1 . I was fifteen and a high school freshman when I started rapidly losing weight. I was about 130 pounds, and I was ________ ten pounds every couple of weeks. I couldn’t understand why I was always hungry, thirsty, and never ________.Every night I ________ five or six times, feeling like I had to go to the bathroom, but I never really had to. Finally, I decided to go to the hospital to ________ nothing bad was going on.
I remembered being ________ in the hospital, confused, hungry, and with an extremely ________ blood sugar level. The doctors and nurses thought I might pass out, so they injected me and told me the worst news I could have imagined— tests showed that I had Type 1 juvenile diabetes. I was so ________ that the only question I could think to ask was, “Am I going to die?” A nurse told me to go out, enjoy a meal with my family, and ________, because tomorrow my new, difficult life would begin.
I don’t remember what time I had to be at the hospital, ________ I know it was early. Three nurses, one dietician, and a doctor all trained me, over the course of two days, to ________ me. Every needle hurt, but in some way I began to feel ________ every time I was able to think about the needles without crying.
Now, nearly three years later, I still remember the ________ when the doctors told me I was a Type 1 diabetic. I’m ________ when I look back that I was able to be strong, and that my family and friends supported me. I’m now two months shy of eighteen. To this day, I have had 3,38 needle injections, but each of them helps me to remember I must be strong. ________, I am grateful for my disease—it has made me the person I am today, and I would never ________who I am.
1. A.keeping | B.carrying | C.dropping | D.measuring |
2. A.satisfied | B.frustrated | C.determined | D.stimulated |
3. A.stood up | B.woke up | C.dressed up | D.cheered up |
4. A.make out | B.make for | C.make sure | D.make up |
5. A.looked after | B.operated on | C.paid for | D.checked over |
6. A.swift | B.flat | C.high | D.average |
7. A.ashamed | B.annoyed | C.depressed | D.delighted |
8. A.recover | B.relax | C.escape | D.exercise |
9. 10. A.make fun of | B.make use of | C.take control of | D.take care of |
11. A.stronger | B.healthier | C.stranger | D.simpler |
12. A.message | B.dream | C.feeling | D.courage |
13. A.appreciated | B.appropriate | C.approximate | D.apparent |
14. A.Fortunately | B.Doubtfully | C.Naturally | D.Incredibly |
15. A.mind | B.recognize | C.shape | D.change |