第二节 完型填空(共20小题;满分20分)
I was a rotten teenager, sharp-tongued and eager to control others. I told lies. At an early age that I could make things 36 my way with just a few small changes. The writers for today’s hottest soap opera could not have created a 37 character than me.
I don’t know how long it took me to realize how I was 38 so many others. Not only did I succeed in 39 many of my closest friends by trying to control them; I also managed to destroy the most 40 relationship in my life; my relationship with my mother.
My mother, who gave birth to me at age 38 41 her doctor’s wishes, would cry to me, “I waited so long for you. Don’t ignore my help!” I would reply 42 , “I never wanted you to care about me! Leave me alone and forget I 43 lived!”
My mother began to believe I really 44 it. Like many young girls in high school, the boys whom I knew were 45 were always the first ones I had to date. I would try to find any way to draw attention to myself 46 at the same time trying to be invisible. I had also been 47 into drugs then to change my personality. My only pleasure was to make people feel 48 .
But then I asked 49 why. Why the need to hurt? Why the attacks on my mother? I would drive myself mad with all the whys until one day, I couldn’t 50 it any longer and jump from a car moving at 80 miles per hour.
Lying awake the following night at the hospital, I saw my mother’s pained face-warm, tired brown 51 filled with nothing but thanks for her daughter’s rebirth of life.
52 all the horrible things I did to her, she still loved me. I cried and asked why. She just looked down at me and said frankly, “I don’t know.”
53 love is the most precious gift we can give. Being 54 for the past is the most precious gift we can receive. I want to 20 the gift my mother gave me to all the “rotten teenagers” in the world.
36.A.go B.come C.turn D.feel
37.A.better B.worse C.happier D.cleverer
38.A.loving B.hating C.hurting D.shocking
39.A.putting off B.breaking into C.keeping up D.pushing away
40.A.curious B.precious C.nervous D.obvious
41.A.against B.for C.according to D.with
42.A.gently B.suddenly C.sharply D.unwillingly
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44.A.said B.knew C.hoped D.meant
45.A.available B.possible C.impossible D.believable
46.A. when B.while C.and D.or
47.A.heavy B.easy C.difficult D.fast
48.A.fright B.confusion C.excitement D.pain
49.A.myself B.my mother C.my friend D.my father
50.A.explain B.control C.stand D.accept
51.A.gestures B.faces C.eyes D.feelings
52.A.Since B.Although C.Though D.Despite
53.A.Unconditional B.Slow C.Quick D.True
54.A.loved B.forgiven C.hated D.forgotten
55.A.tell B.provide C.supply D.extend