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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