题目内容：

    You can't imagine how crazy I was about football when I was young. For years my life followed a(n) ______: I slipped out of the house, played football until dark and instantly I was infected with malaria. Football was so appealing that I was willing to ______ anything —injuries, punishment, and even sickness—to play it. Soon enough, my mother would rush me to the Sijuwade Hospital. There, the doctor said I needed to be _____ .

My dad often spent the night with me in the hospital while my mother ______ my sister at home. Then came the happiest ______ when my father told me wonderful stories.

My father was a(n) ______ storyteller. In the hospital, he would tell me a story or two, or, sometimes, if he was not too tired, many in response to my request. He ______ bicycle sounds and the howl of the wind so vividly that the pictures would never ______ from my mind. So happy were these moments that I sometimes wished to   ____ my hospital stay.

Because of my mom's strict supervision, it became ______ difficult to steal out. No longer sick, no more stories. ______, I broke into my father's room one evening.

"Dad, you tell me stories only when I'm sick."

My father laughed, "You are already eight and can read by yourself!"

He ______ me a book and said, "Go and read that. It'll tell you stories."

I remember that night clearly. I opened the book and read what turned out to be the most ______ story that I had ever read.

What I discovered that night ______ my life. I became thirsty for books and became a voracious（求知欲强的）______ . I read in the mornings, at nights and in between. Through reading, I felt as though I were on the magical journey to the endless.

1.A.pattern B.custom C.method D.aim

2.A.avoid B.risk C.welcome D.expect

3.A.received B.adopted C.admitted D.accepted

4.A.added to B.led to C.appealed to D.tended to

5.A.moments B.years C.conditions D.cases

6.A.impolite B.determined C.gifted D.terrible

7.A.imitated B.recorded C.developed D.selected

8.A.give away B.break away C.fade away D.die away

9.A.widen B.extend C.expand D.strengthen

10.A.extremely B.hardly C.directly D.randomly

11.A.Satisfied B.Shocked C.Frustrated D.Excited

12.A.posted B.taught C.owed D.handed

13.A.fascinating B.reasonable C.energetic D.disappointing

14.A.transported B.transformed C.substituted D.accelerated

15.A.performer B.interpreter C.learner D.reader