完形填空。
Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett's jeans and shirt full of
burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I__1__to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had__2__.
He often got almost everything in the house out of__3__.Many windows in our house needed
repair due to his breaking__4__to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none
of this could compare to the emotional__5__Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt
with Brett as__6__as possible, but inside I was shouting,"I don't want him in my house another
day, Lord! I just can't__7__him!" Having wiped my tears, I continued__8__him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所)．After that, my husband
and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping__9__teens.At the__10__ceremony, each
graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had__11__the most to him or her.
Brett spoke__12__to his parents and then spoke to me, "You did so much. You were always
there, no matter__13__.My mom and dad, I am their kid. But you,__14__troubled enough by me,
always__15__me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it."
__16__,I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me__17__.
At that moment, tears__18__in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for__19__.
Although I had struggled with silent__20__toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love
is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love
them.
(     )1.A.sat
(     )2.A.lost
(     )3.A.order
(     )4.A.off
(     )5.A.pain
(     )6.A.patiently
(     )7.A.forgive
(     )8.A.feeding
(     )9.A.lazy
(     )10.A.opening
(     )11.A.afforded
(     )12.A.lovingly
(     )13.A.where
(     )14.A.although
(     )15.A.cost
(     )16.A.Astonished
(     )17.A.surely
(     )18.A.fell
(     )19.A.pity
(     )20.A.love

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