【Iwas23andstudyingtobeateacherwhenfriendsnoticedIwasslurring(含糊地发音)myspeechandlosingmybalance.Myconcentration(16)___anditfeltasifmybrainwasslowingdown.Iwas(17)___tofindananswer,anda】
I was 23and studying to be a teacher when friends noticed I was slurring (含糊地发音)my speech and losing my balance. My concentration(16)___ and it felt as if my brain was slowing down.
I was(17)___ to find an answer,and after countless tests,I was finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (多发性硬化症). It was a (18)___,but I was relieved finally to find out what was wrong with me.
Soon after my diagnosis,I decided to (19)___ teaching,the only career I had ever wanted to chase. It was a destructive decision,but I couldn't see a(n) (20)___. Over the next seven years,my symptoms didn't (21)___,but they came and went,which is (22)___ of multiple sclerosis.Eventually,I felt well enough to (23)___ a job as a teaching assistant. I was glad to be back in education,but living with the (24)___ meant that I was never going to live my dream of being a teacher.
Then,13years after my (25)___ diagnosis,a doctor told me that in fact I did not have multiple sclerosis. I was very (26)___. I pictured all those years bed-bound,the injections (注射),the impact on family and (27)___,and all for what?I demanded answers but the doctor's replies were (28)___. He suggested that my symptoms may have been caused by a lack of vitamin D. And there was no (29)___.
I (30)___to the hospital,but no action was taken. I went to a lawyer,but because it was a hard case to prove,I couldn't get (31)___ aid. However,accepting that my life was no longer (32)___by the illness had the biggest effect on my recovery.
I started the journey back to becoming a (33)___ and completed,a four-year Open University degree in two years. I wanted to (34)___the time I had lost in my 20s. I've just started a new job in a large primary school. I try to forget the accident. What (35)___ is who I am now.
16. A. increasedB. slippedC. disappearedD. lasted17. A. worried