题目内容：

完形填空，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I'm not a bad person； I have a _______  time learning when to keep my mouth closed.

My mom has told me again and again, "Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me. If you _______  to be this rude, you will get into big trouble."

It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn't want to hear. I used to feel it was my duty(职责) to   _______   myself.

One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate_______  behind me. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual.

At first, I said very  _______ , "Nathaniel, would you please be quiet?"

However, Nathaniel continued talking to himself. I quickly _______    "Nathaniel, shut up(闭嘴)!"

For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful(伤感情的) words back and forth at each other.

"At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!" I shouted.

I knew this would make him _______   . It would hurt his feelings and shut him up.

What I said filled him with anger. He tried to   _______ over my seat and catch me as he shouted, "That's it! That's it!"

_______  at his reaction(反应), I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before.

Later on, we were taken to the principal's office. There, Mr. Black, our English teacher, told us to _______  the matter. It wasn't until then that I finally found that _______ I hurt someone physically(身体上), the wounds eventually heal(愈合). But when I hurt them with my _______  , sometimes the pain (痛苦) never goes away.

At the end of the discussion, I said  _______  to Nathaniel.

When I went back to my room, I spent some time praying(祈祷). I began to _______  how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me, he'll tell me when to keep my_______  closed.

1.A. busy          B. hard       C. happy      D. fantastic

2.A. decide       B. like       C. continue    D. try

3.A. support       B. separate   C. smell      D. spend

4.A. singing       B. reading    C. beating   D. talking

5.A. clearly       B. nicely     C. carelessly D. angrily

6.A. repeated   B. expressed   C. replied   D. shouted

7.A. nervous      B. afraid      C. sad        D. bored

8.A. fall          B. look       C. hand       D. reach

9.A. Angry        B. Surprised   C. Nervous    D. Happy

10.A. discuss     B. solve      C. explain    D. report

11.A. while      B. after      C. when       D. where

12.A. words      B. action     C. ideas      D. experience

13.A. goodbye      B. thanks      C. sorry      D. okay

14.A. talk about   B. hear about C. complain about  D. think about

15.A. eyes         B. mouth       C. windows     D. door