第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）

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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was 4 o’clock in the morning on June 9, 2003 when I received the phone call. “This is the emergency room calling and your son was just  21  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)  22  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  23  .

The doctor described the  24  , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they  25  the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much petrol. The flames  26  my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

27  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and  28  him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in  29  to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.

After he  30  from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容) for 6 months  31  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  32  scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not  33  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

I  34  this wisdom on to my son. He kept my advice in  35  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 didn’t  36  , so he made the  37  to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe  38  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  39  standards. Put your imperfections(缺点；瑕疵) out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  40  yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. A. shape              B. place                   C. fact                            D. time

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

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

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

33. A. mention            B. notice                C. laugh                         D. hide

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

35. A. mind                B. life                   C. practice                   D. heart

36. A. grow          B. matter                 C. exist                        D. appear

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

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

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

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

--- I’m sorry that I can’t go to your party tonight.

---- ______ ? Haven’t we agreed on it ?

I wonder why you don’t do it as ______ and it’s the third time you have done so.

 The lad couldn’t ______ even if he ______ in time.

He is ______ is known as a hacker ---- he likes to show off on the Internet and attack websites.

Mary’s mother got sick, so she called ______.

 This project _____ considered thoroughly, and I’m sure it _____ finished on time.

When he got off the bus, he found his pocket ______.

 ------ Look, where are you going ?

------ Oh, I’m terribly sorry. ______.

11. ______ she is young, she knows quite a lot.