6、It was a warm evening and David Fajgenbaum, the 18-year-old freshman had just finished his first football practice at Georgetown University．He   1  his parents, letting them know how well things were going．   2  , in a soft voice, his father said, “Son, your mom has brain cancer．”

“I went from being happier than I’d ever been to total  3   ,” says David．Rushing home, he   4  he was dropping out of college to support his mother through her illness．But Anna Marie Fajgenbaum, just 52 years old,   5   her son return to Georgetown．

David threw himself into his studies and grew increasingly  6  , feeling he was the only person on campus with a  7   parent．One October evening when David was home visiting, Anna Marie woke up  8   ．She was anxiousabout David and his two sisters．

“Mom, I’m going to be   9  ,” David assured her．“And I’m going to help other kids cope with  10  ．” A smile spread   11  his mother’s face．He  12   a support group called Ailing Mothers and Fathers－based on his mom’ initials, AMF．

 13  Anna Marie died later that month, David started hearing from friends who’d never even known his mom was  14 ．Some had gone through the same experience．He invited five students who’d lost   15  or friends to his apartment to talk．They  16  to meet every other week and   17 what they were going through．They participated in the Ironman 10K for cancer research, walked to battle ALS, and ran to   18  lung cancer．

Now the support group has 2,000   19   on 23 campuses．“This organization,” says David, “is about one thing: being there for one another．  20   I see those initials, AMF, I see my mom．I know she would have liked that．”

1．A．called                B．visited             C．a(chǎn)mazed        D．challenged

2．A．Firstly                B．Finally           C．Silently             D．Generally

3．A．failure             B．embarrassment  C．shock              D．a(chǎn)wareness

4．A．demanded          B．concluded         C．promised        D．a(chǎn)nnounced

5．A．insisted               B．suggested        C．recommended    D．preferred

6．A．a(chǎn)nnoyed           B．confused         C．isolated        D．pressed

7．A．sick              B．cruel            C．strict                D．single

8．A．laughing             B．weeping           C．lying                D．walking

9．A．crazy                B．upset                   C．curious           D．okay

10．A．loneliness           B．panic             C．loss                 D．puzzle

11．A．a(chǎn)cross             B．beyond          C．in                 D．from

12．A．tried on            B．decided on       C．carried on         D．a(chǎn)cted on

13．A．Although           B．Until               C．Since              D．When

14．A．serious                B．a(chǎn)nxious          C．ill                        D．a(chǎn)wful

15．A．fathers            B．relatives          C．mothers             D．teachers

16．A．a(chǎn)greed              B．chose            C．refused            D．struggled

17．A．debate              B．share             C．consult              D．discover

18．A．predict              B．survive            C．defeat              D．prevent

19．A．a(chǎn)ssistants            B．candidates         C．a(chǎn)pplicants          D．participants 

20．A．By the time       B．Every time         C．Next time         D．The first time