Once I failed my comprehensive exam at university. Suddenly, I felt I was a____41____. For the first

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Once I failed my comprehensive exam at university. Suddenly, I felt I was a____41____. For the first time, I felt completely out of control. I started to go on a(n)____42____to deal with my stress and anxiety that____43____my desire for perfection.
What began as a seemingly____44____“lifestyle change” turned into an eating disorder. I spent more time____45____rice, cakes and other foods than studying. To eat “____46____” meals at home, I often turned down social gatherings.
Over 9 months, as my stress and anxiety____47____, I ate smaller and smaller dishes and denied (拒绝给予) my____48____the food it needed. Sometimes I would almost____49____upon standing and I became a walking skeleton (骨瘦如柴的人).
My family and adviser asked whether I was OK and_____50_____time away from my lab, but my brain made excuses for how I was feeling and behaving. I_____51_____believed I was making myself better.
I didn’t put a name to the_____52_____until I came across an article about disordered eating. I finally sought the help of a(n)_____53_____. He told me that my eating disorder had_____54_____to do with food, exercise, or weight. _____55_____, it was about my desire to be exceptional. Through weekly sessions, I unpacked 25 years of needing to be_____56_____. I learned tools to acknowledge and process my feelings, not by means of_____57_____calories.
Now, having been on the road to_____58_____for one year and a half, I enter my final year of graduate school with a completely_____59_____mindset about the person I want — rather than need — to be. Yes, I still want to_____60_____. But I don’t want to seek perfection.
41. A. fool B. failure C. pest D. patient
42. A. diet B. journey C. exercise D. relaxation
43. A. caused B. weakened C. discouraged D. accompanied
44. A. harmless B. timely C. useless D. wonderful
45. A. purchasing B. digesting C. throwing D. weighing
46. A. cheap B. delicious C. safe D. colorful
47. A. arose B. disappeared C. increased D. stretched
48. A. system B. spirit C. mouth D. stomach
49. A. black out B. break down C. back off D. pull through
50. A. banned B. passed C. saved D. suggested
51. A. hardly B. firmly C. finally D. obviously
52. A. affair B. desire C. problem D. situation
53 A. adviser B. physician C. professor D. scientist
54. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
55. A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise
56. A. ambitious B. perfect C. popular D. healthy
57. A. collecting B. consuming C. storing D. restricting
58. A. growth B. recovery C. competition D. treatment
59. A. different B. special C. realistic D. simple
60. A. explore B. learn C. succeed D. change
【答案】41. B    42. A    43. D    44. A    45. D    46. C    47. C    48. D    49. A    50. D    51. B    52. C    53. B    54. C    55. A    56. B    57. D    58. B    59. A    60. C
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