高中英语阅读理解和完型填空综合训练.pptVIP

I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994 but I can remember my mother’s words ________ it were yesterday: “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be _________ when you are around him. AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived ______. For a while he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his _________ worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it _______ to me to look after him. We couldn’t _______ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had not money for school_________ and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I ______ sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to how I was going to _______. I did not _______my burden with anyone, I had seen ______ people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents ______ the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses _______ his on the bedside table even though he was too weak to ______ himself. I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of ________ his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his ______ days. ______and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours .I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life . I was 15 when my father ______. He took his ______ away with him. having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, ______ me , he didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do. * * as if careful alone condition fell afford supplies would manage share how with leave feed keeping final Sad died secret even Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you can _____ both at the sa