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(2017·江苏卷)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__1__chasing the same thing.
One year,through a series of unhappy events,it all fell__2__.I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and $56.I__3__the countryside for some place I could rent for the__4__possible amount.I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road__5__the Potomac River in West Virginia.It was__6__,full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the owner,rented it,and__7__a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me,__8__slowly,they started teaching me the__9__of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets,candles,and tools,and began__10__around to chat.They started to teach me a belief in a__11__American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of__12__.
What I have believed in,all those things I thought were__13__for a civilized life,were nonexistent in this place.__14__on the mountain,my most valuable possessions were my__15__with my neighbors.
Four years later,I moved back into__16__.I saw many people were having a really hard time,__17__their jobs and homes.I managed to rent a big enough house to__18__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__19__if we hadn't banded together.
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