【題目】 I was often told that God loved me. I wanted to believe that so much.
For nearly a ______ I was shuttled between adoptive families and group homes—14 of them. Some families were nice. Others were ______, like evils in a dark fairy tale. At the age of 12, I was finally ______, by Gay and Phil Courter, a couple with two adult sons. Gay said, “We lived for a ______, and we believe that reason is you.”
I’d been lied to by adults so many times in the past years. I wasn’t sure they ______ loved me. “There will be no ______. All those parents were pretty much the same,” I said to myself. I ______ to call them Mom and Dad. I was particular about the home-cooked meals Gay ______ prepared. I hid in my room as much as possible. I wanted to make them ______ so they’d show their true colors.
One Friday night in the eighth grade, I really ______ things to the limit. A neighborhood girl had persuaded me to ______ out of the house with her to meet some boys. I put Advil(鎮(zhèn)痛藥) in my parents’ drinks after dinner, ______ it would make them sleepy. Wow! I’d never seen them so ______. “Now they would surely send me back”, I thought. Instead they said. “Ashley, we are family, we have nowhere to send you back to, we must ______ this like a family.”
I ran in ______ to my bedroom, where I spent the weekend. Seeing how much I’d disappointed them made me ______. No one had ever cared for me like that. I didn’t deserve this ______.
Sunday night, Gay came into my room. She ______ down and kissed my cheek. “Love you, sweetie,” she said. For the first time ever, I kissed her back. “Love you too,” I said. That word-love-sounded so ______, yet felt so true. I was discovering that love is what makes a(n) ______.
【1】A.fortnightB.weekC.monthD.decade
【2】A.cruelB.madC.angryD.strange
【3】A.movedB.discoveredC.adoptedD.persuaded
【4】A.familyB.kindnessC.loveD.reason
【5】A.possiblyB.finallyC.trulyD.certainly
【6】A.pointB.choiceC.differenceD.evidence
【7】A.startedB.refusedC.wantedD.agreed
【8】A.happilyB.painstakinglyC.willinglyD.easily
【9】A.madB.relaxedC.contentD.shocked
【10】A.draggedB.provedC.pulledD.pushed
【11】A.runB.jumpC.slideD.break
【12】A.discoveringB.observingC.seeingD.thinking
【13】A.niceB.angryC.differentD.cruel
【14】A.deal withB.put downC.look throughD.write down
【15】A.joyB.tearsC.angerD.laughters
【16】A.ashamedB.annoyedC.excitedD.satisfied
【17】A.serviceB.honorC.honestyD.kindness
【18】A.bentB.tookC.putD.broke
【19】A.differentB.popularC.strangeD.familiar
【20】A.groupB.familyC.adultD.union