13. The smartphone _____ to be the best ever, users all over the world claim they love it.

A. is judged B. judged C. having judged D. to be judged

14. When the famous pianist turns thirty, he ______ the piano for more than twenty years.

A. plays B. will play C. has been playing D. will have been playing

15. ---Why don't you share the bill and go Dutch?

---I couldn't possibly allow it. _______.

A. You asked for it B. It's on me C. You name it D. It's a deal

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)

　　请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

　　My parents are from South Africa, and I'm a vegetarian, which no one in my small hometown in Washington understood. I always felt 16 from everybody else at school. As hard as I tried to keep myself 17 , I started getting bullied(霸凌). I 18 who I was, wore really plain clothes, and tied up my bright red hair and 19 I wouldn't attract as much attention. Eventually, I 20 to an arts high school, which was much more 21 . There, I felt brave enough to show off the unique sides of my 22 and made friends who loved me for who I was.

　　More recently, I've 23 with confidence in my skin. When I moved to L. A., I started getting bad cystic acne(痤疮). I didn't want to go outside, and if I had to, I would 24 makeup. I've learned that you can't 25 control your skin, but you can control how you treat yourself. When I tell myself I'm beautiful, or take a(n) 26 few minutes for skin care, I wake up the next morning feeling 27 .

　　A lot of Riverdale fans made the 28 that I was as mean as Cheryl when the show was first 29 , so I started a YouTube channel for them to get to know my true 30 . And so many of them ask for advice about how to 31 bullying. Playing a 32 girl has helped me see the reasons I was bullied. I tell them, whoever is treating you that way is 33 something, and it has nothing to do with you. Like for Cheryl, every time her 34 erupts, it has to do with how she's feeling about herself rather than the other characters. Cheryl behaves in a way that 35 her wealth and upbringing, a privileged daughter of a businessman.

　　My motto: If you take care of yourself, you'll always feel confident and happy.

16. A. absent B. free C. distinct D. immune

17. A. active B. unique C. unnoticed D. ambitious

18. A. hid B. displayed C. remembered D. forgot

19. A. yet B. thus C. moreover D. meanwhile

20. A. submitted B. transported C. slipped D. transferred

21. A. persuasive B. inclusive C. expensive D. negative

22. A. hair B. origin C. personality D. identity

23. A. gone B. met C. started D. struggled

24. A. abuse B. absorb C. attach D. apply