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.would B.could C.should D.must
A.noticed B.greeted C.accepted D.met
A.look B.appearance C.clothes D.smile
A.included B.passed C.covered D.decorated
A.talk about B.think about C.care about D.hear about
A.surprised B.sad C.happy D.embarrassed(尴尬)
A.listening to B.looking at C.hearing D.watching
A.carefully B.seriously C.nervously D.anxiously(焦急的)
A.so B.much C.quite D.too
A.out of control B.under control C.in control D.over control
A.surely B.hopefully C.luckily D.unluckily
A.left B.crying C.wiped D.burned
A.ugly B.lasting (持久的) C.serious D.frightening
A.felt B.realized C.enjoyed D.told
A.others B.other C.rest D.following