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　　Timothy Lloyd, whose parents were both doctors, had always wanted to work in medicine. At last he did quite well in the examination, well enough to get into a school of nursing. On his first school day, Timothy was so excited that he could hardly eat any breakfast, and left home so early that he was at the school long before it opened.

　　The first thing he had to do was to have a meeting with new head of the school, whose name was Thompson, and other new students. The head, a woman who had herself been in the nursing profession(职业)for many years, congratulated the new students on entering the nursing profession, shook hands with each of them and hoped them to work hard during their time at the school. She warned them that their work would not be easy, begged them always to remain sincerely loyal(真诚地忠于职守) to their chosen profession and then wished them good luck.

　　When that was all over, the new students went off to their first lesson. The teacher whose class they joined always gave his new students a test on the first day, to judge how much they already knew, to see how clever they were, and so on.

　　“Does anyone know,”he asked,“why a doctor wears a mask(口罩) while he or she is doing an operation?”

　　“Oh, yes,”Timothy answered quickly.“Because then, if the operation isn't successful, the patient won't know whose fault (过错) it was!

1．Timothy Lloyd entered a school of nursing because ________.

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A．his parents wanted him to be a nurse

B．he himself wanted to be a nurse

C．he did well in the examination

D．both B and C

2．On the first day of the term, Timothy ________.

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A．was too excited to go to school early

B．went to school very early without breakfast

C．went to school just before it opened

D．had his breakfast quickly and went to school early

3．Thompson was ________.

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A．head of the school

B．Timothy's mother

C．the teacher who always gave his new students a test on the first day

D．another new student

4．The teacher gave his students a test on the first day ________.

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A．to see how much knowledge the students had

B．to see how clever they were

C．for some other reasons

D．both A and B

5．What do you suppose the teacher would do after he heard Timothy's answer?

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A．He would punish(惩罚)him by beating him hard.

B．He would say to Timothy,“Yes, you are right.”

C．He would be greatly surprised and gave a sad smile.

D．He would praise him for his clever answer.

A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s dismay (沮丧), his mother said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teachers met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance(出现). There was a severe (严重的) scar (伤疤) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness of his mother with the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. However, he could hear clearly the conversation between his mother and the teacher.
“How did you get the scar on your face?” the teacher asked.
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, but I went in. As I was running towards his bed, I saw a burning wood falling down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked to be unconscious (无知觉的), but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. “This scar will be forever, but until today, I have never regretted doing what I did.”
When the little boy heard this, he couldn’t help running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt his mother was greater than anyone. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.
【小题1】The underline world “embarrassed” means ______ in Chinese.