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Five years ago, Hamada started to smoke (抽烟). He felt very excited because he thought he was old enough to do (1)
he liked. But Hamada was only 12 years old then.
In the beginning, Hamada smoked two or three cigarettes (香烟) a day. But soon, he found it was (2)
that his friends who were (3)
than him were heavy smokers. They smoked a packet of cigarettes a day and sometimes more. Hamada wanted to be (4)
them.
As time went by, he smoked much more and he began to feel terrible. At first, he only had a cough (咳嗽), and soon he became more and more (5)
, because he always felt sick. One night, some blood (血液) came out of his mouth. He was sent to the doctor's at once.
The doctor told Hamada's parents that Hamada had a lung tumors (肿瘤). (6)
, it was small and in the (7)
period of its growth (生长). "Your son must stop (8)
right now, " the doctor said to the parents. The parents were totally shocked. They never (9)
their son smoked.
Later the parents said that they were so busy that they couldn't take good care of Hamada. At last, Hamada's mother (10)
to leave her job and look after him at home.