完形填空

　　I was fifteen months old, a happy kid…．until the day I fell．It was a 　　1　　 fall．I landed on a glass rabbit which cut my eye badly enough to make it blind．Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched(缝合)the eyeball together where it was 　　2　　, leaving a big ugly scar(疤痕)in the middle of my eye．The attempt 　　3　　, but my mother, in all of her wisdom, found another doctor and the doctor said that if the eye were removed 　　4　　, my face would grow up badly ditorted(扭曲), 　　5　　 my scarred, sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me．As I grew, this sightless eye in so many ways 　　6　　 me．

　　I walked with my face looking at the 　　7　　 so that people would not see the 　　8　　 me．Yet my mother would say to me, at every turn, “Hold your head up high and 　　9　　 the world．If you hold your head up high, it will be OK, and people will see your 　　10　　 soul．” She continued this 　　11　　 whenever I was trying to hide．

　　Mother’s words were of great help for me to face the world 　　12　　．As a teenager, even though I tended to look down to hide my shame, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people know me, they 　　13　　 me．In high school, I was 　　14　　 both academically and socially．I was 　　15　　 elected class president．My mohter’s words helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, I let them 　　16　　 the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes, even if they couldn’t see it on the 　　17　　．

　　Now I’m a happy wife and great mother．The message “Hold your head up high,” has been 　　18　　 many times in my 　　19　　 home．Each of my children has felt 　　20　　 value, and the gift my mother gave me has lived on in another generation．