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 would be the first time that his classmates and teacher   37   his mother and he felt   38   of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that   39   nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   40   why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were   41   by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother   
  42   the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and   43   himself from everyone. He did, however, get within hearing of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked   44   , “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “   45   my son was a baby, he was in a room that   46   fire. Everyone was   47   afraid to go in because the fire was   48  , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself   49   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   54   her in his arms and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand   55   for the rest of the day.

A．enjoyment B．disappointment C．sorrow D．joy

A．noticed B．greeted C．accepted D．met

A．sick B．ashamed C．afraid D．tired

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

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

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

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

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

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

A．As B．When C．Since D．While

A．caught B．set C．lit D．made

A．so B．much C．quite D．too

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

A．under B．at C．to D．over

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

A．pointed B．showed C．wiped D．touched

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

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

A．grasped B．held C．put D．caught

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