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. 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(petrol). The flames my son’s shirt tail(下擺) and shot from his waist to well over his head.

, one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped(抓住) 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(傷疤).

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(縮水) and wrinkling(起皺). 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 his 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. laugh D. hide

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

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

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. attractive D. general

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

 

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:我們每個(gè)人都有不足之處,都會(huì)因?yàn)槟切┱鎸?shí)存在的或是想象出來(lái)的“傷疤”而過(guò)于在意他人的眼光。然而,只有發(fā)自內(nèi)心的美才是真正的美。作者的兒子在一次燒烤中嚴(yán)重?zé)齻,結(jié)果留下了很多傷疤,作者告訴他不要去在意那些傷疤,作者慶幸自己還活著,并且積極面對(duì)生活。

1.This is the emergency room calling”可知,是醫(yī)院打來(lái)的緊急電話,your son was just in with severe burns電話里說(shuō)道“你的兒子嚴(yán)重?zé)齻,他剛被送?lái)”,故選A。

2.fly him to the burn unit”中的fly可知,應(yīng)該是用飛機(jī)送他去西雅圖燒傷病房,故選C。

3.so we knew immediately this was .孩子的家人(作者)立刻意識(shí)到事情的嚴(yán)重性,故選A。

4.which caused the burns”可知,醫(yī)生介紹了造成燒傷的那起事故,故選D。

5.burst into flames”可知,作者的兒子和朋友點(diǎn)燃了炭火,故選B。

6.The flames my son’s shirt tail(下擺) and shot from his waist to well over his head.火焰燒著了作者兒子襯衫的下擺,進(jìn)而從腰部燒到了頭部,故選C。

7. , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped(抓住) my son好在有一個(gè)男孩反應(yīng)快,故選A。

8.and him on the grass男孩幫作者的兒子在草地上滾動(dòng)來(lái)滅掉身上的火,故選D。

9.it was not in to save him from severe burns雖然保住了性命,但沒(méi)有及時(shí)避免嚴(yán)重的燒傷,故選D。

10.he had to return to college”可知,應(yīng)該是從治療中恢復(fù),故選B。

11. it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking(縮水) and wrinkling(起皺)六個(gè)月之內(nèi)不能整容是因?yàn)樾枰敲撮L(zhǎng)的時(shí)間讓佩服停止縮水和起皺,故選C。

12.who had a 10-inch, very scar on her arm作者妹妹的胳膊上有一個(gè)傷疤,根據(jù)“if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it”可知,胳膊上的傷疤很明顯,故選C。

13.t means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you”可知,并非別人看不見(jiàn)傷疤,只是如果你不在意的話,別人就不會(huì)去關(guān)注它,故選B。

14.He took my advice”可知,作者把這個(gè)道理講給了兒子,pass sth on to sb把......傳給某人,故選D。

15.with his head held high —— glad he was alive”可知,作者的兒子沒(méi)有去在意周圍人對(duì)自己怎么看,而是慶幸自己還活著,說(shuō)明他把媽媽的話聽(tīng)進(jìn)心里了,故選A。

16.give up any plastic surgery”可知,他決定放棄整容,說(shuō)明他認(rèn)為那些傷疤已經(jīng)不算什么了,故選B。

17.so he made the to give up他做出了放棄整容的決定,make a/the decision to do sth作出做某事的決定,故選C。

18.We all have “scars” that we believe people to keep away from us.我們每個(gè)人都有我們認(rèn)為會(huì)使他人遠(yuǎn)離我們的“傷疤”,cause sb to do sth使某人做某事,故選B。

19.judge you by your looks, or your clothes如果自己以外表、穿著來(lái)看自己,那么他人也會(huì)以這些錯(cuò)誤的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來(lái)對(duì)待你。以貌取人是不對(duì)的,故選A。

20.Put your imperfections out of your mind...beauty will shine through”可知,忘掉自己的不足之處,只關(guān)注內(nèi)在的品質(zhì),那么,美就會(huì)由內(nèi)而外地散發(fā)出來(lái),故選D。

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