8.Until I was 13,I assumed I was just like everyone else.But one day I read a piece of paper in my dad's briefcase that (51)Beverything.That's when I saw the words:"Simone is said to have Asperger syndrome."
I screamed at my dad,"Tell me what it is!"He (52)Athat I have a mild form of brain disorders,which was a problem that shapes the way I interact with other people.I wasn't sure exactly what he (53)A,but it didn't matter.I just wanted to try to (54)Dmy shock and go back to the way things were before I knew.
But even though I wouldn't (55)Backnowledge the news,Asperger's still destroyed my confidence and made me (56)Cand isolated.I felt like an outcast(被拋棄者)──not just because Asperger's made it hard for me to make friends,but because now I had this (57)C.I just wanted to be like everyone else.(58)D,at 16,I said to myself,"Enough!You can't run and hide from it,girl.Just face it."
It's funny,the first time I thought something was (59)A was not because of what I couldn't do──it was because of what I could do.In the sixth grade,while other kids were (60)Cwith spelling,I was like a human spell-checker!I've also had a photographic memory,and (61)BI call my"super powers"──extrasensory hearing and acute awareness:I can (62)Dphone numbers people dial just by the sound the buttons make when pressed or (63)A hear one sour note in an entire symphony!And I can (64)B pay attention to two things at once.
Don't get me wrong.Asperger's can be very confusing.For years I felt like a butterfly (65)Din its cocoon(繭),waiting to emerge.It took years of work with a psychologist to (66)A the difficulty of making friends.
I'm not going to let Asperger's create(67)Bfor me.That'why I am happy to have found out about and faced my(68)C.Asperger's is a metaphor(象征)for life:We all have(69)C,but the key is to be able to have the(70)Bto face what's bad about them and still find what's good.
51.A.prevented | B.changed | C.determined | D.improved |
52.A.explained | B.realized | C.a(chǎn)pologized | D.suspected |
53.A.meant | B.predicted | C.concerned | D.doubted |
54.A.a(chǎn)dmit | B.subscribe | C.recognize | D.ignore |
55.A.a(chǎn)ppropriately | B.consciously | C.previously | D.a(chǎn)utomatically |
56.A.a(chǎn)nxious | B.stressed | C.lonely | D.a(chǎn)shamed |
57.A.sign | B.symbol | C.label | D.signal |
58.A.Consequently | B.Gradually | C.Fortunately | D.Eventually |
59.A.unusual | B.specific | C.uncomfortable | D.a(chǎn)wkward |
60.A.combining | B.exchanging | C.struggling | D.dealing |
61.A.that | B.what | C.whom | D.which |
62.A.figure out | B.pick out | C.try out | D.make out |
63.A.even | B.still | C.ever | D.just |
64.A.sensitively | B.fully | C.flexibly | D.firmly |
65.A.a(chǎn)bsorbed | B.buried | C.engaged | D.trapped |
66.A.get over | B.knock down | C.take up | D.go through |
67.A.surprises | B.limitations | C.opportunities | D.experiences |
68.A.failure | B.desperation | C.disability | D.suffering |
69.A.talents | B.dreams | C.challenges | D.a(chǎn)ims |
70.A.a(chǎn)mbition | B.courage | C.right | D.Attempt |