Usually, there is a teacher-parent meeting in every school year. Some students enjoy it, some don’t. Tom, a little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's
__36__, she said she would go. This
__37__ be the first time that his classmates and teacher
__38__ his mother and he felt
__39__ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that
40 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to
_41__ why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were
__42__ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother
__43__ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and
44 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within
__45__of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked
__46__, "How did you get the scar on your face?"
The mother replied, "
__47__ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was
__48__ afraid to go in because the fire was
__49__，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
__50__ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She
__51__ the burned side of her face. "This scar will be
__52__, but to this day, I have never
__53__ 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
__54__ of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand
55 for the rest of the day.
| 【小题1】 | | A．enjoyment | B．excitement | C．disappointment | D．surprise |
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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．met | D．accepted |
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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．hear about | B．think about | C．care about | D．talk about |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．surprised | B．impressed | 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．separated | B．protected | C．hid | D．escaped |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．hearing | B．reminding | C．understanding | D．learning |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．nervously | B．carefully | C．seriously | D．anxiously |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．As | B．Now that | C．Since | D．When |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．under control | B．out of control | | C．in control | D．over control |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．helpless | B．hopeless | C．useless | D．senseless |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．pointed | B．showed | C．touched | D．wiped |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．beautiful | 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．happiness | C．sense | D．pride |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．quietly | B．tightly | C．slightly | D．suddenly |
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