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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When you are five years old, your mother is your everything. She is your______ , friend, nurse; the only person you rely on ______with your hopes, dreams, and wishes. But for me, this was not the case.

My mother suffered from ______ problems that would keep her in bed for days, leaving me to care for her and look after myself. This situation ______ me to grow up much faster. While I knew my mother was sick, I felt deep down that we could ______ it and everything would be okay. ______ , in 1997 everything went terribly wrong, and my life changed forever.

Adoption is a______ word to a five-year-old, but when I realized that my own mother had signed me over to ______, I felt it was the worst betrayal. I suffered from shock, anger, and confusion as I attempted to adjust to my new family. No longer could I trust anyone since the person I had loved more than all else had______me. Hearing people tell me that she did it in my best interest, I felt it even more ______ . I could not forgive her and always______ how she could reject me like an old sofa.

However, the more I got older, the more I began to understand how______ our situation had been. We had been ______ on boxes of noodles, and at one point we ______ lived in our car. I was once passed from drug-addicted cousins to mentally unstable neighbors as my mother ______ to try and save me from what our lives were becoming______ each day passed.

______ recently have I began to understand why my mother gave me to strangers. ______ , she really did save me. She loved me more than anything, so she wanted me to have a chance in life, ______ she could no longer offer me. I now know my life has been a special ______ only because she was selfless enough to give me up.

1.A. hostess B. candidate C. provider D. colleague

2.A. mainly B. completely C. gradually D. occasionally

3.A. moral B. social C. psychological D. physical

4.A. inspired B. convinced C. motivated D. forced

5.A. stick to B. flee from C. decide on D. get through

6.A. Otherwise B. Meanwhile C. However D. Therefore

7.A. familiar B. negative C. simple D. foreign

8.A. cousins B. servicemen C. neighbors D. strangers

9.A. applied B. abandoned C. allocated D. avoided

10.A. unavailable B. unfortunate C. unbelievable D. unacceptable

11.A. imagined B. wondered C. remembered D. questioned

12.A. ridiculous B. urgent C. hopeless D. complex

13.A. focusing B. working C. acting D. surviving

14.A. also B. even C. still D. yet

15.A. fought B. learnt C. hesitated D. tended

16.A. with B. before C. as D. once

17.A. Until B. Specially C. Only D. Especially

18.A. In the long run B. Time and again C. For quite a while D. All at once

19.A. that B. one C. the one D. what

20.A. gift B. fact C. test D. deal

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