A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This   16   be the first time that his classmates and teacher   17   his mother and he felt ashamed of her   18  . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that   19  nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   20  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still  21 and hid himself from everyone,  22   a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked   23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was   24  afraid to go in because the fire was   25   ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but   26  , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸着） the   27  side of her face. “This scar will be  28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and   29   a great sense of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the   30  of the day.

A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the   16  soon.
Twenty minutes   17 , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she   18  to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he   19  it.
In the following hours on the flight,   20  time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile   21  he needed help or not. But the passenger never   22  her words.
When he was going to get off the   23 , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very   24 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her   25  the job.   26  with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she   27  the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times   28 . How can I refuse   29  twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger
  30  and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had   16      a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well   17  it, he told him that was all he wanted.  

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how   18  he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.   19  but slightly disappointed（失望）, the young man opened the box and found a lovely book.   20 , he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give me a book?” and rushed out of the house,   21  the book in the study. 

He did not contact his father for a whole year until one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He   22  he had to go back home and see his father.  

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to leave for the hospital, he saw on the desk the   23  new book , just as he had left it one year ago. He opened it and began to turn the pages. Suddenly, a car key   24      from an envelope（信封）in the book. It had a tag（标签）with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car. On the tag was the   25  of his graduation, and the words “ PAID IN FULL”. 

A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo* although he had lost his left arm in a car accident. The boy began   11   with a Japanese judo coach. The boy was doing well, so he couldn’t know   12   the coach taught him only one move. After three months of   13  , the boy finally asked, “Sir, should I start to learn more moves?”

“This is the only move you know,   14   this is the only move you’ll need to know,” the coach replied. Not quite understanding, but the boy   15   his teacher. So he kept training.

Several months   16  , the coach took the boy to his first match. To his surprise, the boy   17   won his first match. The second match was more difficult. But after some time, his opponent* became impatient. The boy used his one move to win the match again.   18   of the people in the stadium were amazed by his success. The boy was now in the finals.

This time, his opponent was bigger,   19  , and more experienced. For a while, the boy seemed to   20  . Worried that the boy   21   get hurt, someone shouted, “Stop! Stop! Stop!” However, the coach said, “No,   22  .”

As the match was keeping on, his opponent made a big mistake: he dropped his guard. Quickly, the boy used his move to   23   him. The boy won the final match. He was the winner.

24   the way home, the boy asked his coach: “Sir, how did I win the match with only one move?”

“You won for  25   reasons,” the coach answered, “First, you’ve almost known one of the most difficult moves in all of judo. And second, the only defense* for that move is for your opponent to catch your left arm.”

The boy’s greatest weakness had become his greatest strength.

1.A. class         B. learn             C. lessons            D. work

2.A. why             B. what              C. when             D. how

3.A. doing   B. running           C. writing            D. training

4.A. so       B. but               C. or                D. until

5.A. asked for B. depended on        C. believed in         D. came out

6.A. later      B. ago               C. before             D. after

7.A. slowly  B. easily             C. carefully           D. hardly

8.A. None  B. Both              C. All                D. Either

9.A. weaker     B. worse              C. cuter              D. stronger

10.A. win      B. lose               C. take               D. throw

11.A. might     B. can               C. must              D. should

12.A. stop    B. play               C. stay               D. continue

13.A. fail      B. win               C. get                D. beat

14.A. In    B. At                C. On                D. For

15.A. one    B. two               C. three              D. four