I was 15 months old, a happy kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. My mom found a doctor who knew that if the eye were taken away, my face would look ugly, so my scarred (有疤痕的), sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me.

Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions. When kids played games, 1. I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me.

Yet Mom would say to me: “Hold your head up high and face the world.” 2.

As a child, I thought Mom meant, “Be careful or you will fall down or knock into something because you are not looking.” As a teenager, 3. But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me.

In high school I even became monitor of my class, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say: “Hold your head up high and face the world. 4.

When I met the man who became my husband, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out.

My mom’s love was the spark (火花) that gave me confidence. I had faced trouble, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep pity for others.

“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. 5.

根据文章大意,请大家把下面五个句子还原到适当的位置。

A. I usually looked down to hide my shame (羞愧).

B. Let them see the beauty that is inside.

C. I was always the “monster”.

D. The gift my mom gave me lives on in my children.

E. I began to rely on(依赖) that saying.

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What’s the most important thing in your life? Do you think about this question?

I began to think about it when I was just a little girl. I had a lot of friends and I loved playing with them. So I thought friendship(友谊) was the most important thing in life. If I had no friends, I would be very sad.

When I got older, I thought the most important thing was music. I was crazy about music at that time. To me, if I couldn’t sing or listen to music, my life would be boring.

When I was 12, I read a book that tells a beautiful story about the love between a mother and her child. I was happy to find that love was the most important thing. I thought love made my life beautiful.

Not long ago, I got a new answer to the question from another book. “Happiness is the destination(目标) for everyone.” the writer said.

Soon I began to understand friendship, music, love and happiness are all very important to us. These important things make our lives colourful and beautiful.

What’s the most important thing in life now? I still don’t have the answer. However, I don’t want to know. I just want to care about everything important in my life.

I hope everyone can find the important things in their lives, and cherish them!

The most 1. things in life

2.

Things

Reasons

A little girl

3.

☆Because she had a lot of friends and she loved them.

Older

Music

☆She was 4. about it and she thought life would be boring 5. music.

At the 6.of 12

Love

☆Because she thought love made her life beautiful after reading a 7. .

Not long ago

8.

☆Because a writer said it was the destination for everyone.

After that

Many

☆Because they make our lives 9. and beautiful.

Now

No answer

☆Because she just wants to 10. about everything important in life.

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