I was a rotten teenager, sharp-tongued and eager to control others. At an early age I could make things go my way with just a few small changes. The writers for today’s hottest soap opera could not have created a 50 character than me. I don’t know how long it took me to realize how I was 51 so many others. Not only did I succeed in 52 many of my closest friends by trying to control them; I also managed to destroy the most 53 relationship in my life: my relationship with my mother. My mother, who gave birth to me at age 54 her doctor’s wishes, would cry to me, “I waited so long for you. Don’t ignore my help!” I would reply 55 , “I never wanted you to care about me! Leave me alone and forget I ever lived!” My mother began to believe I really 56 it. Like many young girls in high school, the boys who I knew were 57 were always the first ones I had to date. I would try to find any way to draw attention to myself while at the same time trying to be 58 . I had also been heavy into drugs then to change my personality. And my only pleasure was to make people feel 59 . But then I asked myself why. Why the need to hurt? Why the attacks on my mother? I would drive myself mad with all the whys until one day I couldn’t 60 it any longer and jump from a car moving at 80 miles per hour. Lying awake the following night at the hospital, I saw my mother’s pained face, tired brown eyes filled with nothing but thanks for her daughter’s rebirth of life. 61 all the horrible things I did to her, she still loved me. I cried and asked why. She just looked down at me and said frankly, “Because you are my daughter.” 62 love is the most precious gift we can give. Being 63 for the past is the most precious gift we can receive. I want to 64 the gift my mother gave me to all the “rotten teenagers” in the world. 50. A. better B. worse C. happier D. clever 51. A. loving B. hating C. hurting D. shocking 52. A. putting off B. breaking into C. keeping up D. pushing away 53. A. curious B. precious C. nervous D. obvious 54. A. against B. for C. according to D. with 55. A. gently B. suddenly C. sharply D. unwillingly 56. A. said B. knew C. hoped D. meant 57. A. available B. impatient C. impossible D. believable 58. A. attractive B. invisible C. imaginative D. noticeable 59. A. fright B. confusion C. excitement D. pain 60. A. explain B. control C. stand D. accept 61. A. Since B. Although C. As D. Despite 62. A. Unconditional B. Slow C. Quick D. Real 63. A. loved B. forgiven C. hated D. forgotten 64. A. tell B. provide C. supply D. extend
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