Usually, there is a teacher-parent meeting in every school year. Some students enjoy it, some don’t. Tom, 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 scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed 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.

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

A．would B．could C．should D．must

A．noticed B．greeted C．met D．accepted

A．sick B．ashamed C．afraid D．tired

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A．As B．Now that C．Since D．When

A．so B．much C．quite D．too

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

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

A．pointed B．showed C．touched D．wiped

A．beautiful B．lasting C．serious D．frightening

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

A．honor B．happiness C．sense D．pride

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