Comparing is competition’s twin. Comparing yourself to others is 1 but bad news. Why? Because we’re all on different 2 timetable. Since we all bake 3 , we shouldn’t keep opening the oven door to see how 4 our cake is rising compared to our neighbor’s 5 our own cake won’t rise at all.

My problem began when I 6 the high school. Most of the kids in my high school had money. And how you 7 was everything. The big question was who is wearing what today? There were even some 8 rules about clothes such as never wear the same thing twice. Brand names and expensive jeans were a 9 . You had to have every color every style.

I began to feel 10 . A voice said to me “Why can’t you look like her?” “ 11 you’re so fat?” Although I wasn’t fat; I was so 12 of being fat. It soon became a big part of my life. I started throwing 13 thirty to forty times a day. It was my secret. I couldn’t tell my parents because I didn’t want to let them 14 .

Finally the situation worsened. While I was on 15 performing in a play, I suddenly 16 Waking up in the dressing room, I found my mom at my side. “I need help,” I whispered.

17 that I had a problem was the first step to my recovery. Looking back now, I can’t believe I got myself into that 18 of mind. I had everything I needed to be happy 19 I was so miserable. I want to shout out to the world, “Don’t ever do this to 20 .It’s not worth it.”

1．A．everything B．anything C．nothing D．something

2．A．development B．duty C．improvement D．living

1,3,5

3．A．particularly B．differently C．similarly D．carefully

4．A．slow B．well C．rapidly D．properly

5．A．though B．however C．or D．when

6．A．entered B．found C．joined D．left

7．A．acted B．studied C．dressed D．ate

8．A．simple B．well-known C．unforgettable D．unspoken

9．A．must B．sign C．symbol D．note

10．A．special B．tired C．self-conscious D．self-confident

11．A． When B．Because C．If only D．How come