Mary Brown from East county in Scotland, she had the accident that had scarred（留下创伤） her for life when she was only one and a half years old. The curious child reached up to grab the wire of a hot kettle in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.

Her mother Ruby turned round and, seeing Mary horribly burnt, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Mary’s body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Mary’s body, doctors performed complex skin transplants to close her wounds and control her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Mary underwent 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age 4, other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn’t play with her. “I was the only burned child in the street, the class and the school,” she recalled, “some children refused to become friends because of that.”

Today, aged 17, Mary can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent part of her body. She still has to have two further skin transplants. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager who offers inspiration and hope to other young burns victims.

She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children’s Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Mary will be joining the younger children at the Graffham Water Center in Cambridgeshire for the charity’s first summer camp. “I’ll show them how to get rid of unkind stares from others,” she says. Mary loves wearing fashionable sleeveless tops, and she plans to show the youngsters at the summer camp that they can too. “I do not go to great lengths to hide my burns scars,” she says, “I gave up wondering how other people would react years ago.”

1.What did other children do when Mary first went to school?

A. They were friendly to her.         

B. They showed sympathy to her.

C. They looked down upon her.       

D. They were afraid of her.

2.Which of the following words can’t properly describe Mary?

A. Courageous       B. sensitive     C. Confident       D. Outgoing

3.What can be the best title of the passage?

A. A seriously burned angel of Hope     

B. Ways to Get Rid of Unkind Stares

C. Permanent Scars And Pain For a Girl 

D. A Seriously Burned Girl Survives

My brother and I were brought up in a town in Scotland. Our father was a struggling       , but I always knew he was     . He never criticized us, but used       to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I      as a child I said something         about somebody, and my father said, “        time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best       people, I would get the best     .From then on I’ve always tried to    the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very      . At 15, I started a magazine. It was        a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a       ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision,    any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind,  he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad        me to go into law. And I’ve     __regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist,    _  I didn’t pursue my     .You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”

As       turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national        for young people in the U.K.My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad        me.

1.A. biologist  B. lawyer   C. managerD. gardener

2.A. strictB. honestC. learnedD. special

3.A. powerB. courageC.praiseD. warmth

4.A. thinkB. rememberC. imagineD. guess

5.A. unkind    B. unnecessaryC. unimportantD. unusual

6.A. Another    B.Any    C. SomeD. Other

7.A. onB. at     C. in        D. about

8.A. in caseB. in returnC. by chanceD. by turns

9.A. reviseB. setC. review    D. follow

10.A. serious     B. experienced      C. understandingD. demanding

11.A. keeping upB. making upC. picking upD. taking up

12.A. suggestionB. decisionC. choiceD. notice

13.A. andB. even ifC.as    D. as if

14.A. persuaded B. allowedC. helped        D. suggested

15.A. almostB. neverC. seldomD. always

16.A. but        B. ratherC. forD. therefore

17.A. promise    B. task    C. dream    D. belief

18.A. thisB. itC. heD. that

19.A. magazine B. newspaperC. programD. project

20.A. controlledB. raised    C. remindedD. comforted

—Bob, how about having a picnic this weekend?

    —________ I'll check my schedule.

A．Sounds great.  B．Good idea.       C．I'm not sure.    D．Well done.

If you _________ my advice, you ________ your failure now. You _________ your victory.

A. took ... wouldn’t cry over ... would celebrate

B. had taken ... wouldn’t have cried over ... would have celebrated

C. had taken ... aren’t crying over ... are celebrating

D. had taken ... wouldn’t be crying over ... would be celebrating

He didn’t make____clear when and where the meeting would be held.

A. this           B.that               C. it            D.these

He is a student at Oxford University, ____for a degree in computer science.

A. studied         B. studying            C. to have studied D. to be studying

If it ______________ tomorrow, I would stay at home watching TV.

A. should rain     B. rains             C. was to rain       D. will rain

Each time ________ they met, they would talk long hours together.

A．which        B．when            C．during          D．/

Though ______ _money, his parents managed to send him to a key university.

A. lacked  B. lacking of  C. lacking     D. lacked in

In time of serious accidents, ________ we know some basic things about first aid, we can save lives.

A．whether      B．until             C. if              D．unless