"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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