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【2013北京】五、完形填空（共12分，每小题1分） 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A. B. C.D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 My stutter（口吃）had always been much of a problem. I’d had so many specialists for my______35______over the years. As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful（痛苦的）being a kid who stutters had been. It______36______hurt. “Hello! I’m Mrs. Claussen. I hear you’re from Texas!” “Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet. I really blew that ______37______. “Well,” she said with a _____38______smile. I’ve always liked Texas.” She turned out to be the best speech specialist I’ve ever had, not like those who told me to clap my hands while speaking. She was_____39______.She spent the first several weeks just talking to me?asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings. And she_____40______ . She then began to teach me about the speech. Not just about my speech, but about everybody’s. I______41______ in my old school and was a pretty good tenor（男高音）, but I learned that the new school’s singing group was all filled up. It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well - and I could do it_____42______stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen finally got me in the group. I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student. During the next two years, my speech didn’t get much better - except with her. When I was in college, things got worse. I once even wondered if I would ever be able to_____43_____! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone. When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs. Claussen had told me whether I could______44______ my speech was all up to me. She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech. She was right about that. I finally improved my speech greatly. Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wonderin