A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school's first teacher- parent conference. To the little boy's __1__, she said she would go. This would be the __2__ time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed (难堪) by her __3__. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (伤疤) that __4__ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy __5__ wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.

At the conference, the people were __6__ by the kindness and natural __7__ of his mother despite the scar, __8__ the little boy was still embarrassed and __9__ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a(n) __10__ between his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.

"__11__ did you get the scar on your face?" the teacher asked.

The mother replied, "When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too __12__ to go in because the fire was out of control, so I went in. __13__ I was running towards his bed, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself __14__ him trying to protect him. I was __15__ unconscious (失去知觉的) but fortunately , a fireman came in and __16__ both of us. "She touched the __17__ side of her face. "This scar will be permanent, but to this day, I have never __18__ doing what I did."

At this point , the little boy came out __19__ towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her and felt a great __20__ of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

1. A. pleasure B. disappointment C. happiness D. delight

2. A. last B. second C. first D. final

3. A. manner B. appearance C. ugliness D. shyness

4. A. covered B. spread C. hurt D. hid

5. A. always B. often C. never D. still

6. A. surprised B. satisfied C. taught D. impressed

7. A. feeling B. honesty C. beauty D. bravery

8. A. but B. so C. or D. and

9. A. stopped B. kept C. hid D. tore

10. A. argument B. question C. discussion D. conversation

11. A. How B. When C. Why D. Where

12. A. anxious B. afraid C. worried D. cruel

13. A. Before B. As C. Since D. After

14. A. above B. towards C. off D. over

15. A. beaten B. knocked C. lost D. found

16. A. helped B. noticed C. protected D. saved

17. A. burned B. cut C. darkened D. recovered

18. A. minded B. cared C. remembered D. regretted

19. A. crying B. running C. pushing D. forcing

20. A. sense B. wave C. favor D. benefit