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江苏省（南通市）中考英语试卷：完形填空

　　完型填空（本题共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

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　　Ever since I was a child，my mouth has caused me trouble．I'm not a bad person；I have a

　　16  time learning when to stop saying bad things to others．

　　My mom has told me again and again，"Robert，your constant（不断的）bad words are hurting me．If you  17  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  18  to stand up for myself．

　　One day in English class I was working on my homework when I heard a classmate  19  behind me．It was Nathaniel，who liked doing that as usual．

　　I said ever so   20  ，"Nathaniel，would you be quiet？"

　　Nathaniel kept saying something to himself．I quickly   21  ，"Nathaniel，shut up！"

　　For the next five minutes，we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other．

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

　　I knew this would make him  22  and it would hurt his feelings and shut him up．

　　What I said filled him with anger．He tried to  23  over my seat and catch me as he screamed，"That's it！That's it！"

　　24  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 teachers' office．There，Mr. Black，our English teacher，told us to  25  the matter．It wasn't until then that I finally found that  26  I hurt someone physically，the wounds finally heal（愈合）．But when I hurt someone with my  27 ， sometimes the pain never goes away．