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.
试题分析：作者的儿子在一次意外事故中被严重烧伤，在作者的劝说下，他昂首挺胸地返回了学校，并主动放弃了整容手术。诚然，外表只是虚假的东西，真正重要的是人的内心。 【小题1】考查动词辨析。A：brought带来；B：given给出了；C：turned转身；D：showed显示。对方给作者打电话，说作者的儿子被“送进”了急诊室。turn in表示“归还”，不符合语境。故选A。 【小题2】考查名词辨析。A：doctor医生；B：hospital医院；C：aircraft飞机；D：ambulance救护车。根据本句后半部分的“fly him to the burn unit in Seattle”可知对方已经联系好了“飞机”，打算 把作者的儿子送往西雅图治疗。故选C。 【小题3】考查形容词辨析。A：serious严重的；B：terrible可怕的；C：dangerous危险的；D：important 重要的。Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was______.结合上文提到的内容可知作者立刻意识到了事态的“严重性”。故选A。 【小题4】考查名词辨析。A：event事件；B：process过程；C：reason原因；D：accident事故。根据下文内容可知作者的儿子被烧伤是“意外事故”。A项常用来表示重大事件。故选D。 【小题5】考查动词辨析。A：got得到；B：lit点燃；C：burned燃烧；D：moved移动。When they_____the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline.根据本句后半部分的内容可知是“点燃”木炭时。故选B。 【小题6】考查动词辨析。A：took带；B：held举行；C：caught抓住；D：attracted吸引。由上句it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline.浇有过多汽油的木炭喷出的火苗烧着了作者儿子的衬衣，此处catch可理解为“着（火）烧着”。故选C。 【小题7】考查副词辨析。A：Fortunately幸运的是；B：Surprisingly令人惊讶的是；C：Happily愉快地； D：Slowly慢慢地。_____, one of the boys who was quick—minded grasped my son and______him on the grass.当时，作者的儿子身上火势熊熊，“幸运的是”，其中一个孩子反应敏捷，及时采取行动， 从而挽救了作者儿子的生命。故选A。 【小题8】考查动词辨析。A：pushed推动；B：threw扔了；C.：dropped下降；D：rolled卷。由minded grasped my son and______him on the grass.那个孩子的目的是想扑灭作者儿子身上的大火，由此可推断他是让作者的儿子在草地上“滚动”。故选D。 【小题9】考查名词辨析。A：shape形状；B：place地方；C：fact事实；D：time时间。那个孩子虽然救了作者儿子一命，却没能“及时”挽回大火对作者的儿子造成的肉体伤害的局面。While it saved his life, it was not in______ to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars. 故选D。 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A：benefited受益；B：recovered恢复；C：suffered遭受；D：relaxed放松。上文提到作者的儿子被送往西雅图救治，所以此处是作者的儿子经过治疗后“康复”。故选B。 【小题11】考查连词辨析。A：if如果；B：while而；C：because因为；D：although虽然。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根据本句后半部分的内容可知这里说的是六个月之内不能进行整容的原因。故选C。 【小题12】考查形容词辨析。A：normal正常的；B：violent猛烈的；C：obvious明显的；D：popular受欢迎的。根据常识可知如果胳博上有一条10英寸长的伤疤，一定非常“明显”。故选C。 【小题13】考查动词辨析。A：mention提到；B：notice注意到；C：1augh嘲笑；D：hide隐藏。根据Nancy，if you ignore the scar，other people will ignore it.如果自己不把伤疤放在心上，其他人也会这么做，但这并不意味着他们没有“注意到”伤疤的存在。故选B。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A：sent发送；B：kept保持；C：handed交；D：passed通过。It does not mean they will not______ it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you. ”pass on表示“传递”，即作者把这种智慧传给自己的儿子。故选D。 【小题15】考查名词辨析。A：heart心；B：life生活；C：practice实践；D：considerate体贴。He took my advice to _____ and returned to school with his head held high作者的儿子将作者的建议牢牢地记在“心”中，昂首挺胸地返回了学校。故选A。 【小题16】考查动词辨析。A：grow成长；B：matter要紧；C：exist存在；D：appear出现。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. 经过六个月的漫长等待，作者的儿子认为自己的伤疤无关紧要，决定放弃整容手术。matter表示“要紧，有关系”。故选B。 【小题17】考查名词辨析。A：mistake错误；B：effort努力；C：decision决策；D：request请求。上文提到医生告诉作者的儿子六个月后才可以实施整容手术，而此时的他发生了思想转变， 作出“决定”——不再进行任何整容手术。故选C。 【小题18】考查动词辨析。A：invite邀请；B：cause导致；C：allow允许；D：remind提醒。We all have “scars” that we believe______ people to keep away from us.此处是cause sb. to do sth.结构，表示“导致某人做某事”。定语从句中的we believe可看作是插入语。故选B。 【小题19】考查形容词辨析。A：false虚假的；B：strict严格的；C：moral；道德的D：general一般的。在作者看来，外表和衣着只是“虚假的”评判标准。后三项分别表示“严格的”“道德的” “一般的，大体的”，都不符合语境。故选A。 【小题20】考查介词辨析。A：by通过；B：over结束；C. beyond超过；D：within在内。本句的前半部分提到要把外表和衣着等外在表现抛在脑后，由此可知作者强调的是内在美。故选D。 考点：故事类阅读。