Question

    “Look, it’s Baldy (秃子)!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though  I was used to this kind of insults (侮辱) because of the scars (伤疤) on my head, it was still horrible to hear. I felt so sad as I headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious burns after a bowl of hot oil fell on my head. I was rushed to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors fought to save my life. “Holly’s very lucky to be _______________,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be ________________ with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I usually wore a ________________ to cover them up when I left home. If I didn't, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. ________________ my friends were always comforting me, they never really understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital, I was introduced to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I __________________ 14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is _________________ strong that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t listen to what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from ________________ else, Holly,” she encouraged me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great without it!” __________________ the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something similar. So weeks later, at my 13^th birthday party, encouraged by her bravery, I _______________ up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to hide away behind my scarf.

Now, I am _________________ of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality that decides who you truly are.

1.A.live B.life C.alive D.lively

2.A.leaves B.left C.leaving D.to leave

3.A.scarf B.hat C.tie D.hairband

4.A.Unless B.Although C.If D.Until

5.A.heard B.realized C.met D.helped

6.A.such B.too C.very D.so

7.A.someone B.nobody C.anybody D.no one

8.A.At B.For C.In D.During

9.A.gave B.put C.took D.looked

10.A.afraid B.excited C.upset D.proud

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

文章大意：Holly小时候被油烫伤而在头部留下疤痕，其他人以此经常嘲笑侮辱Holly，因此Holly就用围巾掩饰自己的疤痕，直到Holly遇见Stephanie，一个烧伤远比自己严重的女孩。这个女孩鼓励Holly，在她的鼓励之下，Holly终于解下围巾，开始勇敢面对现实．向他人展示自己的疤痕。Holly通过自己的经历告诉我们，真正的你是由你的个性而不是外貌决定的。

1.句意：Holly能活着真是太幸运了。

live居住，动词；life生活，名词；alive活着的，形容词；lively活泼的、生动的，形容词。根据上文the doctors fought to save my life. 医生们奋力抢救我的生命。可知此处应是医生对Holly的父母说Holly能活着真是太幸运了，故答案选C。

2.句意：但她的头上会留下疤痕，灼伤部分不可能长头发。

leaves第三人称单数；left过去式或过去分词；leaving动名词或现在分词；to leave动词不定式。根据上文可知一碗滚烫的油落在我的头上，我被严重烧伤了。所以头部应会留下疤痕，be left with被留下，故答案选B。

3.句意：当我离开家的时候，我通常会戴一条围巾来盖住它们。

scarf围巾；hat帽子；tie领带；hairband发卡。根据下文you don’t need to wear a scarf你不需要戴围巾，可知此处是指戴一条围巾来盖住它们，故答案选A。

4.句意：虽然我的朋友总是安慰我，但他们从来没有真正理解这是什么感觉。

Unless除非；Although虽然、尽管；If如果；Until直到。根据my friends were always comforting me, 以及they never really understood how it felt.可知前后句之间存在让步关系，所以用连词Although，故答案选B。

5.句意：在那里，我遇到了14岁的Stephanie。

heard听到；realized意识到；met遇到；helped帮助。根据上文I was introduced to a children’s burns camp, 我被介绍到一个儿童烧伤营地，可知作者在那里应该是“遇到”了14岁的Stephanie，故答案选C。

6.句意：她是如此的坚强，从来不被任何人打垮。

such这样、如此；too太；very非常；so如此、这么。根据But she is __6__ strong that she never lets anyone put her down.可知这里考查固定句型so…that…如此…以至于…，put down放下、贬低、镇压，固定词组，故答案选D。

7.句意：你不应该听别人怎么说你的长相，因为我们和其他人没有什么不同。

someone某人；nobody没有人；anybody别人、任何人；no one没有人。根据下文she encouraged me. 她鼓励我。可知此处应是鼓励的话语，结合选项可知句意为：你不应该听别人怎么说你的长相，因为我们和其他任何人没有什么不同。anybody别人、任何人，符合题意；else别的、其它的，形容词，修饰不定代词置其后，故答案选C。

8.句意：这是我有生以来第一次和经历过类似事情的人说话。

At在；For为了；In在…里面；During在…期间。根据__8__ the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something similar.结合上文语境，可知句意为：这是我有生以来第一次和经历过类似事情的人说话。for the first time首次、第一次，固定词组，故答案选B。

9.句意：我放弃了我的围巾，露出了我的伤疤。

gave给；put放；took拿；looked看。根据下文showed off my scars. 露出了了我的伤疤，结合后面的关键词up，可知此处表达的是“放弃”，give up放弃，固定词组，故答案选A。

10.句意：现在，我对我的长相自豪，因此更快乐。

afraid害怕的；excited兴奋的；upset心烦的；proud自豪的、自负的。根据上文语境可以得知，作者勇于展示自己的疤痕，不再自卑因而选proud，be proud of 为…自豪；故答案选D。