完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was
36 ．It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it
37 yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food
38 your father, because he has AIDS．Be very careful when you are around him．”
AIDS wasn’t
39 we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family
40 ．My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone．For a while, he could take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition worsened．My father’s
41 children lived far away, so it
42 to me to look after him．We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and
43 Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t
44 buy food for dinner．I would sit
45 feeling completely
46 , the teacher’s words muffled（压低）as I tried to figure out
47 I was going to manage．
I didn’t share my burden with anyone．I had seen how people reacted to AIDS．Kids __
48__ classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be cruel．When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was
__49__ weak to feed himself．I had known that he was going to die, _
_50__ after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days．Sad and __
51__, I _
_52__ a woman at the non-profit National AIDS Support．That day, she _
_53__ me on the phone for hours．I was so lucky 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 anyone, even me．He didn’t want to call attention to __
54__．I _
_55__．
| 小题2: | | A．were | B．was | C．had been | D．has been |
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| 小题4: | | A．anything | B．everything | C．something | D．all |
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| 小题5: | | A．secret | B．problem | C．trouble | D．matter |
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| 小题6: | | A．another | B．other | C．the other | D．others |
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| 小题7: | | A．came | B．fell | C．felt | D．turned |
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| 小题8: | | A．before | B．after | C．because | D．so |
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| 小题9: | | A．still | B．even | C．yet | D．already |
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| 小题10: | | A．at home | B．in the hospital | C．on the chair | D．in class |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．sad | C．puzzled | D．curious |
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| 小题12: | | A．what | B．where | C．how | D．when |
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| 小题13: | | A．laughed at | B．smiled at | C．played a joke about | D．made fun of |
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| 小题15: | | A．and | B．but | C．however | D．yet |
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| 小题16: | | A．hopeful | B．excited | C．disappointed | D．hopeless |
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| 小题17: | | A．visited | B．called | C．asked | D．advised |
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| 小题18: | | A．kept | B．told | C．spoke | D．talked |
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| 小题19: | | A．him | B．me | C．disease | D．AIDS |
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