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题组层级快练(二十四) Ⅰ.完形填空 Last year, I kept having this annoying feeling that I was living just for “myself”. With this in mind, I ___1___ to be a volunteer to get rid of this bad feeling. After contacting a number of organizations by phone, I got a(n) ___2___ back from a dance studio in New Jersey. On the first day of my ___3___, a remarkable young girl caught my ___4___. That girl could dance. Apart from her natural skill, which was a ___5___ to witnesses, she even ___6___ the whole room. She was a ten-year-old African American, and was wearing a pair of big-rimmed glasses. At the end of the ___7___, I pulled her aside and asked her, “How ___8___ have you been taking lessons?” She replied ___9___, “I wish I had! I have never taken a class.” Hearing what she said, I was ___10___. Her teacher told me that she ___11___ in a group home, and then I ___12___ what I should do. I called child and family services in order to let her study in dance lessons and let me be ___13___ to become her mentor (导师). Now, for the past year and a half, I’ve ___14___ her every week, taking her to eat, to read, to see movies, and to visit street fairs. One day, she told me “No one has ___15___ wanted me. I had been ___16___ since my birth.” Her words touched me ___17___, but I could only reply, “Honey, you are lovable, ___18___ and unique. Many people like you. I ___19___ I will always take good care of you!” We both laughed. | 
