A few weeks ago, our dog, which we had kept for more than ten years, had to be put down. First, a tumor on her stomach got worse, and she was very
36 . Then, the pain in her back got so bad that sometimes she
37 lie down in the middle of a walk and couldn't take another
38 .
When I first found out, l was very sad and cried a lot. She was more like a sister to me than a
39 .But I was also angry at my stepfather,Steve,who told us the
40 a week after it happened. He 41 because he didn' t want to worry us, and he didn't want me to get depressed(抑郁的) and fail my exams. I just thought she was
42 at the animals' hospital.
I think you know all the
43 that went through my head: She was my dog！Why didn't he tell us earlier? I didn't even get to say goodbye.
People in my family have a
44 of keeping things from me to protect me, such as only telling me that my aunt had cancer
45 she had already improved health. All I could think was: Not again !
I
46 to my mum, and she said， “I know. I'm
47 , too.” I opened my mouth to shout. And then she added, “I'm so angry with Steve that he had to
48 through all this on his own.”Hearing my mum's words, I shut up my mouth. I had been so
49 on myself. I hadn't thought about
50 Steve was going through. That dog was his baby. He'd had her for longer than he'd had us—and he had to make the decision to
51 her life, and then kept in silence for an entire
52 . All my anger melted away, and all I felt was
53 .
It makes me realize that we focus so much on ourselves that we
54 the pain of others. At that moment, my mum's words were an incredible
55 that I'll never forget.
| 小题1: | | A．lazy | B．lonely | C．painful | D．shameful |
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| 小题2: | | A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
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| 小题3: | | A．walk | B．step | C．foot | D．breath |
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| 小题5: | | A．plan | B．accident | C．anecdote | D．truth |
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| 小题6: | | A．lied | B．waited | C．reflected | D．hesitated |
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| 小题7: | | A．still | B．once | C．even | D．never |
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| 小题8: | | A．facts | B．opinions | C．thoughts | D．doubts |
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| 小题9: | | A．story | B．secret | C．habit | D．hobby |
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| 小题10: | | A．until | B．before | C．while | D．after |
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| 小题11: | | A．adjusted | B．turned | C．contributed | D．related |
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| 小题12: | | A．angry | B．shocked | C．guilty | D．abused |
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| 小题13: | | A．break | B．go | C．look | D．push |
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| 小题14: | | A．focused | B．hooked | C．dependent | D．hard |
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| 小题15: | | A．that | B．where | C．what | D．which |
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| 小题16: | | A．save | B．expand | C．make | D．end |
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| 小题17: | | A．year | B．month | C．week | D．day |
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| 小题18: | | A．regret | B．blame | C．sorrow | D．sympathy |
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| 小题19: | | A．shared | B．ignored | C．reminded | D．rid |
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| 小题20: | | A．comfort | B．compromise | C．gift | D．suggestion |
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