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.

A．separately B．equally C．violently D．naturally

A．off B．apart C．over D．out

A．crossed B．left C．toured D．searched

A．fullest B．largest C．fairest D．cheapest

A．at B．through C．over D．round

A．occupied B．abandoned C．emptied D．robbed

A．turned B．approached C．cleared D．cut

A．but B．although C．otherwise D．for

A．benefit B．lesson C．nature D．art

A．sticking B．looking C．swinging D．turning

A．wild B．real C．different D．remote

A．neighborliness B．happiness C．friendliness D．kindness

A．unique B．expensive C．rare D．necessary

A．Up B．Down C．Deep D．Along

A．cooperation B．relationships C．satisfaction D．appointments

A．reality B．society C．town D．life

A．creating B．losing C．quitting D．offering

A．put in B．turn in C．take in D．get in

A．yards B．shelters C．camps D．cottages

A．when B．what C．whether D．how