大学英语 Questions 11 to 30 are based on the following passage.W

Questions 11 to 30 are based on the following passage.

When I was younger,I was11.fearfearedfearingafraidto wear my hair short as it said you wanted to join the army and 12.shelteredscreenedsupposedsupportedthe actions of the military.As nothing could have been 13.furtherfarnearnearerfrom the truth,I made sure my hair never looked as if I was 14.joined injoiningjoinjoinedthe military.However,I did not 15.necessarilynecessarynoticeablyneedingwant what the average citizen thought was an appropriate 16.appearappealappearanceappointment.I needed to say that I wasn't like them by looking more 17.normalordinaryunremarkableremarkable,so I grew my hair long.But what I 18.sawlookedwatchednoticedabout myself and the other long-haired men was that we were all trying to say that "we didn't 19.belongbelieveblendboast".What I also noticed was that other than having long hair,we 20.werewouldwouldn'tweren'tdoing anything that was very impressive.I decided then that I no longer wanted to make a 21.statementsentencesuggestionadvertisementby wearing my hair a certain way.I chose a(n) 22.offensiveremarkableaverageoutstandingcut that tried not to say anything.My hair was short,but not to the 23.excessiveextentextendexcellentthat it carried the label,"supporter of military operations".I kept my hair that way for a couple of years,but I still wasn't satisfied.My hair was still long enough that it could be 24.stylestylingstylishstyledin different ways to reflect my willingness to be like the others.It could also be combed 25.to hidehidhideto hidingwhere I was losing my hair.Again,I felt like my hair was 26.representingmisrepresentingtellingsaying tome.There was only one thing to do.I had my hair shaved really short which showed exactly where I was 27.losslosinglostloseit.My head felt cold and I kept on 28.rubberrobbingrubbingrobberit; but at least I had passed the 29.characteristiccharmingcivilizedcharacterage for someone in the military,so no one would 30.confusionconstituteconfusecontrivea 30-something man with hair loss for a want-to-be soldier.