"What's it like to have a gap between your teeth?" a girl asked me one day.
Nobody had ever
_. 36 _ before. My hand unconsciously rose to cover my mouth. But, as she looked at me, sincerely waiting for__
37__, 1 realized she was not trying to be rude. "I never think about it," I truthfully replied. She nodded and turned away. I was left wondering if people
_38__ me and saw only gappy teeth.
Later that day at home, I began to
__39 __ my teeth again. I felt upset. I thought my life would be somehow better if my teeth were not gappy. How I wanted the perfect teeth that everyone else seemed to have!
Of course, Mom
40 everything . She has lived her entire life with gappy teeth, and tried to convince me that there was nothing to __
41__. When I refused to listen, she told me I could get the surgery to close the gap if it was that important. "Let's be
42__, though," she said. "If everyone got surgeries to become pretty, everyone would be exactly the same. There is beauty in differences."
Her __
43__ made me consider my teeth seriously. The thought of losing my gap was more terrible than the reality that people were going to notice it. I realized how important it was to me. It is part of my
44 _.Nowadays many people do ridiculous things to realize their dream of "perfection." The_
_45_ is that no one is perfect. When all potential for ugliness is removed, so is all of the potential for
46__.So if that girl ever asked about my teeth
47___, I would truthfully answer. "You know? It's really cute."
小题1: | A.faced | B.guessed | C.asked | D.imagined |
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小题2: | A.an offer | B.an answer | C.a suggestion | D.a result |
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小题3: | A.heard of | B.thought of | C.talked about | D.looked at |
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小题4: | A.consider | B.brush | C.cover | D.appreciate |
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小题5: | A.admitted | B.noticed | C.controlled | D.changed |
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小题6: | A.worry about | B.put off | C.give up | D.wipe out |
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小题7: | A.friendly | B.lovely | C.honest | D.helpful |
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小题8: | A.words | B.jokes | C.dreams | D.acts |
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小题9: | A.ability | B.decision | C.goal | D.identity |
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小题10: | A.possibility | B.purpose | C.truth | D.choice |
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小题11: | A.courage | B.wisdom | C.kindness | D.beauty |
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小题12: | A.once | B.again | C.too | D.instead |
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