题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I never looked up when my friends were talking and joking about the retarded (智障的) boy a few tables away. It didn’t even cross my mind that he might feel   when people whispered about him. So I   let them talk.

Then came the day when I learned my little brother Martin’s testing for autism (自闭症) came out positive (阳性). I   , crying. Over time, I was able to   his illness a little more. We had to move because of Martin’s treatment. So Martin and I both   at a new school. One day, I was standing in the bus line waiting when a “short” bus (for the retarded) came and   up some kids. The children in the other line started making   about the “retarded” on that bus and I felt a   feeling in my heart. I said quietly that those remarks weren’t very nice,   no one listened.

My family moved again. In the new school I got a   to speak up pretty soon. That day, in a band class, my teacher   our playing to make some comments, “Guys, we’re playing like the kids on the short bus! Come on!” The entire room was laughing loudly. Then, I raised my hand. I wasn’t sure what I was going to say but I wanted to be   . And this came out: “I don’t think we should make fun of the short bus, because there are people on that bus who have a lot in common with us and have   the same feelings as we do.” I could feel my getting louder. “So I would   it if you didn’t make fun of them.” The room was very quiet and everyone stared at me. My teacher   for his words. At the end of the class, everyone was giving me strange looks. But I didn’t because I knew three things: I had spoken the   , I had taught everyone something, and while everyone in the classroom was being a follower, I had   to take a different path since I wanted to become a   and a role model.

1.A. worried   B. hurt     C. disappointed    D. confused

2.A. still       B. again    C. just    D. seldom

3.A. wiped out       B. broke out    C. broke down    D. calmed down

4. A. treat     B. know     C. bear     D. accept

5.A. changed    B. started    C. suffered     D. behaved]

6.A. set     B. took     C. brought     D. picked

7. A. jokes        B. complaints    C. enquiries    D. discoveries

8.A. violent        B. strange     C. similar     D. clear

9. A. because    B. if      C. but      D. so

10. A. chance    B. position     C. topic     D. point

11. A. encouraged  B. bothered    C. enjoyed     D. stopped

12.A. heard            B. praised          C. spotted   D. taught

13. A. exactly       B. slightly      C. hardly    D. fairly

14.A. pace        B. voice     C. pulse     D. breath

15. A. excuse    B. appreciate    C. stand     D. permit

16.A. apologized       B. fought     C. allowed     D. argued

17. A. understand    B. notice     C. return     D. care

18. A. wisdom    B. reason      C. matter     D. truth

19.A. helped       B. decided     C. agreed     D. hoped

20. A. reporter    B. thinker     C. leader     D. trainer