Question

It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call．

“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just ______ in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n) ______ and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was ______.

The doctor described the ______, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they ______ the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline. The flames _____ my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

______, one of the boys who was quick—minded grasped my son and ______ him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in _____ to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.

After he ______ from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months ______ it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns．

When I was a child, my mother told my sister，who had a 10-inch very ______ scar on her arm, “Nancy，if you ignore the scar，other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not ______ it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you. ’’

I ______ this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to __ ___ and returned to school with his head held high—glad he was alive.

By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not ______. So he made the ______ to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe _____ people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.

But you see, people will only judge you by your looks or your clothes if you are judging yourself by these same ______ standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value ______ yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1.A. brought B. given C. turned D. showed

2.A. doctor B. hospital C. aircraft D. ambulance

3.A. serious B. terrible C. dangerous D. important

4.A. event B. process C. reason D. accident

5.A. got B. lit C. burned D. moved

6.A. took B. held C. caught D. attracted

7.A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Happily D. Slowly

8.A. pushed B. threw C. dropped D. rolled

9.A．shape B. place C. fact D. time

10.A. benefited B. recovered C. suffered D. relaxed

11.A. if B. while C. because D. although

12.A. normal B. violent C. obvious D. popular

13.A. mention B. notice C. 1augh D. hide

14.A. sent B. kept C. handed D. passed

15.A. heart B. life C. practice D. considerate

16.A. grow B. matter C. exist D. Appear

17.A. mistake B. effort C. decision D. request

18.A. invite B. cause C. allow D. remind

19.A. false B. strict C. moral D. general

20.A. by B. over C. beyond D. within

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：作者的兒子在一次意外事故中被嚴(yán)重?zé)齻�，在作者的勸說(shuō)下，他昂首挺胸地返回了學(xué)校，并主動(dòng)放棄了整容手術(shù)。誠(chéng)然，外表只是虛假的東西，真正重要的是人的內(nèi)心。

1.brought帶來(lái)；B：given給出了；C：turned轉(zhuǎn)身；D：showed顯示。對(duì)方給作者打電話，說(shuō)作者的兒子被“送進(jìn)”了急診室。turn in表示“歸還”，不符合語(yǔ)境。故選A。

2.doctor醫(yī)生；B：hospital醫(yī)院；C：aircraft飛機(jī)；D：ambulance救護(hù)車。根據(jù)本句后半部分的“fly him to the burn unit in Seattle”可知對(duì)方已經(jīng)聯(lián)系好了“飛機(jī)”，打算 把作者的兒子送往西雅圖治療。故選C。

3.serious嚴(yán)重的；B：terrible可怕的；C：dangerous危險(xiǎn)的；D：important

重要的。Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was ______.結(jié)合上文提到的內(nèi)容可知作者立刻意識(shí)到了事態(tài)的“嚴(yán)重性”。故選A。

4.event事件；B：process過(guò)程；C：reason原因；D：accident事故。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知作者的兒子被燒傷是“意外事故”。A項(xiàng)常用來(lái)表示重大事件。故選D。

5.got得到；B：lit點(diǎn)燃；C：burned燃燒；D：moved移動(dòng)。When they _____ the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline.根據(jù)本句后半部分的內(nèi)容可知是“點(diǎn)燃”木炭時(shí)。故選B。

6.took帶；B：held舉行；C：caught抓��；D：attracted吸引。由上句it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline.澆有過(guò)多汽油的木炭噴出的火苗燒著了作者兒子的襯衣，此處catch可理解為“著（火）燒著”。故選C。

7.Fortunately幸運(yùn)的是；B：Surprisingly令人驚訝的是；C：Happily愉快地； D：Slowly慢慢地。_____, one of the boys who was quick—minded grasped my son and ______ him on the grass.當(dāng)時(shí)，作者的兒子身上火勢(shì)熊熊，“幸運(yùn)的是”，其中一個(gè)孩子反應(yīng)敏捷，及時(shí)采取行動(dòng)，

從而挽救了作者兒子的生命。故選A。

8.pushed推動(dòng)；B：threw扔了；C.：dropped下降；D：rolled卷。由minded grasped my son and ______ him on the grass.那個(gè)孩子的目的是想撲滅作者兒子身上的大火，由此可推斷他是讓作者的兒子在草地上“滾動(dòng)”。故選D。

9.shape形狀；B：place地方；C：fact事實(shí)；D：time時(shí)間。那個(gè)孩子雖然救了作者兒子一命，卻沒(méi)能“及時(shí)”挽回大火對(duì)作者的兒子造成的肉體傷害的局面。While it saved his life, it was not in ______ to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars. 故選D。

10.benefited受益；B：recovered恢復(fù)；C：suffered遭受；D：relaxed放松。上文提到作者的兒子被送往西雅圖救治，所以此處是作者的兒子經(jīng)過(guò)治療后“康復(fù)”。故選B。

11.if如果；B：while而；C：because因?yàn)椋籇：although雖然。the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months ______ it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling根據(jù)本句后半部分的內(nèi)容可知這里說(shuō)的是六個(gè)月之內(nèi)不能進(jìn)行整容的原因。故選C。

12.normal正常的；B：violent猛烈的；C：obvious明顯的；D：popular受歡迎的。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知如果胳博上有一條10英寸長(zhǎng)的傷疤，一定非�！懊黠@”。故選C。

13.mention提到；B：notice注意到；C：1augh嘲笑；D：hide隱藏。根據(jù)Nancy，if you ignore the scar，other people will ignore it.如果自己不把傷疤放在心上，其他人也會(huì)這么做，但這并不意味著他們沒(méi)有“注意到”傷疤的存在。故選B。

14.sent發(fā)送；B：kept保持；C：handed交；D：passed通過(guò)。It does not mean they will not ______ it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you. ”pass on表示“傳遞”，即作者把這種智慧傳給自己的兒子。故選D。

15.heart心；B：life生活；C：practice實(shí)踐；D：considerate體貼。He took my advice to _____ and returned to school with his head held high 作者的兒子將作者的建議牢牢地記在“心”中，昂首挺胸地返回了學(xué)校。故選A。

16.grow成長(zhǎng)；B：matter要緊；C：exist存在；D：appear出現(xiàn)。By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not ______. So he made the _____ to give up any plastic surgery. 經(jīng)過(guò)六個(gè)月的漫長(zhǎng)等待，作者的兒子認(rèn)為自己的傷疤無(wú)關(guān)緊要，決定放棄整容手術(shù)。matter表示“要緊，有關(guān)系”。故選B。

17.mistake錯(cuò)誤；B：effort努力；C：decision決策；D：request請(qǐng)求。上文提到醫(yī)生告訴作者的兒子六個(gè)月后才可以實(shí)施整容手術(shù)，而此時(shí)的他發(fā)生了思想轉(zhuǎn)變， 作出“決定”——不再進(jìn)行任何整容手術(shù)。故選C。

18.invite邀請(qǐng)；B：cause導(dǎo)致；C：allow允許；D：remind提醒。We all have “scars” that we believe ______ people to keep away from us.此處是cause sb. to do sth.結(jié)構(gòu)，表示“導(dǎo)致某人做某事”。定語(yǔ)從句中的we believe可看作是插入語(yǔ)。故選B。

19.false虛假的；B：strict嚴(yán)格的；C：moral；道德的D：general一般的。在作者看來(lái)，外表和衣著只是“虛假的”評(píng)判標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。后三項(xiàng)分別表示“嚴(yán)格的”“道德的” “一般的，大體的”，都不符合語(yǔ)境。故選A。

20.by通過(guò)；B：over結(jié)束；C. beyond超過(guò)；D：within在內(nèi)。本句的前半部分提到要把外表和衣著等外在表現(xiàn)拋在腦后，由此可知作者強(qiáng)調(diào)的是內(nèi)在美。故選D。

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