36．A．not　　　　　　　　　　 B．no　　　　　　　　　　　 C．a　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．the

40．A．destroyed　 　　　 B．beginning 　　　　　 C．ended　 　　　　　　 D．changing

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It is　 36　 secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents(养父母)than with the parents that nature dealt them. That is especially　 37　 of children who remain in homes where they’re badly treated because the law blindly favors biological parents. It is also true of children who suffer for years in foster(寄养)homes　 38　 parents who can’t or won’t care for them but　 39　 to give up custody(监护)rights.

　　　 Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays　 40　 neither description, but her recent court victory could　 41　 children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody battle between the man who　 42　 her and her biological parents, with whom she has never　 43　 . A Florida judge decided that the teenager can 　44　 with the only father she has ever known and that her biological parents have no legal right on her.

　　　 Shortly after　 45　 in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were　 46　 switched(调换)and sent home with the 　47　 parents. Kimberly’s biological parents received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical test　 48　 that the child wasn’t their own daughter,　 49　 Kim was, thus leading to a custody battle with Robert Mays.

　　　 In 1989, the two families　 50　 that Robert Mays would continue to have custody right with the biological parents getting　 51　 rights. Those right were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being　 52　 .

　　　 The decision to leave Kimberly　 53　 Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue(起诉)on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was　 54　 a personal possession of her parents. Biological parents does not mean a complete　 55　 that cancels(取消)all the rights of the children.

39．A．although　 　　　　 B．so long as 　　　　　 C．when　　 　　　　　 D．every time

38．A．gone　　　 　　　 B．grown　　 　　　　　 C．born　 　　　　　　　 D．found

37．A．Hers　　　 　　　　 B．My wife's 　　　　　 C．Mine　 　　　　　　 D．Ours

36．A．start　　　 　　　 B．turn　 　　　　　　　 C．run　　 　　　　　　 D． wonder

35．A．gentler　　　 　　 B．softer 　　　　　　　　 C．tighter　　　　　　　　 D．warmly

34．A．quick　　　 　　　 B．soon　 　　　　　　　 C．fast　 　　　　　　　　 D．rapidly

33．A．easily　　　 　　　 B．carefully 　　　　　　 C．differently　 　　　 D．seriously

32．A．day　　　　 　　　 B．career　　 　　　　　 C．life　　 　　　　　　　 D．age