When I was nine , my father was ill.I can remember my mother’s words ___16___ it were yesterday: “Kerrel, Your father has AIDS.Be very ____17___ when you are around him.”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up.From then on, I knew that this would be a family ___18___.My parents were not together anymore, and Dad lived ___19___.For a while, he____20__ take care of himself.But when I was 12, his condition__21____.My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t___22____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for ___23____ supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner.I would sit in class feeling completely ___24____, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my ___25___ with anyone.I had seen how people ___26___ to AIDS.Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease.And even adults could be ___27__.When my father was __28____to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of __29____ his condition a secret.I was completely __30____when he reached his ___31___ days.__32___  and hopeless, I __33___ a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support.That day, she kept me on the phone for hours.I was so __34____to find someone who cared.She saved my life.

I was 15 when my father died.He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to___35____, even me.He didn’t want to call  attention to AIDS.I do.

1.                A.as             B.though         C.as if  D.even if

 

2.                A.dangerous      B.careful         C.calm D.confident

 

3.                A.difficulty        B.shyness         C.secret    D.weight

 

4.                A.unhappily       B.lonely          C.separately D.alone

 

5.                A.could          B.must           C.should   D.need

 

6.                A.broken         B.worsened       C.damaged  D.destroyed

 

7.                A.pay            B.spend          C.afford    D.offer

 

8.                A.family          B.everyday        C.medical   D.school

 

9.                A.lost            B.nervous        C.disappointed   D.worried

 

10.               A.suffering       B.burden         C.pressure  D.sadness

 

11.               A.treated         B.cared          C.reacted   D.feared

 

12.               A.different       B.nervous        C.sensitive   D.cruel

 

13.               A.moved         B.retreated       C.returned  D.recovered

 

14.               A.leaving         B.keeping        C.stopping   D.preventing

 

15.               A.uneasy         B.unabsorbed     C.unprepared    D.uncomfortable

 

16.               A.due           B.relaxing        C.profound  D.final

 

17.               A.Curious        B.Strange         C.Terrified   D.Sad

 

18.               A.encountered    B.visited         C.called D.contracted

 

19.               A.lucky          B.dramatic        C.romantic  D.magical

 

20.               A.anyone         B.someone       C.nobody   D.none

 

 

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