阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just
1 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We’ve called for a (n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.”
Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was
3 .
The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they
4 the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames
5 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head.
6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in
7 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very
8 scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesn’t mean they won’t
9 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I
10 this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to
11 and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the
12 to give up any plastic surgery (外科手术).
We all have “scars” that
13 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same
14 standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your
15 and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
| 小题1: | | A．brought | B．given | C．turned | D．shown |
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| 小题2: | | A．doctor | B．hospital | C．helicopter | D．ambulance |
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| 小题3: | | A．serious | B．terrible | C．dangerous | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．got | B．lit | C．burned | D．moved |
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| 小题5: | | A．took | B．held | C．caught | D．attracted |
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| 小题6: | | A．Personally | B．Technically | C．Sadly | D．Fortunately |
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| 小题7: | | A．shape | B．place | C．fact | D．time |
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| 小题8: | | A．nervous | B．formal | C．obvious | D．amusing |
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| 小题9: | | A．admit | B．notice | C．hate | D．hide |
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| 小题10: | | A．passed | B．kept | C．handed | D．sent |
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| 小题11: | | A．life | B．heart | C．consideration | D．practice |
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| 小题12: | | A．mistake | B．survey | C．decision | D．instruction |
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| 小题13: | | A．invite | B．cause | C．allow | D．impress |
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| 小题14: | | A．false | B．strict | C．similar | D．amusing |
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| 小题15: | | A．head | B．heart | C．sight | D．mind |
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