be __________ again. Each second of the NOW is precious and priceless. Don’t waste a one of them.
1. A.liberating | B.carrying | C.rescuing | D.supporting |
2. 3. A.remained | B.matched | C.broke | D.changed |
4. A.retired | B.married | C.succeeded | D.divorced |
5. A.certain | B.firm | C.promising | D.professional |
6. A.silent | B.gentle | C.secure | D.uncertain |
7. A.lose | B.happen | C.produce | D.destroy |
8. A.recognize | B.appreciate | C.conclude | D.realize |
9. A.hope | B.fantasy | C.fable | D.vision |
10. A.precious | B.favorite | C.common | D.popular |
11. A.activity | B.movement | C.life | D.business |
12. A.realities | B.dreams | C.purposes | D.treasures |
13. A.famous | B.serious | C.impressive | D.important |
14. A.replaced | B.followed | C.recovered | D.reviewed |
15. A.picked up | B.broken up | C.made up | D.put up |