8．Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage．（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文．：（共12分．
I was cute，active，happy…until that day when I was 15months old．I had a bad fall．I landed on a glass rabbit and it cut my eye badly enough to blind it．The doctor said if the eye was taken out，my face would become out of （80）C，so my scarred（有疤痕的），blind and grey eye lived on with me．
People often asked uncomfortable questions about my eye or（81）B played jokes on me．When the kids played games，I was always the"bad guy"．I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me．
Yet every time Mom noticed I was unhappy，she would say to me，"Hold your head up high and face the world．"It helped me move on in life．
As a child，I told myself，"Be careful or I will fall down or knock into something because I am not looking．"As a teenager，I always looked down to hide my shame，but I found that people liked me when sometimes I held my head up high．
In high school I was even made monitor，but outside I still felt like a freak（怪物）．All I really wanted was to look like （82）D．When things got really bad，I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say，"Hold your head up high and face the world．Let them see the love that is inside．"That is （83）C Mom taught me pride．
Mom's love and encouragement gave me the confidence to remove my own doubt．（84）C I was able to look people in the eye．I learned not only to appreciate（欣赏．myself but to have love for others．
"Hold your head up high"has been heard many times in my home．Each of my children has felt its （85）A．The gift she gave me lives on in my children．
| 80．A．fashion | B．order | C．shape | D．date |
| 81．A．still | B．even | C．almost | D．hardly |
| 82．A．something special | B．something new | C．someone strange | D．everyone else |
| 83．A．when | B．why | C．how | D．where |
| 84．A．Especially | B．Immediately | C．Finally | D．Suddenly |
| 85．A．power | B．promise | C．energy | D．secret． |
