完形填空   College was the best of times and the worst of times for me. I had   21  experiences with my best friends, but I also folded under more   22  than I ever had to deal with before.   23  bad grades, I ended up being asked to take a semester off at the end of the first semester of my senior year.
    So I went back home to   24  with my father and stepmother. To their credit, they understood me and were very cool about my coming back. I felt their   25  from the moment I walked in the door. They   26  to let me feel like a failure.
    One morning not long after I had come home, my father woke me up saying that my stepmother   27  on the kitchen floor, l went downstairs trying to perform CPR (心肺复苏术) on her   28  it was too late. She was already dead of a massive heart attack.
    I'll never   29  the look on my father's face when he was given the official news of her passing. I knew at that moment that I had to be   30  because he needed someone to lean on. It was as if our roles had   31  and I was being the protective parent while he took the time to   32  .
    I guess the lesson I took from it is that even in our   33  moments we can still be of help to someone who is   34  something much harder. It's so easy to close ourselves off to the things going on around us, and   35  feel that we are the only ones hurting. Helping someone else could actually help us heal ourselves.
    Needlessly to say I went back to college the next semester, and I studied harder and got my degree. My father and I developed a bond that was even closer than it already was, and I have a much better ability to keep bad times in perspective (适当地).
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 根据下一句中的“but...I ever had to deal with before”可知，此处与后文要解决问题是转折关系，可推测和最好的朋友在一起时是没有烦恼的快乐经历，故选D。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据第一段第一句“the worst of times for me”可知，在大学作者也遇见了人生最压抑的日子，stress压力符合句意，故选B。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 根据下文“I ended up being asked to take a semester off”可知，作者被要求停课半学期，可推测是因为作者的成绩不好，故选A。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据下文作者在家里发生的事可知，这里是指我回家以后和父亲及继母生活在一起，故选C。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据第二段第二句“To their credit, they understood me...”可知，他们对作者是表示理解的。to one's credit表示“值得赞扬的”，在这里意为“难能可贵的是”，所以作者感觉到了他们的支持，故选C。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 根据上文可知，作者的父母理解他，所以也不会愿意让他觉得自己是个失败者，所以是拒绝，故选D。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据下文“trying to perform CPR on her”可知，作者试图给继母做心肺复苏，可推测出继母是晕倒了。fall over“摔倒，跌到地上”，pass out“昏厥”，turn over“翻转”，break out“爆发”。根据题意，故选B。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据下文“She was already dead of a massive heart attack.”可知继母去世了，说明我的救助晚了，太迟了，上下文是转折关系，故选C。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 forget“忘记”，repeat“重复”，imagine“想象”，recognize“认出”。这里是指我永远都无法忘记爸爸的表情，故选A。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 根据下文“because he needed someone to lean on”可知，作者要坚强起来成为父亲的依靠，来支持父亲走过这段黑暗时光，所以作者必须要坚强，故选D。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 根据下文“I was being the protective parent...”可知，作者觉得好像他成了有保护能力的父母，所以是作者和父亲互换了角色，故选B。
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【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】 上文说到作者和父亲好像互换了角色，作者成为父亲的依靠，可知，父亲需要慢慢走出丧妻之痛，缓解自己的心情。react“反应”，relieve“减轻，缓解”，change“改变”，improve“提高”。根据题意，故选B。
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【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】 根据上文可知我学业不顺，继母去世，对于作者来说，这是人生中最黑暗的时期，故选C。
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】 根据上文作者尽管学业上遇到困难，但是在继母过世后仍然成为父亲的依靠，可知，这里是说在自己最痛苦的时候，我们仍然有能力去帮助正在遭遇更艰难的事情的人。go through“经历，经受”，search for“寻找”，look through“浏览”，prepare for“为……做准备”。根据题意，故选A。
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【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】 句意：我们很容易把自己和周围的世界隔离开来，理所当然地认为自己是唯一的受害者。probably“大概，可能”，eagerly“热切地”，strangely“奇怪地”，naturally“理所当然地，自然而然地”。根据句意，应该是理所当然地认为自己是唯一的受害者，故选D。