When I was nine , my father was ill．I can remember my mother’s words ___16___ it were yesterday: “Kerrel, Your father has AIDS．Be very ____17___ when you are around him.” AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up．From then on, I knew that this would be a family ___18___．My parents were not together anymore, and Dad lived ___19___．For a while, he____20__ take care of himself．But when I was 12, his condition__21____．My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him. We couldn’t___22____ all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for ___23____ supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner．I would sit in class feeling completely ___24____, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage. I did not share my ___25___ with anyone．I had seen how people ___26___ to AIDS．Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease．And even adults could be ___27__．When my father was __28____to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself. I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of __29____ his condition a secret．I was completely __30____when he reached his ___31___ days．__32___  and hopeless, I __33___ a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support．That day, she kept me on the phone for hours．I was so __34____to find someone who cared．She saved my life． I was 15 when my father died．He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to___35____, even me．He didn’t want to call  attention to AIDS．I do. 小题1: A．as B．though C．as if D．even if 小题2: A．dangerous B．careful C．calm D．confident 小题3: A．difficulty B．shyness C．secret D．weight 小题4: A．unhappily B．lonely C．separately D．alone 小题5: A．could B．must C．should D．need 小题6: A．broken B．worsened C．damaged D．destroyed 小题7: A．pay B．spend C．afford D．offer 小题8: A．family B．everyday C．medical D．school 小题9: A．lost B．nervous C．disappointed D．worried 小题10: A．suffering B．burden C．pressure D．sadness 小题11: A．treated B．cared C．reacted D．feared 小题12: A．different B．nervous C．sensitive D．cruel 小题13: A．moved B．retreated C．returned D．recovered 小题14: A．leaving B．keeping C．stopping D．preventing 小题15: A．uneasy B．unabsorbed C．unprepared D．uncomfortable 小题16: A．due B．relaxing C．profound D．final 小题17: A．Curious B．Strange C．Terrified D．Sad 小题18: A．encountered B．visited C．called D．contracted 小题19: A．lucky B．dramatic C．romantic D．magical 小题20: A．anyone B．someone C．nobody D．none