1 . A little boy told his mother that there was a teacher-parent meeting in his school. To the little boy’s_________, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he felt _________of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (伤疤) that_________nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to_________why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were _________by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother_________the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬的) and_________himself from everyone. He, however,_________ a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked_________, “How did you get the scar on your face?”

The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of__________, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked __________but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She __________the burned side of her face. “This scar will be permanent, but until this day, I have never__________what I did.”

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and appreciated her great __________of sacrifice (牺牲), He held her hand __________ for the rest of the day.

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A．honour

B．spirit

C．happiness

D．pride

5 . My husband, our children and I have had wonderful camping experiences over the past ten years.

Some of our _______ are funny, especially from the early years when our children were little. Once, we _______ along Chalk Creek. I was _______ that our 15-month-old boy would fall into the creek (小溪). I tied a rope around his waist to keep him near to our spot. That lasted about ten minutes. He was _______, and his crying let the whole campground know it. So _______ tying him up, I just kept a close eye on him. It _______ — he didn’t end up in the creek. My three-year-old, however, did.

Another time, we rented a boat in Vallecito Lake. The sky was clear when we _______, but storms move in fast in the mountains, and this one quickly _______ our peaceful morning trip. The _______ picked up and thunder rolled. My husband stopped fishing to ____________ the motor. Nothing. He tried again. No ____________. We were stuck in the middle of the lake with a dead motor. As we all sat there ____________, a fisherman pulled up, threw us a rope and towed (拖) us back. We were ____________.

Now, every year when my husband pulls our camper out of the garage, we are filled with a sense of ____________, wondering what camping fun and ____________ we will experience next.

8 . Final examinations were over, and some of my classmates and I got good grades. As a result, my classmates and I went to a fast food restaurant to celebrate it. We _________ hamburgers and Coca Cola at the counter. When our_________ came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) got_________on a chair and the tray (托盘) that I was holding slipped_________my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, _________ on a man who was just about to _________ a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly_________, as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.

Then I_________ my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of _________. Instead, he said “It’s OK” to __________ me before he disappeared into washroom.

Still shaky and unsure __________to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look__________. A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and__________ our table. My heart almost stopped__________. I though he was going to ask for my father’s__________ and call him.

To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “__________ yourself new hamburgers.” He then walked __________ without even finishing his food.

He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, __________ he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still__________in this world. I’ll never__________ his actions.

9 . Chinese netizens(网民）, who had to _______ indoors for days to combat（与......搏斗） the ongoing _______ of the novel coronavirus（新冠病毒）related pneumonia, began to _______ their wish lists of things they would do immediately after the epidemic（流行病）_______.

Among the 24,000 participants from all over the country, nearly half said they would love to meet their loved ones, and_______10,000 said they would go out shopping or go to a movie theater and eat hotpot, according to a popular online surveys under the topic "what you want to do most after the epidemic"_______ on Chinese Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo on Sunday.

"I really need to hit the gym. I have spent days at home doing _______ but eating and watching TV shows on the couch between sleeps," some vowed online. _______ also showed that many wanted simply to resume (重新开始) their old _______ ."I would love to go back to my university to work on my dissertation(专题论文）, to make sure I can ________ on time," wrote one. "I want to work and make money, so I can buy myself a house," wrote another.

The epidemic outbreak had ________ 304 lives as of Sunday morning. Under similar discussion ________ , many netizens made more profound reflections on life and   ________ in the aftermath（创伤）of the outbreak. "If we can ________ the disaster, let's remember not to devour（狼吞虎咽地吃）wild ________ . And if medical workers can save us from the disease, let's learn to respect their lives and to treat them with________," one netizen wrote. "Even after the disease, we should develop habits of washing hands properly and________, and of wearing masks in crowded________places," another________.

Some also said they would love to reschedule（重新安排）their family gathering for the Chinese New Year, as many who were fighting________ the epidemic in frontline areas had been unable to make it this year.

10 . Ida Nelson was enjoying herself in her sister's sauna (桑拿房) when she heard the long deep sound of a small airplane circling the nearby airport.

It was 11:30 at night in the remote ________, population 70, and, as she told the media later, “Any time a plane flies over that late, you know something is ________.”

Nelson and her sister rushed out of the sauna, ran to the window, and saw the ________: The airport's runway lights were ________.

Nelson ________some clothes, jumped into her car, and floored it to the airport, where she found a local pilot trying to turn on the ________by hand.

“________, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,”Nelson told the journalist. Not this time. Meanwhile, she and the pilot learned of the plane's ________mission: It was a medevac, there to transport a seriously ill local ________ to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in the capital.

Nelson had a ________. Driving her car to the end of the runway, she shone the headlights of her car on the   ________ for the plane to follow. Great idea, but it wasn't ________. More light was needed, so a neighbor ________ nearly every home in the village —32 of them.

Within 15 minutes, 20 vehicles arrived at the airport, many of the ________still in pajamas (睡衣). Following directions from the medevac pilot, the cars ________on one side of the runway.

The medevac made its final approach and, ________by the headlights, landed safely. The young patient was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane ________took off again. Her illness was never ________revealed, but she has since been released from the hospital.

In a world ________with uncertainty, the little community's positive activism was a big deal. Not so much for Nelson. As she said, in the village, ________ “is kind of a normal deal.”