Question

  "Look,it's Baldy！” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults (侮辱) because of the 1        on my head,it was 2        horrible to hear. I sighed as I headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old,I suffered from serious 3        after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head. I was 4        to a hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors 5        to save my life. "Holly's very 6        to be alive," they told Mum and Dad. "But she'll be 7        with scars on her head,and of course her hair won't grow there.”

As a child,I cared much about my scars,so I 8        wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home. 9       I didn't,people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me,they never 10        under?stood how it felt.

  Then through the hospital I was 11        to a children's burns camp,where children like me could get any help. There,I 12       14-year-old Stephanie,whose burns were a lot more serious than mine. But she was so 13        that she never let anyone put her down. "You shouldn't 14        what people say about what you look like because we're not different from anyone else,Holly," she 15        me. "And you don't need to wear a scarf because you look great 16        it!" For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who'd been through something 17       . So weeks later,at my 13th birthday party,18        by her bravery,I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to 19       away behind my scarf! _e Now,I am 20        of what I look like and much happier,because I have real?ized it is your personality (个性) that decides who you truly are.

1. A. hat   B. scarf   C. scars   D. cuts

2. A. still   B. just   C. never   D. seldom

3. A. hunger   B. cold   C. defeats   D. burns

4. A. rushed   B. led   C. invited   D. forced

5. A. learned   B. fought   C. returned   D. decided

6. A. happy   B. lucky   C. lonely   D. poor

7. A. pressed   B. occupied   C. left   D. painted

8. A. possibly   B. usually   C. finally   D. nearly

9. A. Although   B. Since   C. If   D. Before 

10.A. correctly   B. roughly   C. easily   D. really 

11. A. promoted   B. introduced   C. reported   D. carried 

12.A. met   B. recognized   C. remembered   D. caught 

13.A. honest   B. strong   C. active   D. young 

14.A. write down   B. agree with   C. pass on   D. listen to 

15. A. promised   B. encouraged   C. ordered   D. calmed 

16.A. in   B. for   C. without   D. beyond 

17.A. similar   B. strange   C. hard   D. important 

18.A. allowed   B. required   C. guided   D. inspired 

19.A. hide   B. give   C. keep   D. put 

20.A. sick   B. aware   C. tired   D. proud

Answer 1

1. C hat帽子;scarf头巾;scar伤痕，伤疤;cut割伤，划伤，从后文得知女孩是被烫油烧伤，所以头上应该有伤疤。故答案是C.

2. A still仍然;just仅仅;never从不;seldom很少。从前面的even though引导的让步状语从句可以看出，作者在听到被侮辱的话后仍然觉得很恐怖，所以答案是A.

3. D整整一碗滚烫的油浇在头上应该是烧伤，所以答案是D.

4. A be rushed to被紧急送到;be led to被带到;be invited to 被邀请到;be forced to被迫。作者烧伤后应是被紧急送到医院，所以答案是A.

5. B learn to do学习做;fight to do努力做，拼命做；return to do返回做;decide to do决定做。根据文意，可知是医生在努力挽救"我"的生命，所以答案是 B.

6. B happy幸福的，快乐的；lucky幸运的_;lonely孤单的;poor 可怜的。作者能活下来很幸运，所以答案是B.

7. C be pressed with窘迫于;be occupied with忙于;be left with被留下;be painted with被画上。本题应该是头上留下'了伤痕，所以答案是C.

8. B possibly可能地;usually经常性地;finally最终;nearly几乎。根据文意可知"我"经常戴着头巾，所以答案是B.

9. C后半句说他们就会给"我"起一些很难听的名字，所以前面应该是条件状语从句，用if引导，故答案是C。

10. D即使"我"的朋友经常安慰"我"，他们也从未真正理解那是什么感觉。所以答案是D.

11. B be promoted to被提拔为;be introduced to被引荐到，被介绍到；be reported to被报道为;be carried to被带到。作者是被医院介绍去的儿童烧伤营，所以答案是B.

12. A meet遇到;recognize认出;remember记得;catch抓住。依题意选A.

13. B honest诚实的;strong坚强的;active有活力的;young年幼的。依题意选B. 

14. D write down写下;agree with赞同;pass on传递;listen to 听。依题意选D.

15. B promise承诺;encourage鼓励;order命令;calm使冷静。根据题意，她应该是鼓励"我"，所以答案是B.

16. C史蒂芬妮告诉作者，她不戴头巾会很漂亮，所以答案是" 

17. A史蒂芬妮和"我"经历相似，所以是sirmlar,

18. D作者勇敢地取下头巾，是被史蒂芬妮的勇敢激励的结果，所以答案是D.

19. A hide away躲藏。 

20. D be sick of厌倦;be aware of知道，了解;be tired of厌烦; be proud of以……为骄傲。根据文章内容可知，"我"在与史蒂芬妮交朋友以后，对自己的长相不再自卑，故选择D项。