Question

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 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a (n) 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 .

The doctor described the , which caused the burns. Our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol). The flames my son’s shirt tail(下摆) and shot from his waist to well over his head.

, one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped(抓住) my son, and him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).

After he from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容) for 6 months it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking(缩水) and wrinkling(起皱). So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.

When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to his 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 , so he made the to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe 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 standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1.A. brought B. given C. turned D. showed

2.A. doctor B. hospital C. aircraft D. ambulance

3.A. serious B. terrible C. dangerous D. important

4.A. event B. process C. reason D. accident

5.A. got B. lit C. burned D. moved

6.A. took B. held C. caught D. attracted

7.A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Happily D. Slowly

8.A. pushed B. threw C. dropped D. rolled

9.A. shape B. place C. fact D. time

10.A. benefited B. recovered C. suffered D. relaxed

11.A. if B. while C. because D. although

12.A. normal B. violent C. obvious D. popular

13.A. mention B. notice C. laugh D. hide

14.A. sent B. kept C. handed D. passed

15.A. heart B. life C. practice D. consideration

16.A. grow B. matter C. exist D. appear

17.A. mistake B. effort C. decision D. request

18.A. invite B. cause C. allow D. remind

19.A. false B. strict C. attractive D. general

20.A. by B. over C. beyond D. within

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：我们每个人都有不足之处，都会因为那些真实存在的或是想象出来的“伤疤”而过于在意他人的眼光。然而，只有发自内心的美才是真正的美。作者的儿子在一次烧烤中严重烧伤，结果留下了很多伤疤，作者告诉他不要去在意那些伤疤，作者庆幸自己还活着，并且积极面对生活。

1.This is the emergency room calling”可知，是医院打来的紧急电话，your son was just in with severe burns电话里说道“你的儿子严重烧伤，他刚被送来”，故选A。

2.fly him to the burn unit”中的fly可知，应该是用飞机送他去西雅图烧伤病房，故选C。

3.so we knew immediately this was .孩子的家人(作者)立刻意识到事情的严重性，故选A。

4.which caused the burns”可知，医生介绍了造成烧伤的那起事故，故选D。

5.burst into flames”可知，作者的儿子和朋友点燃了炭火，故选B。

6.The flames my son’s shirt tail(下摆) and shot from his waist to well over his head.火焰烧着了作者儿子衬衫的下摆，进而从腰部烧到了头部，故选C。

7. , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped(抓住) my son好在有一个男孩反应快，故选A。

8.and him on the grass男孩帮作者的儿子在草地上滚动来灭掉身上的火，故选D。

9.it was not in to save him from severe burns虽然保住了性命，但没有及时避免严重的烧伤，故选D。

10.he had to return to college”可知，应该是从治疗中恢复，故选B。

11. it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking(缩水) and wrinkling(起皱)六个月之内不能整容是因为需要那么长的时间让佩服停止缩水和起皱，故选C。

12.who had a 10-inch, very scar on her arm作者妹妹的胳膊上有一个伤疤，根据“if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it”可知，胳膊上的伤疤很明显，故选C。

13.t means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you”可知，并非别人看不见伤疤，只是如果你不在意的话，别人就不会去关注它，故选B。

14.He took my advice”可知，作者把这个道理讲给了儿子，pass sth on to sb把......传给某人，故选D。

15.with his head held high —— glad he was alive”可知，作者的儿子没有去在意周围人对自己怎么看，而是庆幸自己还活着，说明他把妈妈的话听进心里了，故选A。

16.give up any plastic surgery”可知，他决定放弃整容，说明他认为那些伤疤已经不算什么了，故选B。

17.so he made the to give up他做出了放弃整容的决定，make a/the decision to do sth作出做某事的决定，故选C。

18.We all have “scars” that we believe people to keep away from us.我们每个人都有我们认为会使他人远离我们的“伤疤”，cause sb to do sth使某人做某事，故选B。

19.judge you by your looks, or your clothes如果自己以外表、穿着来看自己，那么他人也会以这些错误的标准来对待你。以貌取人是不对的，故选A。

20.Put your imperfections out of your mind...beauty will shine through”可知，忘掉自己的不足之处，只关注内在的品质，那么，美就会由内而外地散发出来，故选D。

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