题目内容：

Ask someone for their first memory and they will often give some fairly dull possibilities and not be sure which comes first. I have no ______ at all about mine. The earliest thing I recall is looking down and seeing flames coming out of my ______.

It was a Sunday afternoon in July 1981 when I ______ fire. I was in the garden with my dad. It was a sunny day but slightly breezy (有微风的). I was standing nearby as my dad ______ to light the barbecue. After several failed attempts, ______ he had to use some sort of accelerant (助燃剂). It caused a small fireball, which was flying towards me ______ the breeze suddenly ______ in my direction. That’s where the ______ memory of my burning ankles kicks in. My dad ______ fast. He dashed indoors, grabbed a large blanket and ______ to wrap me in it.

The next thing I remember is sitting on a chest, feeling hot and ______ water over and over again; then being driven to a ______. I underwent lots of skin operations and for weeks I wasn’t able to bend my legs, which had to be wrapped in bandages. ______ this period, I don’t recall experiencing pain. It was only when I ______ what an exciting summer my sister was having that my situation began to seem ______.

We’ve never talked much about the ______—my dad has never been an especially ______person. Now that I have kids of my own, I do sometimes wonder what he ______. I’ve never felt any ______ towards him, and I recognize that but for his swift actions the situation could have been ______. But I’d certainly never have a barbecue with my kids.

1.A. choice    B. idea    C. doubt    D. worry

2.A. ankles    B. blanket    C. sleeves    D. belly

3.A. exchanged    B. set    C. held    D. caught

4.A. tended    B. struggled    C. refused    D. managed

5.A. eventually    B. gradually    C. interestingly    D. fortunately

6.A. before    B. unless    C. though    D. as

7.A. stopped    B. howled    C. changed    D. dropped

8.A. vivid    B. sweet    C. precious    D. vague

9.A. hid    B. acted    C. escaped    D. approached

10.A. got away    B. broke in    C. stood by    D. ran back

11.A. waiting for    B. asking for    C. paying for    D. searching for

12.A. hospital    B. pool    C. café    D. gym

13.A. Thanks to    B. But for    C. Throughout    D. After

14.A. realized    B. imagined    C. predicted    D. explained

15.A. ridiculous    B. acceptable    C. satisfactory    D. unbearable

16.A. illness    B. conflict    C. accident    D. visit

17.A. strict    B. open    C. shy    D. honest

18.A. gave away    B. took over    C. went through    D. looked into

19.A. sympathy    B. anxiety    C. guilt    D. anger

20.A. worse    B. simpler    C. stranger    D. clearer