It was a number of years ago, when I was twelve, I found __1__ just lying around her __2__ room.That day I read each line with growing __3__ and horror.I couldn't believe that woman who fed me as a baby and read me fairy tales had written this.I will never forget the first line I read: "They all want to take me away and __4__ me！"

　　__5__ I thought of the other day, when she was __6__ around the house.I was sitting at the dining room table with my grandmother, working on a five­thousand­piece puzzle (拼图) that takes a __7__ to solve.Suddenly, the front door was violently thrown open.My mother ran in screaming at the top of her lungs.

　　Then she ran into the room and shoved (推) our puzzle off the table, smashing it into the five thousand pieces we had __8__.It scared me.__9__， something was __10__ my mother.

　　My __11__ ended then, when the doctor told me she had hallucinations (幻想症)．I started to understand that her illness wasn't something I could __12__.That was when I realized that other kids always __13__ she was different when they came over to play.

　　I always wondered __14__ I could do but there is no solution.But dealing with my mother has given me a different outlook on life.I try not to __15__ my problems.If my mom starts making strange remarks, I leave the room and call someone.Just __16__ is one of the best relaxing ways in the world.If there's no one to talk to, I __17__ the violin or some other hobbies to forget about things for a time.

　　As I think about the past, I see that Mom was __18__ an entire life.Thankfully, I haven't been.To me, each day is just one piece of the __19__， one piece among the thousands we spend our lives putting together, hoping it won't __20__.

1．A.them B．thoseC．it D．myself

2．A.empty B．strangeC．clear D．messy

3．A.joy B．astonishment C．doubt D．happiness

4．A.protect B．comfort C．kill D．confirm

5．A.Yet B．Then C．However D．Though

6．A.nervous B．relaxed C．angry D．surprised

7．A.lifetime B．day C．minute D．moment

8．A.prepared B．made C．begun with D．looked for

9．A.Luckily B．Even C．Still D．Obviously

10．A.wrong with B．connected with C．cautious about D．worried about

11．A.hard time B．childhood C．bad luck D．memories

12．A.forgive B．miss C．ignore D．overcome

13．A.felt B．heard C．hoped D．expected

14．A.where B．when C．which D．what

15．A.depend on B．face C．concentrate on D．calculate

16．A.waiting B．talking C．singing D．smiling

17．A.buy B．play C．talk with D．turn to

18．A.devoted to B．charged with C．led to D．robbed of

19．A.toy B．puzzle C．page D．journal

20．A.fall apart B．come up C．come off D．fall over

四、语法填空

　　Is there such a thing as being "over­protective"？

　　I can honestly say that my answer to that question 1.________ (change) dramatically (戏剧性地) since I became a parent.

　　Before the birth of my daughter, I taught at 2.________ private school, often viewing my students as over­protected, worrying 3.________ would happen when they went on to middle schools.

　　Some did well, and some did not.Some needed constant pats on the back, words of 4.________ (inspire) and extra support, which I 5.________ (happy) gave.Others were content on their own, needing little 6.________ no interaction (互动) with their teacher.

I'd always supposed their parents were over­protective, for they were the ones that still walked their 7.________ (five) graders into the classroom and met them at the