第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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LearntoMeetChallenges

Myclassmatescalledme“thealien”,andtheyavoidedmeliketheplague（瘟疫）.Asayoungboy,I 36 fromaseriousskindisease,whichfilledmyarmswithscars（伤疤）.Thetrue 37 ofmycondition,however,wassocial:Ilivedalifeofloneliness.

DoctorspredictedthatIwouldneverfullyrecover,butmyparentsencouragedmetohopeforthefuture,teachingmethatanydifficultycouldbeovercome.Ithereforetooka/an 38 roleinfightingagainstmydisease,tryingmanymedicationsandherbs,andmyhealth 39 greatlybeforeIgraduated.Irealizedthatmypersonal 40 hadledtothisimprovement.Iregainedself-confidenceandmademanyfriendsatschool.

Yearslater, 41 mypersonalbattleagainstdisease,Ilearnedagreatdealabout 42 byovercomingdifficulties.

IjoinedtheCultureClubasaSpecialEventDirector.I 43 agroupofsixstudentsinorganizingvariousactivities.IwasthemostadvancedESLstudentamongthegroup,soIconsideredmyselfthemostcapable.ButIquicklylearnedmy 44 ,Whilepreparingforourfirstpresentation,Iwas 45 withmyteammembersandoftenrejectedtheir 46 .I

performedmostoftheirtasksmyself,allowingthemto 47 meonlywithsmalldetails.Asaresult,thepresentationwasnotverysuccessful.Thesetback 48 me,andIspokeofittotheclub’sdirector.Sherespondedthatshe 49 myabilitytosucceedinthefuture.Thiscommentfilledmewith 50 ,forIrealizedthatIhadnevertrustedmyownteammembers.

51 theywereweakinEnglish,theyhadmanyvaluabletalents.Iimmediately 52 mypolicy,allowingmyteammemberstochoosethetaskstheydesiredandtocompletethemontheirown.Forourprogram,wehadmanymee