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河北省唐山市2019届高三英语第二次模拟考试试卷
I was often told that God loved me. I wanted to believe that so much.
For nearly a 1 I was shuttled between adoptive families and group homes—14 of them. Some families were nice. Others were 2, like evils in a dark fairy tale. At the age of 12, I was finally 3, by Gay and Phil Courter, a couple with two adult sons. Gay said, "We lived for a 4, and we believe that reason is you."
I'd been lied to by adults so many times in the past years. I wasn't sure they 5 loved me. "There will be no 6. All those parents were pretty much the same," I said to myself. I 7 to call them Mom and Dad. I was particular about the home-cooked meals Gay 8 prepared. I hid in my room as much as possible. I wanted to make them 9 so they'd show their true colors.
One Friday night in the eighth grade, I really 10 things to the limit. A neighborhood girl had persuaded me to 11 out of the house with her to meet some boys. I put Advil(镇痛药) in my parents' drinks after dinner, 12 it would make them sleepy. Wow! I'd never seen them so 13. "Now they would surely send me back", I thought. Instead they said. "Ashley, we are family, we have nowhere to send you back to, we must 14 this like a family."
I ran in 15 to my bedroom, where I spent the weekend. Seeing how much I'd disappointed them made me 16. No one had ever cared for me like that. I didn't deserve this 17.
Sunday night, Gay came into my room. She 18 down and kissed my cheek. "Love you, sweetie," she said. For the first time ever, I kissed her back. "Love you too," I said. That word-love-sounded so 19, yet felt so true. I was discovering that love is what makes a(n) 20.
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