Iusedtoabandonmyselftodespair.Lastyearmymother 21 fromstroke（中风）and

hadanoperationonherbrain.IfeltmywholeworldturnupsidedownandIhadno 22 what

Icoulddotohelphertorelieveher 23 .TearswelledupinmyeyeswheneverIwasalone.

LastmonthI 24 apreciouswatch，whichwasan18-year-oldbirthdaygiftfrommy

father.IcouldnotfallasleepforacoupleofnightsbecauseIfelt 25 abouttheloss.

Therehavebeenmany 26 liketheseinmylife.Icouldneverfigureouthowtodealwithsuchtoughthings 27 Iread“IfYouHaveaLemon，MakeaLemonade"byAmericanwriterDaleCarnegie.“Whenthewisemanishandedalemon，hesays，‘What 28 canIgetfromthis?HowcanI 29 mysituation?HowcanIturnthislemonintoalemonade？’”hewrote.

Isuddenly 30 thatlifeisfullofupsanddowns，soIneedtostay 31 allthetime.

NowwhenIthinkofmypast，IwishIcouldhavehandledthings 32 ．Whenmymotherwas

fightingfor 33 ，Ishouldhaveheldherhandsinmine，tellingher thingswouldgetbetter

insteadof 34 andcrying.

Severalweeksago，Itookpartinacampussingingcompetition.Ididn't 35 aprize.If

Ihadnot 36 thisarticle，Iwoulddefinitelyhavefelt 37 again.Butinstead，Ismiled

afterthecompetition.IwashappythatatleastIhadgotsomestage 38 ．

Lifeisnotjustabedofroses.Therearethorns（刺）aswell，butthesethornshelpus

Become 39 andstrong.Whenlife 40 usalemonlet'strytomakealemonade.

21．A.resulted B.suffered C.survived D.escaped

22.A.hope B.wonder C.idea D.doubt

23.A.pain B.anxiety C.fear D.pressure

24.A.received B.sold C.fixed D.lost

25.A.unbelievable B.shameful C.angry D.terrible

26.A.diseases B.memories C.incidents D.difficulties

27.A.when B.until C.though D.since

28.A.lesson B.lemonade C.decision D.challenge

29.A.control B.accept