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The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn't seen for many years. I couldn't believe the
change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn't even seem like the __1__person.
When I first knew Bill, back in __2__, he was one of the most carefree(无忧无虑的) people I had
ever __3__. He was always ready to have a __4__. He usually went out for beer at three o'clock in the
morning or drove 50 miles to see an old __5__he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college,
and __6__was never dull when he was __7__. With him there was one wild __8__after another.
Sometimes I wonder how we __9__to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel. __10__, I wasn't
even __11__it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn't really sure
until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He __12__most of the evening
about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the __13__
thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main__14__. Although I have
changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never__15__Bill changing so much. My image of him __16__the
one I had formed __17__the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it's __18__to expect people to remain the same, especially __19__I have changed so much
myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he __20__the same
way about me.
( )1. A. proper
( )2. A. childhood
( )3. A. considered
( )4. A. party
( )5. A. man
( )6. A. study
( )7. A. in
( )8. A. dream
( )9. A. decided
( )10. A. As usual
( )11. A. glad
( )12. A. thought
( )13. A. best
( )14. A. interest
( )15. A. forgot
( )16. A. remained
( )17. A. since
( )18. A. unnecessary
( )19. A. because
( )20. A. felt B. same
B. primary school
B. supposed
B. quarrel
B. hospital
B. life
B. down
B. mistake
B. continued
B. By accident
B. surprised
B. talked
B. last
B. career
B. minded
B. reminded
B. from
B. foolish
B. that
B. actedC. regular
C. high school
C. met
C. meeting
C. film
C. work
C. away
C. chance
C. managed
C. From then on
C. excited
C. argued
C. next
C. subject
C. liked
C. suggested
C. at
C. common
C. how
C. lookedD. common
D. college
D. expected
D. class
D. hotel
D. fun
D. around
D. joke
D. hoped
D. All the time
D. sure
D. spent
D. only
D. problem
D. imagined
D. became
D. till
D. unusual
D. when
D. discovered