Some people say that childhood is the best time of your life.__1__， being a child has both advantages and disadvantages.
On the good side, you have very few responsibilities (责任)．__2__， you don't have to go to __3__， pay bills, or do the shopping, cooking, or cleaning. This __4__ you have plenty of free __5__ to do whatever you want — watch TV, play on the computer, go out with friends, play sports, or enjoy other __6__. On top of that, public transport, cinema, and sports centres __7__ much less for children. All in all, being a child is a(n) __8__ time in life.
However, there are __9__ some disadvantages. For one thing, you have to spend all day, Monday to Friday, at school. __10__ usually means you have to do homework, __11__ you have to take __12__. What is more, you may have a lot of free time, but you are seldom __13__ to do whatever you want. You usually have to __14__ your parents if you can do things, from going shopping in town to staying out late or going to a party. Last of all, __15__ there are often cheaper prices for __16__， things are still expensive — and parents are not __17__ generous (大方的) with pocket money. There's never enough to do everything you want. The __18__ is that sometimes there's not enough to do anything at all!
To sum up (总之), although some people see childhood as the best time in life, I __19__ that children have no real choice or money.Nevertheless (虽然如此), it is __20__ that choice and money bring responsibilities — which increase with age.
语篇解读：本文是议论文。文章主要讨论了作为一个孩子的利与弊。
1．A.Besides B．However
C．Instead D．Moreover
解析：选B 上一句中的“childhood is the best time of your life”和该空后的“being a child has both advantages and disadvantages”之间形成转折关系，故填However。
2．A.As a result B．By the way
C．As usual D．For example
解析：选D 该空后的“you don't have to ... or cleaning”是对上一句责任少的“举例(For example)”。
3．A.work B．school
C．bed D．market
解析：选A 根据上文中的“childhood”和“being a child”可知，孩子不用去“工作(work)”。
4．A.proves B．seems
C．means D．explains
解析：选C 上文列举的很多不用孩子承担的责任也就“意味着(means)”孩子可以有足够的“时间(time)”去做他们想做的事情。
5．A.time B．money
C．power D．knowledge
解析：选A 参见上题解析。
6．A.trips B．hobbies
C．visits D．weekends
解析：选B 根据上文中的“do whatever you want”可知，这里指除了看电视、玩电脑之外的其他“兴趣爱好(hobbies)”。
7．A.care B．waste
C．cost D．hurt
解析：选C 根据该空前的“public transport, cinema, and sports centres”和该空后的“much less for children”可知，公共交通工具、电影院和体育运动中心有儿童票，因此孩子可以在这些方面“花(cost)”更少的钱。
8．A.free B．exciting
C．short D．different
解析：选B 根据该段首句中的“On the good side”以及该段具体介绍孩童时期的好处可知，当一个孩子是人生中“令人兴奋的(exciting)”时期。
9．A.soon B．again
C．just D．also
解析：选D 文章首段提出本文的论点：being a child has both advantages and disadvantages。上一段陈述了当孩子的好处，本段接下来介绍其弊端。因此，当孩子“也(also)”有不好的一面。
10．A.Studying B．Growing
C．Improving D．Succeeding
解析：选A 根据上文中的“you have to spend all day ... at school”和下文中的“means you have to do homework”可知，这里说“学习(Studying)”这件事。
11．A.if B．as
C．and D. but
解析：选C 上文中的“you have to”和下文中的“you have to”之间构成并列关系，故填and。
12．A.seats B．exams
C．action D．notice
解析：选B 根据上文中的“you have to do homework”可知，作为学生，得完成家庭作业，而且还得参加“考试(exams)”。
13．A.taught B．invited
C．allowed D．advised
解析：选C 根据下文中的“your parents if you can do things, from going shopping in town to staying out late or going to a party”可知，父母很少“允许(allowed)”自己的孩子做任何他们想做的事。
14．A.ask B．show
C．answer D．suggest
解析：选A 作为孩子，经常得“询问(ask)”父母自己是否可以去城里购物或晚点回家等事项。
15．A.unless B．when
C．because D．although
解析：选D 下文中的“there are often cheaper prices”和“things are still expensive”之间为让步关系，因此填although。
16．A.parents B．children
C．teachers D．students
解析：选B 根据全文讨论的中心是孩子可知此处填children。
17．A.always B．even
C．only D．still
解析：选A 根据上文中的“things are still expensive”可知，父母并不“总是(always)”给孩子太多的零花钱。
18．A.life B．lesson
C．trouble D．reality
解析：选D 根据上文中的“There's never enough to do everything you want.”和下文中的“there's not enough to do anything at all”可知，作者在强调这个“现实(reality)”。
19．A.agree B．think
C．imagine D．remember
解析：选B 根据上文中的“some people see childhood as the best time in life”和“although”可知，作者提出一些人的观点后，在此表达自己的观点。因此填think。
20．A.right B．good
C．easy D．true
解析：选D 下文中的“choice and money bring responsibilities — which increase with age”是“真实的(true)”情况。
