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.
A．brought B．given C．turned D．showed
A．doctor B．hospital C．aircraft D．ambulance
A．serious B．terrible C．dangerous D．important
A．event B．process C．reason D．accident
A．got B．lit C．burned D．moved
A．took B．held C．caught D．attracted
A．Fortunately B．Surprisingly C．Happily D．Slowly
A．pushed B．threw C．dropped D．rolled
A．shape B．place C．fact D．time
A．benefited B．recovered C．suffered D．relaxed
A．if B．while C．because D．although
A．normal B．violent C．obvious D．popular
A．mention B．notice C．1augh D．hide
A．sent B．kept C．handed D．passed
A．heart B．life C．practice D．considerate
A．grow B．matter C．exist D．Appear
A．mistake B．effort C．decision D．request
A．invite B．cause C．allow D．remind
A．false B．strict C．moral D．general
A．by B．over C．beyond D．within
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C﹑D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In 2014, I had just ________ form a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer's conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded me that a(n) ________ might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I went .
Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I ________ to catch a taxi to my ________and settle in. Next morning, I took another________to the shopping center to buy a few souvenirs.________ I went to a cafe to have lunch, but all the tables were________ . Then I heard a friendly voice saying, "You can ________ my table."
I ________sat down with the old lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the________ came to an end she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn't hired a car, and hadn't________ how expensive taking taxis ________ be, After a while she said, "My dear, don't use any more taxis. I'm retired and________would be my pleasure to________you wherever you wish." I told her that I couldn't put her to that ________ ,but she brushed aside my protests (反对). She asked me where I was________ and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the appointed time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to ________alone. At the end of the day, she________ to take me back to my accommodation. I________ her money but she refused to take any.
I'll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her ________, filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried ________ for hours as the farmer tried to figure out________ to do. Finally he decided the animal was ________ and the well needed to be________up anyway, so it just wasn’t ________ to save the donkey.
He invited all his ________ to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel ________ into the well. At first, the donkey ________ what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s ________ , he was quiet.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked ________ the well and was ________ at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that ________ his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would ________ it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors ________ to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a________ up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the________ of the well and ran off.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The best way of ________ out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our ________ is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest ________ just by not stopping, never ________ ! Shake it off and take a step upward!
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D） 中，选出可以填入的最佳选项。
It has been about forty years since the invention of post-it notes (便利贴). These sticky notes, as people often________ them, can be used to mark a ________ in a book. They can be used to ________ a note to a report turned in to a teacher. They can even be used to post a reminder note in a place where it will be . Many people question how they were invented. The is surprising because the discovery was actually a(n) .
In 1968, Spencer Silver was working with different types of adhesives (胶). He was trying to develop new for a company that created and sold clear tape. One particular adhesive just would not for long periods of time, it could be peeled off easily. He passed the around the company to see if anyone could find a(n) for it. Nobody could imagine a way to use an adhesive that did not stick to a permanently.
Six years later, Art Fry, another scientist with the same company, became frustrated while ________ with his choir (唱诗班). The piece of paper he used to mark his place on his music kept . Fry wished he had something that would make the paper stay in place. , he remembered the________adhesive Dr. Silver had passed around. Fry wondered, “Would it be possible to use the adhesive?”
It turned out to be quite ! Applying the adhesive to the back of a piece of paper made the paper stick wherever it was placed. , it didn’t stick permanently. The paper could be easily . Thus, the sticky note was born.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
James’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __________ the coins that lay on the bed. $24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! ___________ on earth was he going to get the _________ of the money ?
He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was __________ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no _________ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to ___________.
There was only one way to get money, and that was to __________ it. He would have to find a job. ___________ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had ____________ on most things.
“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr. Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing.”
That was the __________ of James’s odd-job(零工) business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the __________ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the __________ of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the _________ increased and he knew that he would soon have ___________ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day _________ came when James counted his money and found $94.32. He ___________ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __________ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard _________for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ________he had bought it with his own money. He had __________what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
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Presently selfie (自拍) is popular among many young persons, even some elders. Danny Bowman was so crazy about it in order to attract girls when he was at school. He spent 10 hours a day ________ more than 200 selfies trying to find the________ one.
He would take 10 photos of ________before he washed and would go________ class secretly three times every hour. At 16, he dropped out of school________ he could throw himself into his addiction, and he ate________.He did not leave his house for six months, and when he failed to take the perfect picture, he tried to________ himself by taking an overdose（过度用药）． His mother, Penny,________ to save him, and forced him to ask for help after his addiction had become ________ .
Then 19-year-old, believed to be Britain's first selfie ________ , is now under special treatment ________ . He has not taken a picture of himself in seven months and has________ that achieving perfection is ________ . He told the Sunday Mirror, "I was constantly________the perfect selfie and when I realized I couldn't, I wanted to die. I ________ my friends, my education, my health and almost my life. The only thing I ________ about was having my phone with me so that I could satisfy the desire for a picture of myself at any time of the day." He expressed his ________ to the doctors and said their help kept him ________ and called on others to ask for help __________ they ended up in hospital.
One psychologist at a clinic ________ Danny was treated said the addiction to taking
selfies has now become a mental illness.
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