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A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ___36___, she said she would go. This ___37___ be the first time that his classmates and teacher ___38___ his mother and he felt ___39___ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕) that. ___40___nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ___41___ why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were ___42___ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother ___43___ the car, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬) and ___44___ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ___45___ of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked ___46___,”How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied, “___47___ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was ___48___ afraid to go in because the fire was ___49___ so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked ___50___ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.

She ___51___ the burned side of her face. “This scar will be ___52___, but to this day, I have never ___53___ what I did. ”

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ___54___ of the sacrifice(牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand ___55___for the rest of the day.

36. A. enjoyment    B. disappointment  C. surprise      D. excitement

37. A. would   B. could  C. should D. must

38. A. noticed B. greeted       C. accepted     D. met

39. A. sick      B. ashamed     C. afraid  D. tired

40. A. included      B. passed C. covered      D. shaded

41. A. talk about    B. think about C. care about  D. hear about

42. A. impressed    B. surprised    C. excited       D. comforted

43. A. in sight of    B. by means of       C. by way of   D. in spite of

44. A. hid       B. protected    C. separated    D. escaped

45. A. understanding      B. reminding  C. hearing      D. learning

46. A. carefully      B. seriously    C. nervously   D. anxiously

47. A. As B. When  C. Since  D. While

48. A. so B. much  C. quite   D. too

49. A. out of control      B. under control     C. in control   D. over control

50. A. helpless       B. hopeless     C. senseless     D. useless

51. A. pointed B. showed      C. wiped D. touched

52. A. ugly     B. lasting C. serious       D. frightening

53. A. forgot   B. recognized  C. considered  D. regretted

54. A. honor   B. sense   C. happiness   D. pride

55. A. quietly  B. slightly      C. tightly D. suddenly

36---55        BADBC   AADAC   ABDAC   DBDBC        


解析:

36. B。根据下文可知小男孩因母亲脸上有疤而并不希望她会去参加家长会,但是这是老师的要求,因此他对母亲同意去而感到失望。

37. A。 would为will的过去式,程度仅次于must,表示对特定事态的推测,根据文意A项最佳。

38. D。meet意为“见面”,这是他的同学和老师第一次与他的母亲见面。

39. B。ashamed意为“羞愧的”,因为母亲脸上有疤,这又是同学和老师与母亲的第一次见面,所以他感到羞愧。

40. C。cover意为“覆盖”,由nearly the entire right side of her face可知疤痕的面积较大。

41. A。根据下文可知小男孩对疤痕是怎样造成的并不知道,且他对此感到羞愧,因此他决不想去谈及这件事,talk about意为“谈论……”。

42. A。impressed意为“给……留下印象”,母亲的友善和美丽给老师和同学留下了深刻的印象。

43. D。in spite of意为“尽管、虽然”。

44. A。hide oneself意为“把自己藏起来”,由embarrassed可知他怕别人取笑,就躲起来。

45. C。however表示转折,他是躲到一边,然而仍想了解大家对母亲的看法,就还是靠近大家,从而听到母亲和老师的谈话。

46. A。carefully意为“小心地”,老师想知道疤痕的由来,又担心伤了母亲的自尊心,在询问时就表现的慎重和小心。

47. B。when意为“在……时候”,,在“我”儿子还是婴儿的时候,他的房间着火了。

48. D。too…to…表示“太……而不能……”,大家太害怕,而不敢进去。

49. A。out of control意为“失控”,正是因为火太大,不能控制,大家才不敢进去救人。

50. C。根据上下文可知虽然母亲冲进去救“我”,后来却是由消防队员把“我们”救出来,应是母亲被木头敲晕了,而无法救人,也失去了自救的能力。

51. D。touch意为“触摸”,这是母亲谈到疤痕时一个不由自主的动作。Point意为“指……”,为不及物动词,要接to,show(展现)、wipe(擦去)均不符文意。

52. B。母亲并不后悔自己的行为,不会认为疤痕很丑,排除A、C、D词义不符,也排除,lasting意为“永久的”,疤痕会永久地留在母亲的脸上。

53. D。尽管疤痕无法去除,但母爱让她从未对自己因救孩子而受伤感到后悔过。

54. B。a great sense of the sacrifice意为“巨大的牺牲精神”,honor(荣誉)、happiness(幸福)、pride(骄傲)这三个词的意义不符合。

55. C。小男孩知道真相后就不再感到羞愧,一直呆在母亲身边,紧握她的手以表示感谢和歉意,tightly意为“紧紧地”。

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22.A. after           B. during          C. since           D. before
23.A. could           B. must           C. should         D. would
24.A. helpful        B. extra          C. real           D. regular
25.A. luckily         B. completely     C. narrowly        D. probably
26.A. except         B. including      C. despite        D. with
27.A sometimes       B. always         C. never          D. seldom
28.A. frighten       B. please         C. shock          D. bother
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30.A. apart from     B. rather than    C. because of      D. according to
31.A. impossible     B. familiar       C. new             D. easy
32.A. lie            B. turn           C. reply          D. call
33.A. look           B. measure        C. match          D. take
34.A. many           B. all            C. some           D. none 
35.A. worst          B. closest        C. first          D. final
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39.A. actually        B. hardly         C. nearly          D. only
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2.A. by      B. via         C. through         D. with

3.A. quiet B. peaceful        C. sensitive        D. stubborn

4.A. accustomed        B. taken    C. driven   D. attracted

5.A. fish    B. seed      C. plant     D. newspaper

6.A. himself       B. itself      C. themselves   D. herself

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8.A. which         B. what      C. that       D. whether

9.A. sitting         B. exercising     C. sleeping         D. eating

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15.A. over         B. across   C. through         D. down

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17.A. views        B. attitude          C. ways      D. mind

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