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 burn 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 a.m., 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 petrol. The flames_________my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

_______, one of the boys was quick-minded, gasped my son, and _________him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was in not enough _______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.laugh 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.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】

这是一篇记叙文。本文通过儿子被烧伤以后，不作整容手术的故事告诉我们每个人都有自己认为让别人远离自己的伤疤，我们不要使用外表等标准来衡量别人，而是要根据内在的品质来判断一个人。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这里是急诊室，你的儿子刚被带进来，他的脸、脖子和手臂都被严重烧伤了。A. brought带来；B. given给予；C. turned转动；D. showed展示。根据前文This is the emergency room calling可知，这里是急救室，作者的儿子刚被送来，面部、颈部和双臂有严重的烧伤。bring in意为“带进”。故选A。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们已经叫来了一架飞机，准备把他送到西雅图的烧伤病房。A. doctor医生；B. hospital医院；C. aircraft飞机；D. ambulance救护车。根据本空后的fly him说明已经呼叫飞机接儿子去治疗烧伤的专科医院，故选C。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：西雅图离他的大学有350英里，所以我们马上就知道这是一个严重的问题。A. serious严重的，严肃的；B. terrible糟糕的；C. dangerous危险的；D. important重要的。儿子需要被送到350英里外的西雅图，说明儿子的情况很严重。故选A。

4.考查名词词义辨析。句意：医生描述了引起烧伤的事故。A. event事件；B. process过程；C. reason理由；D. accident事故。根据下文which caused the burns可知，医生描述了造成儿子被烧伤的事故。故选D。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当他们点燃木炭时，由于他们喷了太多的汽油，木炭就着火了。A. got得到；B. lit点燃；C. burned烧伤；D. moved移动。根据后文it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much petrol可知，是在点木炭时引起了木炭着火。故选B。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我儿子衬衫下摆着火了，从他的腰一直烧到他的头上。A. took带走；B. held握住；C. caught点着；D. attracted吸引。短语catch fire表示“着火”，这里的catch是指点着了作者儿子的T恤衫。故选C。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，其中一个男孩反应敏捷，气喘吁吁地把我的儿子扑倒在草地上。A. Fortunately幸运地；B. Surprisingly惊人地；C. Happily快乐地；D. Slowly缓慢地。结合后文可知，幸运的是，其中的一个男孩反应快，一把抓住儿子，使他在草地上打滚来灭火。故选A。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，其中一个男孩反应敏捷，气喘吁吁地把我的儿子扑倒在草地上。A. pushed推；B. threw扔；C. dropped落下；D. rolled滚动。根据后文on the grass以及常识可知，这个朋友让他在草地上滚动来灭火。故选D。

9.考查名词词义辨析。句意：虽然它救了他的命，但没有足够的时间把他从严重的烧伤和可怕的伤疤中救出来。A. shape形状；B. place地方；C. fact事实；D. time时间。短语be in time to do sth．表示“来得及做某事”，表示这一行为虽然救了儿子的命，但是没能让他逃脱严重的烧伤，还落下了吓人的疤痕。故选D。

10.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在他从治疗中恢复过来后，医生告诉他6个月内不要做整容手术，因为皮肤停止萎缩和起皱需要6个月的时间。A. benefited受益；B. recovered恢复；C. suffered遭受；D. relaxed放松。根据后文from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容) for 6 months可知，儿子从烧伤中恢复过来，recover from固定用法，表示“恢复知觉，恢复”。故选B。

11.考查连词辨析。句意：在他接受治疗后，医生告诉他6个月内不要做整容手术，因为皮肤停止萎缩和起皱需要6个月的时间。A. if如果；B. while当……时候；C. because因为；D. although尽管。本句为原因状语从句，表示“因为”。故选C。

12.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我还是个孩子的时候，我妈妈告诉我姐姐，她的手臂上有一个10英寸的明显伤疤。A. normal正常的；B. violent暴力的；C. obvious明显的；D. popular流行的。十英寸的伤疤是很明显的，其他选项不符合语境。故选C。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：这并不意味着他们不会注意到，而是意味着如果你不在意，他们也不会在意。A. mention提到；B. notice注意到；C. laugh笑；D. hide隐藏。结合上下文可知，如果你不在意这个伤疤，别人也不会在意，这并不意味着人们就注意不到这个明显的伤疤了。故选B。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我把这个智慧传给了我的儿子。A. sent送；B. kept保持；C. handed递给；D. passed传递。根据下文this wisdom on to my son可知，短语pass sth on to表示“把……传递给……”，作者把妈妈说的话传递给了儿子。故选D。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他把我的劝告记在心里，高高兴兴地回到学校——庆幸自己还活着。A. heart心脏；B. life生活；C. practice练习；D. considerate体贴。结合后文儿子高高兴兴去上学可知，儿子是把作者的话记在了心里。短语take sth. to heart“用心记住”。故选A。

16.考查动词词义辨析。句意：在6个月的等待期结束时，他觉得伤疤并不重要，所以他决定放弃任何整形手术。A. grow生长；B. matter重要；C. exist存在；D. appear出现。结合下文give up any plastic surgery可知，儿子觉得伤疤并不重要，所以放弃了整形手术。故选B。

17.考查名词词义辨析。句意：在6个月的等待期结束时，他觉得伤疤并不重要，所以他决定放弃任何整形手术。A. mistake错误；B. effort努力；C. decision决定；D. request要求。结合后文to give up any plastic surgery可知，儿子做出了放弃手术的决定。故选C。

18.考查动词词义辨析。句意：我们都有“伤疤”，我们相信这些伤疤会造成别人远离我们。A. invite邀请；B. cause造成；C. allow允许；D. remind提醒。结合语境people to keep away from us可知，我们都有我们认为能够造成别人远离我们的伤疤。故选B。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：但是你要知道，如果你用这些同样错误的标准来评价你自己，人们只会根据你的长相，或者你的穿着来评价你。A. false错误的；B. strict严格的；C. moral道德的；D. general一般的。根据前文But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same可知，依相貌和衣着来评价人都是错误的标准，故选A。

20.考查介词辨析。句意：把你的不完美抛诸脑后，把注意力集中在你内心深处的价值观上，你的美丽就会散发出来。A. by借助；B. over在……上方；C. beyond超过；D. within在……之内。上句提及很多人根据外表来判断一个人，实际上我们要根据一个人的内心的品质来判断一个人的情况，即把注意力集中在你内心深处的价值观上。故选D。