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⾼考英语资料之⾼考英语题型击破完型填空专项讲练系列11 -学⽣⽤
Special training of cracking the blank filling in college entrance examination - eleven
命题教师:Alex彭
【第21篇】
Since I was 12 years old,I’ve suffered from a condition called Compulsive Hair Pulling (强迫性拔⽑癖).The physical
destruction was severe,but the emotional __9__ was worse.When I was young,no one,__10__ my doctor,knew how to
help me.I was alone.
Growing up,I didn’t __11__ anywhere and I suffered great shame knowing I’d brought this __12__ upon myself.My hands
seemed to have a __13__ of their own.“What’s wrong with me?” I’d often wonder.Sometimes,people asked about my
__14__ of eyelashes (睫⽑) and eyebrows.I was lonely,but I kept people at a distance.However,each night,__15__ I fell
asleep,I’d pray to God to send someone who __16__.
Then when I was 25,I read a letter from a mom whose child suffered from the same illness.I could __17__ believe my
eyes.After all these years,I discovered,I was not __18__.
At that moment,my journey for __19__ began.I took small __20__ at first—telling only a few friends.Some of them tried to
understand.Then,they began to __21__ their secrets with me.I learned to see __22__ the way God saw me,someone
__23__ love.
One day,my __24__ happened.A friend called with wonderful news.She just met a woman with Compulsive Hair Pulling—
someone just like me.She gave me her phone number.I was __25__.I quickly dialed,and from the minute Christina
answered,we began to chat like old friends,both thrilled to find someone who understood our pain.We __26__ to meet soon,
only to find we lived just two blocks away.We immediately __27__ our phones,and in the dark of night,ran outside to the
nearby park in our pajamas,__28__ we hugged,cried and talked for hours.I felt I’d just met my long lost twin,someone
who understood my pain and struggles.
Yes,it was true.I was not alone.
【语篇解读】 “我”在12岁的时