A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s disappointment,she said she would go. This   16   be the first time that his classmates and teacher   17   his mother and he felt ashamed of her   18  . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(疤痕)that   19  nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to   20  why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still  21 and hid himself from everyone,  22   a conversation between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked   23 ,“How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother answered,“When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was   24  afraid to go in because the fire was   25   ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked senseless but   26  , a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched（摸著） the   27  side of her face. “This scar will be  28 ,but to this day, I have never regretted what I did.”
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in his arms and   29   a great sense of the sacrifice(犧牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the   30  of the day.

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day,when he got home,his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said,” don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”

On the next day Bruno came back wet and dirty（臟的）clothes. His mother became even angrier.” I’ll tell your father you come back wet again.” said his mother,” He’ll punish you,you know.”

The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.

“you’re a good boy today,” his mother said happily,”you didn’t play in the water.”

“No,” the boy said unhappily.” There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room（空地方） for me at all.”

1.Bruno went to school _____every day.

A.by bike     B.by bus    C.by car     D.on foot

2.The playground was between _____.

A.two classrooms

B.the cinema and shop

C. Bruno’s house and school

D.the shop and Bruno’s school

3.The little boy liked to play on the playground______.

A.when it snowed 

B.when there was some water there

C.when the children played football there

D.when his father was busy with his work

4. Bruno was afraid of _____ most.

A.his father   B.his mother   C.his teacher    D.the other boys

5. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because ____.

A.nobody made room（地方）for him in the water.

B.there was no water on the playground

C.he took off his clothes before he played there.

D.he played in the water carefully.

I was in line waiting to pay. In line there were two people before me. A little boy was buying some rather strange clothes. He chatted with anyone who was interested in the clothes and soon we learnt that he was going to a kindergarten(幼兒園) party. He had done a great job of putting together interesting costumes.
I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change(零錢). It seemed that he had robbed his pig bank(豬形儲蓄罐) to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was short after counting all the money. The boy thought for a moment and said, “Please keep the shirt and I will come back with more money. “
It was clear that he had already used all the money he had and he was $ 8.00 short. The lady in front of me said, “Well, I could pay half of that. “I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We dug into our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills(紙幣) and we needed the cashier to get the change for us. Other shoppers began digging into their pockets to find some change. It was amazing and touching as all these strangers seemed to react(反應(yīng)) with the same mind. All wanted to be of help. Within minutes the cashier said, “I have too much money.” The cashier didn’t need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me, who had been the first to offer help, said, “Wait! I didn’t even get a chance to give anything!”
I smiled at her and said, “You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this. “ The little boy smiled and thanked us. We wished him the best and he left. I was left with a good feeling. I had seen the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, “It sure feels good to give, doesn’t it?” I smiled back and said, “Yes !”
【小題1】What is this passage mainly about?

A little boy invited his mother to his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To his surprise, she agreed. He felt ­­­?????? . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar(傷疤) that covered nearly the whole right side of her ?????? .

At the meeting, all the people were ____by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from ___.Suddenly, he heard his mother talking with his teacher.

“____did you get the scar on your face?” the teacher asked. She replied, “When my son was a boy, his room caught on fire one day. Everyone was too ____to go in, so I went in and ran towards his bed. Just then I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to____ him. I was knocked but luckily, a fireman saved____ of us.” She touched the scar. “This scar will be here forever, ____ I will never regret doing what I did.”

At this point, the little boy came out running to his mother ____tears in his eyes. He hugged her and held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

1.A. worried?????????? B. happy?????????? C. angry??????????? D. proud

2.A. ear?????????????? B. hand??????????? C. face???????????? D. arm

3.A. impressed???????? B. followed???????? C. agreed?????????? D. encouraged

4.A. somebody???????? B. anybody???????? C. nobody????????? D. no one

5.A. Where??????????? B. How??????????? C. Why??????????? D. When

6.A. afraid???????????? B. quiet?????????? C. calm??????????? D. careful

7.A. prevent??????????? B. save??????????? C. protect????????? D. hold

8.A. neither??????????? B. either?????????? C. all???????????? ? D. both

9.A. because?????????? B. however???????? C. but??????????? ? D. although

10.A. for????????????? B. of????????????? C. with?????????? ? D. without