10 . It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by     1     . I was taken to a small room. Lina     2    (lie)sleeping quietly on a table. This wasn’t     3      first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours     4      the poison had stopped doing its harm.

I sat down by Lina’s side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around    5    . “I’m sure I’ve been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room that I gave birth     6      Lina seventeen years ago.    7      happy I was then!

Lina used to be such a bright,    8    (health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her    9    (take)dope to destroy themselves? There must be something    10    (serious) wrong with our society. What is it?”