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Amanda took whatever pills she could get，largely because she was finding life hard to take.“There were a lot of __1__，” she says.She had just found out that her parents were splitting.It took her __2__—and she was __3__.“I woke up one morning，and they told me.”
On a few __4__ during her two years of going to parties.“My heart would race so fast it felt like it was going to __5__.I felt weak and confused sometimes and __6__ passed out several times，” she recalls.“But I picked up from the ground __7__ I had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging.I was really __8__ about it and proud of the fact that I could take more than a lot of people.I could come home and have a __9__ with my parents.”
Finally，__10__，things got out of control.“I couldn"t go a day without taking something，” she __11__，“and after a while，the pills __12__ my stomach；it hurt all the time，and I hardly ate.Finally，I couldn"t __13__ it any more.I went to my parents and told them I needed help.”
Amanda entered a __14__ program and has been calm since her release last January.“Detox was the __15__ four days of my entire life，” she says.“I was throwing up all the __16__ and had the shakes.”
She doesn"t __17__ drugs.“I"m so hurt from this，” says Amanda，who has ulcers and damaged kidneys from the drugs and alcohol.“I have to __18__ daily to stay calm.But in some ways，I feel lucky I __19__ it，and I"m out of it now.”Amanda wrote a song called “Goodnight to the Moonlight.” Amanda says，“It"s about how it feels to be taking drugs and alcohol，how it __20__，how it makes you feel like you"re losing yourself.”
Notes：
①detox n．戒瘾 ②ulcer n．溃疡 ③kidney n．肾脏
【语篇解读】 Amanda因为吸毒导致身体出现各种不适，于是她到戒毒中心参加治疗。戒毒的过程艰难而痛苦，她从中也悟到了许多。
1．A.pills B．problems C．people D．work
答案 B [联系上文的“she was finding life hard to take”可知，她的生活中出现了很多问题。]
2．A.by surprise B．by hands
C．with sadness D．over again
答案 A [take sb by surprise意思是“突如其来”，联系下文可知，一天早晨醒来，她的父母告诉她此事。]
3．A.angry B．anxious C．shocked D．frightened
答案 C [因为这一切来得突然，因此她震惊了。]
4．A.days B．weeks C．periods D．occasions
答案 D [联系空后的“her two years of going to parties”可知有很多“场合”。C有一定的干扰性，period指“一段时间”。]
5．A.beat B．stop C．explode D．rest
答案 C [联系空前的“My heart would race so fast”可知，她的心脏跳得太快，就像要爆炸一样。]
6．A.ever B．even C．already D．yet
答案 B [“passed out several times”是程度的加深，因此用even，表示“甚至有几次都昏倒了”。]
7．A.while B．so C．because D．although
答案 C [前后为因果关系，后面是前面的原因。]
8．A.crazy B．concerned C．anxious D．worried
答案 A [联系上文的“had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging”可知，最厉害的时候，她对毒品达到痴迷的程度。]
9．A.meal B．gathering
C．conversation D．meeting
答案 C [在吸食了毒品后她才感觉好受，回到家里可以与父母交谈。其他选项都不能表达毒品对她的巨大作用。]
10．A.therefore B．though C．then D．still
答案 B [上文叙述的是毒品带给自己的安慰，后面讲述的是毒品对自己的伤害，因此这里是转折。]
11．A.replies B．regrets C．phones D．recalls
答案 D [联系上下文可知，这是Amanda对过去经历的回忆。]
12．A.upset B．harmed C．filled D．knocked
答案 A [联系下文的“it hurt all the time，and I hardly ate”可知，毒品开始使肠胃不适，故选upset。]
13．A.know B．take C．eat D．see
答案 B [联系空前的“Finally”和空后的“anymore”可知，她再也不能忍受了。take在这里是“忍受”的意思。]
14．A.TV B．show C．treatment D．talk
答案 C [联系下文“Detox was the __15__ four days of my entire life”可知，她参加了治疗计划。]
15．A.worst B．happiest C．luckiest D．best
答案 A [联系下文“I have to __18__(struggle) daily to stay calm.”可知，治疗的这四天是最糟糕的日子。]
16．A.medicine B．water C．food D．wine
答案 C [联系空前的“throwing up”可知，在治疗中心，她把吃的食物全部吐出了。]
17．A.rely on B．know about
C．think of D．care about
答案 D [联系下文她说的“I"m so hurt from this”可知，她对毒品万分痛恨，因此再也不喜欢它了。]
18．A.stand B．struggle C．exercise D．write
答案 B [联系空后的“to stay calm”可知，每天为了能保持安静，她要努力与毒品抗争。]
19．A.went through B．looked through C．put through D．put down
答案 A [联系下文“I"m out of it now”可知，她觉得自己很幸运，因为经历了这个痛苦，现在摆脱了毒品。go through指“经历艰难痛苦的事情”。]
20．A.feels B．wastes C．hurts D．affects
答案 C [最后一句讲述的是从开始吸毒到最后戒毒的过程，此空表达的是毒品带给她的伤害，因此用hurts。]
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