A new mother was anxious to see her newly-born baby. But she was        when the baby was in her arms. The baby had been born without ears.
With time going on, it      that the baby' s hearing was perfect. It was only his        that was damaged. When he rushed home from school one day and      himself into his mother' s  arms, she sighed,       that his life was to be misfortunate.
He grew up and became a      with his classmates. He might have been class president,       that. The boy’s s father        the family physician in secret if he could do      to help his son. "I believed I could      on a pair of outer ears, if they could be got," the doctor answered. So the      began for a person who would      ears.
Two years went by. Then the father said, "You are going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will give the ears you need.       it a s a secret," said the father. The operation  was very        , and a new person appeared. " But I must know!" he urged his father. " Who gave  me        _? I could never do enough for him. " "I do not believe you could. " said the father.
The secret was        for years till he stood with his father over his mother' s coffin. Slowly and        , his father raised his mother' s thick brown hair to        that his mother had no outer ears. "Mother said she was        she never let her hair be cut," he whispered gently . "and  nobody ever thought she was less        did they?"

A．angiy B．confused C．astonished D．curious

A．turned out B．turned over C．took out D．took over

A．figure B．face C．ear D．appearance

A．threw B．got C．sent D．took

A．persuading B．knowing C．doubting D．wondering

A．enemy B．favorite C．stranger D．friend

A．ever since B．even if C．but for D．as for

A．asked B．advised C．ordered D．convinced

A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing

A．transplant B．operate C．set D．fix

A．operation B．interview C．search D．examination

A．donate B．operate C．treat D．recover

A．So B．And C．But D．Or

A．normal B．useful C．difficult D．successful

A．so much B．so many C．too much D．too many

A．discussed B．hidden C．spread D．kept

A．desperately B．tenderly C．sadly D．excitedly

A．know B．find C．show D．notice

A．guilty B．glad C．worried D．regretful

A．beautiful B．ugly C．careful D．Fashionable