Question

I was 15 months old, a happy carefree kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. Since then my face looks ugly, my scarred (有疤痕的), sightless, cloudy gray eye lives on with me. Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions. When kids played games, I was always the "monster". 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." I began to depend on that saying. As a child, I thought Mom meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or bump（撞） into something because you are not looking." As a teenager, I usually looked down to hide my shame. But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me. In high school I even became the class president. But in my heart , 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. Let them see the beauty that is inside."     

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 learned not only to appreciate myself but also to have deep compassion (憐憫) for others. "Hold your head up high" has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its invitation. I say it to my children. The gift my mom gave me lives on in another generation.

1.The world “carefree”in the first line probably means“ ______” in Chinese.

A. 無憂無慮的 B. 爭強好勝的 C. 小心翼翼的 D. 與眾不同的

2.Why did the author's mother tell her to hold her head up high and face the world ?

A. Because her mother wanted to show sympathy（同情） for her.

B. Because her mother wanted her to be confident.

C. Because her mother didn't want her to be seen as a "monster".

D. Because her mother thought the author looked prettier when she did that.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. The author managed to hide her disability in high school.

B. The author gave her children encouragement and love, as her mother had given her.

C. The author was always confident after the accident.

D. In high school the author was chosen to be president of the student's union（學生會）.

4.The underlined sentence "Each of my children has felt its invitation." means her children ______.

A. each received an invitation from her mother B. didn't quite understand the meaning of her words.

C. faced the same difficulty as their mother. D. benefited（受益）from their mother's words.

5.Which would be the best title for the article?

A. My mom's gift to me B. How I found my life-partner

C. My terrible childhood accident D. Disability is no shame

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