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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   36  in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)  37  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  38  . The doctor described the  39 , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they   40   the charcoal(木炭),it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames  41  my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.

       42  , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and  43  him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in  44   to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).

    After he  45  from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months  46  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  47  scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not   48  it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”

    I   49   this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to  50   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  51  . So he made the  52   to give up any plastic surgery. We all have “scars” that we believe  53  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  54  standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value  55   yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. A. Pushed               B. threw               C. dropped            D. rolled

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. A. heart               B. life                    C. practice            D. considerate

51. A. grow               B. matter              C. exist                 D. appeal

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

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

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

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