A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ___1___, she said she would go. This ___2___ be the first time that his classmates and t eacher ___3___ his mother and he felt ___4___ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕) that ___5___ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ___6___ why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were ___7___ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother ___8___ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and ___9___ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ___10___ of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked ___11___, “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “___12___ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ___13___ afraid to go in because the fire was ___14___, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ___15___ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She ___16___ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be ___17___, but to this day, I have never ___18___ what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ___19___ of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ___20___ for the rest of the day.
| 小题1: | | A．enjoyment | B．disappointment | C．surprise | D．excitement |
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| 小题2: | | A．would | B．could | C．should | D．must |
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| 小题3: | | A．noticed | B．greeted | C．accepted | D．met |
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| 小题4: | | A．sick | B．ashamed | C．afraid | D．tired |
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| 小题5: | | A．included | B．passed | C．covered | D．shaded |
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| 小题6: | | A．talk about | B．think about | C．care about | D．hear about |
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| 小题7: | | A．impressed | B．surprised | C．excited | D．comforted |
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| 小题8: | | A．in sight of | B．by means of | C．by way of | D．in spite of |
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| 小题9: | | A．hid | B．protected | C．separated | D．escaped |
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| 小题10: | | A．understanding | B．reminding | C．hearing | D．learning |
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| 小题11: | | A．carefully | B．seriously | C．nervously | D．anxiously |
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| 小题14: | | A．out of control | B．under control | C．in control | D．over control |
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| 小题15: | | A．helpless | B．hopeless | C．senseless | D．useless |
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| 小题16: | | A．pointed | B．showed | C．wiped | D．touched |
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| 小题17: | | A．ugly | B．lasting | C．serious | D．frightening |
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| 小题18: | | A．forgot | B．recognized | C．considered | D．regretted |
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| 小题19: | | A．honor | B．sense | C．happiness | D．pride |
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| 小题20: | | A．quietly | B．slightly | C．tightly | D．suddenly |
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