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.
小题1: | A.as | B.though | C.as if | D.even if |
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小题2: | A.dangerous | B.careful | C.calm | D.confident |
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小题3: | A.difficulty | B.shyness | C.secret | D.weight |
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小题4: | A.unhappily | B.lonely | C.separately | D.alone |
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小题5: | A.could | B.must | C.should | D.need |
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小题6: | A.broken | B.worsened | C.damaged | D.destroyed |
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小题7: | A.pay | B.spend | C.afford | D.offer |
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小题8: | A.family | B.everyday | C.medical | D.school |
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小题9: | A.lost | B.nervous | C.disappointed | D.worried |
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小题10: | A.suffering | B.burden | C.pressure | D.sadness |
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小题11: | A.treated | B.cared | C.reacted | D.feared |
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小题12: | A.different | B.nervous | C.sensitive | D.cruel |
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小题13: | A.moved | B.retreated | C.returned | D.recovered |
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小题14: | A.leaving | B.keeping | C.stopping | D.preventing |
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小题15: | A.uneasy | B.unabsorbed | C.unprepared | D.uncomfortable |
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小题16: | A.due | B.relaxing | C.profound | D.final |
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小题17: | A.Curious | B.Strange | C.Terrified | D.Sad |
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小题18: | A.encountered | B.visited | C.called | D.contracted |
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小题19: | A.lucky | B.dramatic | C.romantic | D.magical |
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小题20: | A.anyone | B.someone | C.nobody | D.none |
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