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请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的(A、B、C和D)四个选项中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Hey, Jenny ! How’s the model?”

    I had just taken a bite of my hot dog  31   I heard a familiar voice yelling at me from across the crowded school yard. I saw a group of popular girls who were all  32  .

“What kind of  33   are you going to do? An ad for a Frankenstein movie?” More laughter. My stomach twisted into a tight knot. How could they humiliate (羞辱) me like this, in front of the entire school? As I walked into the cafeteria, I  34   the dark scars on my right hand.

At 9 months old, I knocked over a tea pot and dumped boiling water all over my hands and stomach. My parents  35   me to the hospital, but I had to have skin graft (移植) operation. I was in so much pain! But what  36  me most were the cruel things people said about how I looked, like that day at lunch.

The girls were being super mean to me because they’d heard I was considering doing some modeling. A close friend had suggested that I shouldn’t let my scars  37  me and that I might make a good model.

But after that  38   at school, I was sure I’d made a huge mistake. Upon arriving home, I covered the mirror with a blanket, fell on my bed and sobbed.

    The next day, I   39  myself to go to school. At lunch my best friend Jesse tried to encourage me: “You can’t  40  forever, Jenny. So what if you have a few scars? Just go outside and show them that you’re just as good as they are.” Although I knew he was right, I couldn’t imagine standing up for myself like that.

However, that night as I sat on the bed, my friend’s words replayed in my mind. I’m  41   hiding from myself, I thought. How stupid! Slowly, I stood up, walked over to the  42 , and tossed the blanket aside. There, in the mirror I saw a slim, dark-haired, blue-eyed girl, looking just fine, 43  with a few scars.

The next day I wore a comfortable T-shirt to school. What’s more, I had lunch outside the cafeteria,

 44  beside those mean girls. They were shocked that I should dare to walk into their territory. I felt different too—free and happy.

Sometimes people still look at me strangely. They whisper and stare, but I don’t let it get to me. I have applied to several modeling companies, and at least one company is considering me for jobs. Maybe I’ll never  45   posing on the runway (T形舞台), but I do know one thing: I’m done.

A. as             B. when                 C. while            D. before

A. nodding        B. cheering             C. laughing         D. quarreling

A. modeling       B. writing         C. drilling         D. acting

A. looked into        B. searched for         C. wondered about   D. glanced at

A. presented     B. guided           C. rushed           D. handed

A. hurt           B. beat                 C. disappointed     D. puzzled

A. impress            B. limit                C. award        D. suspect

A. effect             B. phenomenon       C. movement         D. scene

A. forced          B. expected             C. reminded         D. arranged

A. apologize      B. beg              C. hide             D. complain

A. hardly             B. ever                 C. even             D. gradually

A. blanket        B. bed             C. chair            D. mirror

A. while         B. though           C. and          D. because

A. right           B. still                C. therefore        D. anyhow

A. give up        B. end up           C. put up       D. set up

Jenny doesn’t agree with her father, but she ________ that to his face.

Jenny doesn’t agree with her father, but she ________ that to his face.

A．dare not to say                         B．doesn’t dare to say

C．dares not say                           D．dare not saying