B
Since I was 12 years old, I've suffered from a condition called Compulsive Hair Pulling(强迫性拔毛癖). The physical destruction was severe, but the emotional __1__ was worse. When I was young, no one, __2__ my doctor, knew how to help me. I was alone.
Growing up, I didn't __3__ anywhere and I suffered great shame knowing I'd brought this __4__ upon myself. My hands seemed to have a __5__ of their own. “What's wrong with me?” I'd often wonder. Sometimes, people asked about my __6__ of eyelashes(睫毛) and eyebrows. I was lonely, but I kept people at a distance. However, each night, __7__ I fell asleep, I'd pray to God to send someone who __8__.
Then when I was 25, I read a letter from a mom whose child suffered from the same illness. I could __9__ believe my eyes. After all these years, I discovered, I was not __10__ .
At that moment, my journey for __11__ began. I took small __12__ at first-telling only a few friends. Some of them tried to understand. Then, they began to __13__ their secrets with me. I learned to see __14__ the way God saw me, someone __15__ love.
One day, my __16__ happened. A friend called with wonderful news. She just met a woman with Compulsive Hair Pulling-someone just like me. She gave me her phone number. I was __17__. I quickly dialed, and from the minute Christina answered, we began to chat like old friends, both thrilled to find someone who understood our pain. We __18__ to meet soon, only to find we lived just two blocks away. We immediately __19__ our phones, and in the dark of night, ran outside to the nearby park in our pajamas, __20__ we hugged, cried and talked for hours, l felt I'd just met my long lost twin, someone who understood my pain and struggles.
Yes, it was true. I was not alone.
1. A. conflict B. threat
C. damage D. puzzle
2. A. including B. except
C. beyond D. but
3. A. belong to B. fit in
C. come up D. fall over
4. A. shyness B. pain
C. anger D. tiredness
5. A. decision B. solution
C. mind D. conclusion
6. A. color B. shape
C. recovery D. lack
7. A. after B. before
C. if D. though
8. A. understood B. missed
C. thought D. listened
9. A. never B. hardly
C. seldom D. rarely
10. A. ill B. weak
C. sad D. alone
11. A. healing B. praying
C. searching D. longing
12. A. efforts B. suggestions
C. steps D. walks
13. A. share B. betray
C. sell D. keep
14.A. them B. everyone
C. anyone D. myself
15.A. wasting B. deserving
C. giving D. refusing
16.A. illness B. symptom
C. prediction D. miracle
17.A. peaceful B. surprised
C. overjoyed D. cold
18.A. went B. ran
C. planned D. imagined
19.A. dialed B. exchanged
C. fell D. dropped
20.A. where B. when
C. how D. why
【语篇解读】 “我”在12岁的时候得了一种“强迫性拔毛癖”的怪病，觉得自己既孤单又自卑。在“我”25岁时，当“我”得知有人和“我”一样患有这种病的时候，“我”觉得自己并不孤单并开始治疗。
1.解析：下文表示“我”年轻的时候，没有人知道怎么帮助“我”，故此处指“我”身体上受到的伤害很严重，心理上的伤害更为严重。此处和前面的“destruction”应是同义词，故选C项。conflict“冲突”;threat“威胁”;puzzle“困惑”。
答案：C
2.解析：根据空格前面的“no one”可知，包括“我”的医生在内没有人知道怎么帮助“我”，故选A项。except“除了”;beyond“超出……的范围”;but“除……以外”。
答案：A
3.解析：根据空格后面的“I suffered great shame”可知，长大后，“我”任何地方都适应不了。fit in“适应”，符合语境。belong to“属于”;come up“出现”;fall over“倒下”。
答案：B
4.解析：这样的痛苦(pain)是“我”自作自受，故选B项。bring sth. upon oneself表示“自作自受”。
答案：B
5.解析：根据上文提到的强迫性拔毛癖这种疾病可知，此处表示，“我”的手看起来好像有自己的思想，故选C项。
答案：C
6.解析：根据强迫性拔毛癖的症状可知，人们会问“我”缺少的睫毛和眉毛，故选D项。color“颜色”;shape“形状”;recovery“恢复”;lack“缺乏”。
答案：D
7.解析：根据生活常识可知应是在睡觉之前(before)祈祷，故选B项。
答案：B
8.解析：根据上下文的内容可知，“我”觉得自己非常孤单，故这里是在祈祷上帝能送给“我”一个理解“我”的人。understand“理解”;miss“错过”;think“想”;listen“听”。
答案：A
9.解析：“我”觉得自己很孤单，认为不幸的人只有“我”一个人，所以当看到这封信，得知有人和“我”患有一样的疾病的时候，“我”几乎不能相信自己的眼睛，故选B项。never“从不”;hardly“几乎不”;seldom“很少”;rarely“很少”。
答案：B
10.解析：经过了这些年，“我”发现自己并不孤单，最后一段中的“I was not alone”也是提示。故选D项。
答案：D
11.解析：“我”开始治病了，故选A项。heal“医治”，符合语境。
答案：A
12.解析：根据空格后面的“telling only a few friends”可知，开始的时候，“我”采取了一些小措施，故选C项。
答案：C
13.解析：在“我”告诉他们“我”的疾病之后，他们开始和“我”分享他们的秘密，故选A项。
答案：A
14.解析：“我”学着用上帝看待“我”的方式来看待“我”自己——“我”是一个值得被爱的人。故选D项。
答案：D
15.解析：参见上题解析。deserve表示“应得，应受到”。
答案：B
16.解析：有一天，奇迹发生了，故选D项。illness“疾病”;symptom“症状”;prediction“预测”;miracle“奇迹”。
答案：D
17.解析：根据上下文内容可知，“我”此时非常开心，故选C项。peaceful“和平的，平静的”;surprised“惊奇的”;overjoyed“极为高兴的，十分开心的”;cold“寒冷的”。
答案：C
18.解析：我们打算尽快见面，故选C项。
答案：C
19.解析：根据前文中的“I quickly dialed...”和后文中的“and in the dark of night, ran outside to the nearby park in our pajamas”可知，此处指我们放下了电话，出来见面了，故选D项。dial“打电话”;exchange“交换”;fall“跌落”;drop“放下”。
答案：D
20.解析：空处引导了一个定语从句，先行词是“the nearby park”，空处所填词在从句中作地点状语，故用where引导该定语从句。
答案：A
