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 1 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was3 The doctor described the4, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they 5 the charcoal(木炭),it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames6 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
7, one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and8 him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in 9 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(傷疤).
After he10 from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months11 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 very12 scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not 13 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I 14 this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to 15 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 not16. So he made the17 to give up any plastic surgery. We all have “scars” that we believe18 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 same19 standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value20 yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      brought
   2. B.
      given
   3. C.
      turned
   4. D.
      showed
2. 2.
   1. A.
      doctor
   2. B.
      hospital
   3. C.
      aircraft
   4. D.
      ambulance
3. 3.
   1. A.
      serious
   2. B.
      terrible
   3. C.
      dangerous
   4. D.
      important
4. 4.
   1. A.
      event
   2. B.
      process
   3. C.
      reason
   4. D.
      accident
5. 5.
   1. A.
      got
   2. B.
      lit
   3. C.
      burned　　
   4. D.
      moved
6. 6.
   1. A.
      took
   2. B.
      held　　
   3. C.
      caught 　　
   4. D.
      attracted
7. 7.
   1. A.
      Fortunately
   2. B.
      Surprisingly
   3. C.
      Happily
   4. D.
      Slowly
8. 8.
   1. A.
      Pushed
   2. B.
      threw
   3. C.
      dropped
   4. D.
      rolled
9. 9.
   1. A.
      shape
   2. B.
      place
   3. C.
      fact
   4. D.
      time
10. 10.
    1. A.
       benefited
    2. B.
       recovered
    3. C.
       suffered
    4. D.
       relaxed
11. 11.
    1. A.
       if
    2. B.
       while
    3. C.
       because
    4. D.
       although
12. 12.
    1. A.
       normal
    2. B.
       violent
    3. C.
       obvious
    4. D.
       popular
13. 13.
    1. A.
       mention
    2. B.
       notice
    3. C.
       laugh
    4. D.
       hide
14. 14.
    1. A.
       sent
    2. B.
       kept
    3. C.
       handed
    4. D.
       passed
15. 15.
    1. A.
       heart
    2. B.
       life
    3. C.
       practice
    4. D.
       considerate
16. 16.
    1. A.
       grow
    2. B.
       matter
    3. C.
       exist
    4. D.
       appeal
17. 17.
    1. A.
       mistake
    2. B.
       effort
    3. C.
       decision
    4. D.
       request
18. 18.
    1. A.
       invite
    2. B.
       cause
    3. C.
       allow
    4. D.
       Remind
19. 19.
    1. A.
       false
    2. B.
       strict
    3. C.
       moral
    4. D.
       general
20. 20.
    1. A.
       by
    2. B.
       over
    3. C.
       beyond
    4. D.
       within

He's obviously quite embarrassed about it because he _____ me to tell anyone.

1. A.
   prevented
2. B.
   kept
3. C.
   permitted
4. D.
   forbade

   Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurable patients. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn’t much time to  36 , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.

    “Frank!” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t  37 , as I knew, but all the time  38  his foot against mine.

    My  39  raced back more than thirty years to the  40  days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The  41  was an air-raid shelter, in which I and hundreds of other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

     42  wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers(防空洞居住者) got to  43  each other very well. Frank West  44  me because he wasn’t  45  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had  46  of a mind than a baby has. His “ 47 ” consisted of rough sounds―sounds of pleasure or anger and  48  more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank  49  on her entirely. He needed all the  50  of a baby.

    One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She  51  nearly everything she owned.

    When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the  52  ones. So before we  53  that morning, I stood beside Frank and  54  my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his  55  to me was always the same.

Most people in school like Gloria. So when she_36_ sick, some boys_37_ to visit her. But none of them wanted to_38_ any money for a gift to bring along. Then Willie said, “We can_39_ some flowers from a_40_ . Gloria will not know_41 _they come from, and the dead man will not_42_ them.”

Everybody was afraid, _43_ Willie. So he went alone and found some beautiful flowers. Then they went to Gloria’s_44_ , and the boys acted_45_  the flowers were from all of them, but_46_  did not mind. After their visit, Willie_47_ the other boys, “It’s a good thing that I was not afraid. Gloria . liked the flowers.”

The other boys laughed. Gloria_48 _not have liked the_49_ if she had known they had_50_ from a grave(墓地).

That night, Willie was reading a book_51_ his mother came into his room. “There’s a man_52 _asking for you,” she asked. “He said that you didn’t _53 _the flowers.”

“What does he look like?” Willie asked.

“That’s hard to say,” Willie’s mother answered. “He is all_54_ with mud.”

Willie, all of a sudden, turned_55_ .

Han hands out

This time, the best-selling author and car racer, Han Han has a new role to play, a volunteer relief worker. The strong debate about his rebellious（叛逆的） 31 , sharp words and  32  post-80s’ self-centered way of living seems to have  33  .

Two days after the May 12 earthquake occurred, the 26-year-old man arrived in Sichuan by car to  34  the relief efforts. Believing that  35  is not equal to sincerity（真摯）, he said in his  36  that he would not  37  other stars on the amount of money being donated. Han also  38  his blog updated during his one-week stay telling his readers that  39  were badly in need of water, tents and daily necessities.

    40 , he promised to donate 200,000 yuan to help build a school that won’t be damaged by an earthquake,  41  the help of a real estate (房地產) company. He is also      42  to be the honorary principal (名譽校長) of the school.

   “I’ll find designers and workers  43  and  44  them build a new school to make sure every coin is responsibly spent on the building. I believe such a school will never ever   45  kids in an earthquake,” he said.

   Han’s  46  efforts won support and praise from online readers, many of  47  used to criticize him a lot.

   “I didn’t like you before, but now I find you are  48  ,” said a Sina netizen(網民).

Another reader of his blog left a message,  49  , “What you have done lets me know a  50   Han Han.”