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56至57題為題組      Many, many years ago, I thoughtthat a grown-up was someone who could drive a car. But when Ifinally was old enough to drive, I found out that I wasn’t agrown-up yet. Then, I figured that a grown-up was a person who couldvote. But when I cast my first vote, I realized that I still wasn’ta grown-up. A little later, I decided that a grown-up was someonewho went to college. But college wasn’t what helped me to become agrown-up either.      Itwasn’t until I decided to get tested for HIV that I learned whatreally made someone a grown-up. I like to think, too, that as Ilearned what defined a grown-up, I also become one.      Ihad stopped by the free clinic where a friend of mine worked, andwhile I was waiting for her, one of the other volunteers asked me ifI wanted to be tested. My immediate reaction was, “Who, me?” AsI thought about it for a while, though, I realized that the only reasonnot to be tested would be fear--- fear of testing positive, fear offacing the facts. I took a deep breath, and I got tested. Grown-upsget scared, but they don’t let fear keep them from doing what theyneed to do.      Mytest results, the clinic said, wouldn’t come back for ten days.Those were ten very long days. I spent lots of time thinking aboutwhat I would do if my results were positive. Who would I tell?Could I tell anyone? Was it really my problem if I had infectedanyone? Would I have to change my life, or could I just pretend itwasn’t true? I wrestled with those questions and many more fordays, deciding that, however awful it might be, I would have to tellmy “exes” if my test was positive, and that my life would have tochange drastically. I owed that to anyone I had ever loved.Besides, however unpleasant it may be, a grown-up has a sense ofresponsibility to other people.       Theday my results came back, I thought that I might try to avoid thewhole problem by just not showing up to get my results. The way, I’dbe no better or worse off than I had been before the test. I couldjust forget about it. I could go on as I had been going. When thetime came, though, I knew that I had to go find out, that I couldn’tignore reality any longer. A grown-up has to learn to accept thereal world.       Themedical results of the test aren’t important to anyone but myselfand my “exes,” but the mental results are important to anyone whohas ever wondered what a grown-up is. I have discovered thatgrown-ups face fear, have a sense of responsibility, and learn tohandle realities, even the grimmest ones. That’s a lot to aim for,and no one can do all that all the time. Everyone, though, can do itsometimes. Whatever your age, once you find out that it means to bea grown-up, you can always work to be one.
56. What helped the writer of the article realize what a grown-up really means?
(A) Learning to drive a car.
(B) Going to college.
(C) Being tested for HIV.
(D) Casting his first vote.

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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