I was a rotten teenager, sharp-tongued and eager to control others. I told lies. At an early age that I could make things 1 my way with just a few small changes. The writers for today’s hottest soap opera could not have created a 2 character than me.
I don’t know how long it took me to realize how I was 3 so many others. Not only did I succeed in 4 many of my closest friends by trying to control them; I also managed to destroy the most 5 relationship in my life; my relationship with my mother.
My mother, who gave birth to me at age 38 6 her doctor’s wishes, would cry to me, “I waited so long for you. Don’t ignore my help!” I would reply 7 , “I never wanted you to care about me! Leave me alone and forget I 8 lived!”
My mother began to believe I really 9 it. Like many young girls in high school, the boys whom I knew were 10 were always the first ones I had to date. I would try to find any way to draw attention to myself 11 at the same time trying to be invisible. I had also been 12 into drugs then to change my personality. My only pleasure was to make people feel 13 .
But then I asked 14 why. Why the need to hurt? Why the attacks on my mother? I would drive myself mad with all the whys until one day, I couldn’t 15 it any longer and jump from a car moving at 80 miles per hour.
Lying awake the following night at the hospital, I saw my mother’s pained face-warm, tired brown 16 filled with nothing but thanks for her daughter’s rebirth of life.
17 all the horrible things I did to her, she still loved me. I cried and asked why. She just looked down at me and said frankly, “I don’t know.”
18 love is the most precious gift we can give. Being 19 for the past is the most precious gift we can receive. I want to 20 the gift my mother gave me to all the “rotten teenagers” in the world.
1．A．go B．come C．turn D．feel
2．A．better B．worse C．happier D．cleverer
3．A．loving B．hating C．hurting D．shocking
4．A．putting off B．breaking into C．keeping up D．pushing away
5．A．curious B．precious C．nervous D．obvious
6．A．against B．for C．according to D．with
7．A．gently B．suddenly C．sharply D．unwillingly
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8．A．never B．ever C．already D．before
9．A．said B．knew C．hoped D．meant
10．A．available B．possible C．impossible D．believable
11．A． when B．while C．and D．or
12．A．heavy B．easy C．difficult D．fast
13．A．fright B．confusion C．excitement D．pain
14．A．myself B．my mother C．my friend D．my father
15．A．explain B．control C．stand D．accept
16．A．gestures B．faces C．eyes D．feelings
17．A．Since B．Although C．Though D．Despite
18．A．Unconditional B．Slow C．Quick D．True
19．A．loved B．forgiven C．hated D．forgotten
20．A．tell B．provide C．supply D．extend