2014高考英语（暑假基础训练（2）附答案
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Many adults see teens as energetic. Many of us see ourselves as proud. This thinking __1__ many adults and us to have the idea that if we can't handle school or __2__ life well，we are just not trying hard.
But in my opinion that may not be __3__.
Earlier this school year, I was leaving my class one Friday __4__ suddenly it __5__like I had pulled a muscle in my back. I knew I was ill.
After a few days I stopped eating. This meant I lost __6__ ；the clothes that I bought two weeks earlier began __7__ loose. This time my parents got scared.
__8__，I started sleeping less. My eyelids(眼皮)were constantly __9__ .
I refused to __10__ that I was ill. I kept my job working 25 hours a week in a shop；I didn't __11__ any classes. When I was hurting, I didn't mind and kept on going. __12__ it kills you, it makes you stronger, right?
But now I find myself thinking. Is it __13__ it? I'm taking the classes and working for the newspaper because it does good __14__ college applications. And I'm working 25 hours a week so that，once I get into my dream school，I can __15__ it.
Here I am, already sick from the __16__ of work I'm doing in and out of school. So，what good is a(n) __17__ application if I'm badly ill? What is the __18__ of doing this work if I can't enjoy the results?
