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Amanda took whatever pills she could get，largely because she was finding life hard to take.“There were a lot of __1__，” she says.She had just found out that her parents were splitting.It took her __2__—and she was __3__.“I woke up one morning，and they told me.”
On a few __4__ during her two years of going to parties.“My heart would race so fast it felt like it was going to __5__.I felt weak and confused sometimes and __6__ passed out several times，” she recalls.“But I picked up from the ground __7__ I had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging.I was really __8__ about it and proud of the fact that I could take more than a lot of people.I could come home and have a __9__ with my parents.”
Finally，__10__，things got out of control.“I couldn't go a day without taking something，” she __11__，“and after a while，the pills __12__ my stomach;it hurt all the time，and I hardly ate.Finally，I couldn't __13__ it any more.I went to my parents and told them I needed help.”
Amanda entered a __14__ program and has been calm since her release last January.“Detox was the __15__ four days of my entire life，” she says.“I was throwing up all the __16__ and had the shakes.”
She doesn't __17__ drugs.“I'm so hurt from this，” says Amanda，who has ulcers and damaged kidneys from the drugs and alcohol.“I have to __18__ daily to stay calm.But in some ways，I feel lucky I __19__ it，and I'm out of it now.”Amanda wrote a song called “Goodnight to the Moonlight.” Amanda says，“It's about how it feels to be taking drugs and alcohol，how it __20__，how it makes you feel like you're losing yourself.”
Notes：
detox n.戒瘾 ②ulcer n.溃疡 ③kidney n.肾脏
【语篇解读】 Amanda因为吸毒导致身体出现各种不适，于是她到戒毒中心参加治疗。戒毒的过程艰难而痛苦，她从中也悟到了许多。
1.A.pills B.problems C.people D.work答案 B [联系上文的“she was finding life hard to take”可知，她的生活中出现了很多问题。]
2.A.by surprise B.by hands
C.with sadness D.over again
答案 A [take sb by surprise意思是“突如其来”，联系下文可知，一天早晨醒来，她的父母告诉她此事。]
3.A.angry B.anxious C.shocked D.frightened
答案 C [因为这一切来得突然，因此她震惊了。]
4.A.days B.weeks C.periods D.occasions
答案 D [联系空后的“her two years of going to parties”可知有很多“场合”。C有一定的干扰性，period指“一段时间”。]
5.A.beat B.stop C.explode D.rest
答案 C [联系空前的“My heart would race so fast”可知，她的心脏跳得太快，就像要爆炸一样。]
6.A.ever B.even C.already D.yet
答案 B [“passed out several times”是程度的加深，因此用even，表示“甚至有几次都昏倒了”。]
7.A.while B.so C.because D.although
答案 C [前后为因果关系，后面是前面的原因。]
8.A.crazy B.concerned C.anxious D.worried
答案 A [联系上文的“had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging”可知，最厉害的时候，她对毒品达到痴迷的程度。]
9.A.meal B.gathering
C.conversation D.meeting
答案 C [在吸食了毒品后她才感觉好受，回到家里可以与父母交谈。其他选项都不能表达毒品对她的巨大作用。]
10.A.therefore B.though C.then D.still
答案 B [上文叙述的是毒品带给自己的安慰，后面讲述的是毒品对自己的伤害，因此这里是转折。]
11.A.replies B.regrets C.phones D.recalls
答案 D [联系上下文可知，这是Amanda对过去经历的回忆。]
12.A.upset B.harmed C.filled D.knocked
答案 A [联系下文的“it hurt all the time，and I hardly ate”可知，毒品开始使肠胃不适，故选upset。]
13.A.know B.take C.eat D.see
答案 B [联系空前的“Finally”和空后的“anymore”可知，她再也不能忍受了。take在这里是 “忍受”的意思。]
14.A.TV B.show C.treatment D.talk
答案 C [联系下文“Detox was the __15__ four days of my entire life”可知，她参加了治疗计划。]
15.A.worst B.happiest C.luckiest D.best
答案 A [联系下文“I have to __18__(struggle) daily to stay calm.”可知，治疗的这四天是最糟糕的日子。]
16.A.medicine B.water C.food D.wine
答案 C [联系空前的“throwing up”可知，在治疗中心，她把吃的食物全部吐出了。]
17.A.rely on B.know about
C.think of D.care about
答案 D [联系下文她说的“I'm so hurt from this”可知，她对毒品万分痛恨，因此再也不喜欢它了。]
18.A.stand B.struggle C.exercise D.write
答案 B [联系空后的“to stay calm”可知，每天为了能保持安静，她要努力与毒品抗争。]
19.A.went through B.looked through C.put through D.put down
答案 A [联系下文“I'm out of it now”可知，她觉得自己很幸运，因为经历了这个痛苦，现在摆脱了毒品。go through指“经历艰难痛苦的事情”。]
20.A.feels B.wastes C.hurts D.affects
答案 C [最后一句讲述的是从开始吸毒到最后戒毒的过程，此空表达的是毒品带给她的伤害，因此用hurts。]
