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　　One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough．Perhaps you feel you won’t 　　1　　 others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you．Such thinking is misguided．The 　　2　　 of doing well is accepting yourself as you are．

　　When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with 　　3　　 memories．Some were painful memories from 　　4　　 when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure．I 　　5　　 pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred, 　　6　　 things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers．

　　Then a terrible thing happened．　　7　　 dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom(衣帽间)outside the campus dining hall．　　8　　 that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I 　　9　　 back, but it was gone．

　　Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it 　　10　　．A month later, I was 　　11　　 up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown 　　12　　 diary, just where I’d left it．

　　　　13　　 I read through the pages and found that a 　　14　　 had written the following, “God bless you．I’m 　　15　　 like you, only I 　　16　　 keep a diary, and I’m 　　17　　 to know there are others like me．I hope things turn out well for you．”

　　Tears came to my eyes．It had never dawned(开始为人所明白)on me that any one could know my inner feelings and also 　　18　　 things just like the way I did．

　　No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or average, attractive or 　　19　　, there are people like you．Discard(抛弃)your fears of not measuring up(符合期望), and 　　20　　 yourself as you are．

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Two weeks before Christmas, mother told me we were going to my grandmother’s house for the holiday．Grandma and Uncle Henry lived on a farm some 15 miles out of town．They had no electricity or running water and 　　1　　 what I considered the “good things” in life．They 　　2　　 made no plans for Christmas．When Christmas Eve arrived, mom told me in her best “I-mean-it” voice to 　　3　　 all the decorations(装饰物)from our tree．She packed those up, 　　4　　 all the trimmings(材料)for a 　　5　　 turkey dinner．

　　Christmas morning 　　6　　 perfectly, with the sun shining brightly across a fresh blanket of snow．　　7　　 I sulked(生气)silently in the backseat of the car as we made our 　　8　　 to grandma’s．This was going to be the 　　9　　 Christmas ever!

　　Grandma was 　　10　　 to see us as we walked up to her door．“What on earth are you doing here?” she stammered．“We weren’t expecting 　　11　　．It’s Christmas, and I don’t even have a turkey to cook for you．”“I knew 　　12　　,”Mom said as we set boxes of goodies on the kitchen table．“That’s 　　13　　 we brought one with us．”“We 　　14　　 have a tree,” Mom insisted．“　　15　　, what will we do with all these decorations?”

　　Uncle Henry quickly caught mom’s spirit．He called me to join him, and we found a perfect Christmas tree in the woods．Soon the house 　　16　　 fresh and piney as we decorated the tree, and the day 　　17　　 a festive air．The turkey dinner was very good, too．I was actually beginning to enjoy this unusual Christmas Day!

Dessert was forgotten 　　18　　 mom came out with the final surprise－a flaming(燃烧的)pudding!“Merry Christmas, mother,” Mom said．“Dear me!” Grandma gasped．“I haven’t seen a flaming pudding since I left England before I was married．”Tears of 　　19　　 filled her eyes．

　　I could not keep the tears 　　20　　 my eyes, either．I knew then that mom had also given me the best Christmas present ever－she had taught me what a beautiful thing it is to give．