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16．The present situation has somesimilarity （similar） to that of the 1970s．分析 目前的情况跟二十世纪七十年代那时的有点相似之处．
解答 10．similarity，根据some后面修饰名词，因此使用形容词similar"相似的"的名词形式similarity．
点评 对于单词填空这种题，要分析句子意思，再从结构上和意义上对答案进行确定．
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I've never had an ear infection（感染）or even an earache in my（21）Blife，yet over the next few days，I felt a dull and sometimes sharp pain in my ear-especially when sleeping on my（22）Aside．
Over the weekend，I tried to use a Q-Tip（棉签）on my left ear，but it wouldn't go in．It hurt a lot.23）D，I could still use these earbuds，because the left one was now noticeably（24）Cthan the right one．
I'm ashamed to25）Cthat it took me until Sunday to understand what now seems to have been obvious：The missing part of the earbud was（26）Ain my ear，thus the ear ached．
I just couldn't believe it was in my ear because I could27）Djust fine．I wasn't in that much pain，（28）Bnot all the time．I asked my Facebook friends if such a thing was（29）A：Could I really have a piece of rubber in my ear and not really（30）Bit？Friends all suggested that I need medical attention as soon as possible．One said he was nearly deaf in one ear，due to not dealing with an ear injury（31）Denough．
With that in mind，I walked unwillingly to the clinic（诊所）on Monday night．Sure enough，the nurse found the earbud tip in my left ear．Three times，she tried to dig it out，causing much（32）C．Three times，she failed，before the clinic sent me home33）Aa note suggesting I see an ENT（ear，nose，and throat）specialist as soon as possible．
So I（34）Can ENT clinic this morning-with no small amount of nervousness after what I'd gone through last night．However，I was in excellent hands．The doctor（35）Bme I had nothing to worry about．
After taking a photo of the earbud tip，he had another doctor remove it．It took only three seconds，and was totally painless．Victory at last!
I've never had an ear infection（感染）or even an earache in my（21）Blife，yet over the next few days，I felt a dull and sometimes sharp pain in my ear-especially when sleeping on my（22）Aside．
Over the weekend，I tried to use a Q-Tip（棉签）on my left ear，but it wouldn't go in．It hurt a lot.23）D，I could still use these earbuds，because the left one was now noticeably（24）Cthan the right one．
I'm ashamed to25）Cthat it took me until Sunday to understand what now seems to have been obvious：The missing part of the earbud was（26）Ain my ear，thus the ear ached．
I just couldn't believe it was in my ear because I could27）Djust fine．I wasn't in that much pain，（28）Bnot all the time．I asked my Facebook friends if such a thing was（29）A：Could I really have a piece of rubber in my ear and not really（30）Bit？Friends all suggested that I need medical attention as soon as possible．One said he was nearly deaf in one ear，due to not dealing with an ear injury（31）Denough．
With that in mind，I walked unwillingly to the clinic（诊所）on Monday night．Sure enough，the nurse found the earbud tip in my left ear．Three times，she tried to dig it out，causing much（32）C．Three times，she failed，before the clinic sent me home33）Aa note suggesting I see an ENT（ear，nose，and throat）specialist as soon as possible．
So I（34）Can ENT clinic this morning-with no small amount of nervousness after what I'd gone through last night．However，I was in excellent hands．The doctor（35）Bme I had nothing to worry about．
After taking a photo of the earbud tip，he had another doctor remove it．It took only three seconds，and was totally painless．Victory at last!
| 21．A．future | B．whole | C．public | D．private |
| 22．A．left | B．other | C．opposite | D．different |
| 23．A．Naturally | B．Obviously | C．Terribly | D．Strangely |
| 24．A．lighter | B．bigger | C．shorter | D．thicker |
| 25．A．guess | B．agree | C．admit | D．remind |
| 26．A．stuck | B．stopped | C．placed | D．saved |
| 27．A．rest | B．sleep | C．play | D．hear |
| 28．A．at most | B．at least | C．at last | D．at first |
| 29．A．possible | B．funny | C．common | D．special |
| 30．A．report | B．notice | C．take | D．move |
| 31．A．carefully | B．suddenly | C．patiently | D．quickly |
| 32．A．sadness | B．danger | C．discomfort | D．change |
| 33．A．with | B．for | C．in | D．on |
| 34．A．introduced | B．checked | C．approached | D．considered |
| 35．A．blamed | B．promised | C．warned | D．guided |