2014高考英语疯狂冲刺倒计时
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A few weeks ago，our dog，which we had kept for more than ten years，had to be put down.First，a tumor on her stomach got worse，and she was very __1__.Then，the pain in her back got so bad that sometimes she __2__ lie down in the middle of a walk and couldn't take another __3__.
When I first found out，I was very sad and cried a lot.She was more like a sister to me than a __4__.But I was also angry at my stepfather，Steve，who told us the __5__ a week after it happened.He __6__ because he didn't want to worry us，and he didn't want me to get depressed (抑郁的)and fail my exams.I just thought she was __7__ at the animals' hospital.
I think you know all the __8__ that went through my head：She was my dog！Why didn't he tell us earlier？I didn't even get to say goodbye.
People in my family have a __9__ of keeping things from me to protect me，such as only telling me that my aunt had cancer __10__ she had already improved.All I could think was：Not again!
I __11__ to my mum，and she said，“I know.I'm __12__，too.”I opened my mouth to shout.And then she added，“I'm so angry with Steve that he had to __13__ through all this on his own.”Hearing my mum's words，I shut up my mouth.I had been so __14__ on myself.I hadn't thought about __15__ Steve was going through.That dog was his baby.He'd had her for longer than he'd had us—and he had to make the decision to __16__ her life，and then kept in silence for an entire __17__.All my anger melted away，and all I felt was __18__.
