“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults (侮辱) because of the   11   on my head, it was   12   horrible to hear. I sighed as I was headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious   13   after a bowl full hot oil fell on my head. I was   14   to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors   15   to save my life. “Holly’s very   16   to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be   17   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   18   wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.   19   I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never   20   understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital I was   21   to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I   22   14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so   23   that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t   24   what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly,” she   25   me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great   26   it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something   27   . So weeks later, at my 13th birthday party,   28   by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to   29   away behind my scarf.

Now, I am   30   of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality (個性) that decides who you truly are.

11.     

A.        hat

B.        scarf

C.       scars

D.       cuts

12.     

A.        still

B.        just

C.       never

D.       seldom

13.     

A.        hunger

B.        cold

C.       defeats

D.       burns

14.     

A.        rushed

B.        led

C.       invited

D.       forced

15.     

A.        learned

B.        fought

C.       returned

D.       decided

16.     

A.        happy

B.        lucky

C.       lonely

D.       poor

17.     

A.        pressed

B.        occupied

C.       left

D.       painted

18.     

A.        possibly

B.        usually

C.       finally

D.       nearly

19.     

A.        Although

B.        Since

C.       If

D.       Before

20.     

A.        correctly

B.        roughly

C.       easily

D.       really

21.     

A.        promoted

B.        introduced

C.       reported

D.       carried

22.     

A.        met

B.        recognized

C.       remembered

D.       caught

23.     

A.        honest

B.        strong

C.       active

D.       young

24.     

A.        write sown

B.        agree with

C.       pass on

D.       listen to

25.     

A.        promised

B.        encouraged

C.       ordered

D.       calmed

26.     

A.        in

B.        for

C.       without

D.       beyond

27.     

A.        similar

B.        strange

C.       hard

D.       important

28.     

A.        allowed

B.        required

C.       guided

D.       inspired

29.     

A.        hide

B.        give

C.       keep

D.       put

30.     

A.        sick

B.        aware

C.       tired

D.       proud

[定文體抓主旨]：

本文是一篇夾敘夾議的文章。作者因兒時的一次意外事故，頭部留下了大片的疤痕而且不能再長頭發(fā)，成了光頭。為了不被人嘲笑譏諷，她總是用頭巾把頭部遮蓋起來。后來她遇到一位與自己有相似經(jīng)歷的一位女孩，在她的鼓勵下她摘下了圍巾，開始勇敢面對現(xiàn)實。作者通過自己的經(jīng)歷告訴我們，真正的你是由你的個性而不是外貌決定的。文章最后一段點出文章主旨大意。

本篇難度：中等。

[篇章結(jié)構(gòu)]：

段落

關(guān)鍵詞

大意推測

第一部分（para.1）

it’s Baldy; was used to regular insults;

作者所面臨的困境

第二部分（para.2--3）

a bowl full hot oil fell on my head; save my life; with scars on her head; hair won’t grow; people would call me horrible names like Baldy

事故發(fā)生的原委及對作者后來的生活造成的影響

第三部分（para.5）

much happier; it is your personality that decides who you truly are.

作者用自己的經(jīng)歷告訴我們：你的個性決定了你是什么樣的人

[解析]：

11. C。根據(jù)首句baldy（禿頭）和第二段with scars on her head可知作者頭上能看到的應(yīng)該是‘疤痕’，因此選項C正確。

12. A。根據(jù)句首的even though（即使），此處應(yīng)為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。 根據(jù)句意：‘即使已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了被人這樣侮辱，但聽到時仍舊會感到傷心難過’，可推知A項正確。

13. D。根據(jù)a bowl full hot oil fell on my head，可知作者受的是‘燙傷’，因此D選項正確。

14. A。根據(jù)上句作者‘受了嚴(yán)重燙傷’，推斷出應(yīng)該被‘迅速’送往醫(yī)院，因此A選項正確。

15. B。根據(jù)句中to save my life，可知‘挽救生命’如同一場‘戰(zhàn)斗’，因此B選項正確。

16. B。根據(jù)上一句‘醫(yī)生在全力搶救生命’可知，作者能夠活下來應(yīng)該是‘很幸運的’，因此B選項正確。

17. C。第二段提到‘一碗熱湯倒在了頭上’，那么肯定會‘留下’疤痕了，所以選項C正確。

18. B。因為‘在乎頭上的疤痕’，所以應(yīng)該‘總是’戴上頭巾來遮掩，所以選項B正確。

19. C。根據(jù)前一句可知，作者出門總是會‘戴上頭巾’，這里的didn’t顯然是指‘不戴’，所以可知本句的意思應(yīng)該是：‘如果’不戴，人們就……，因此選項C正確。

20. D。從第4段的For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something similar（在我的生活中第一次可以和一個與我有相似經(jīng)歷的人交談）可以得知之前沒有人能夠‘感同身受地、真正地’理解她。因此可知正確選項為D。

21. B。根據(jù)固定搭配。be introduced … to … 意思是‘把……介紹給……’，根據(jù)句意：通過醫(yī)院，我被介紹參加了一個兒童燒傷營，可知選項B正確。

22. A。根據(jù)前句可知作者去了一個兒童燒傷營，所以，她在那里應(yīng)該是‘遇到’了一個女孩，因此可知選項A正確。

23. B。根據(jù)句中she never lets anyone put her down （她從來不讓任何人將她擊�。┛芍莻�‘意志堅強(qiáng)’的女孩，因此選項B正確。

24. D�？疾於陶Z詞義。根據(jù)what people say about（人們說什么），可知是不要‘聽’，因此選項D正確。

25. B。根據(jù)上下文中的句子we’re not different from anyone else（我們同其他人沒有任何不同）和you look great（你看上去棒極了）可知，Stephanie是在鼓勵作者，因此選項B正確。

26. C。根據(jù)you don’t need to wear a scarf（你沒有必要戴頭巾）可知Stephanie要表達(dá)的是‘不戴’頭巾看上去也很棒，因此選項C正確。

27. A。根據(jù)上下文可知作者是在兒童燒傷營，這里都是有著類似經(jīng)歷的孩子，因此可知選項A正確。

28. D。根據(jù)上下文可知作者受到了Stephanie的激勵，下決心勇敢地接受自己，因此選項D正確。

29. A。根據(jù)前句show off the scars （亮出疤痕）和not having to … behind my scarf可知應(yīng)該是‘不必再躲藏在圍巾的后面’因此選項A正確。

30. D�？疾於陶Z詞義。be proud of , 意思是‘為……感到驕傲、自豪’，根據(jù)上下文可知作者不再為自己的容貌感到自卑，因此選項D正確。選項B be aware of （意識到……），選項A be sick of（討厭……）選項C be tired of （厭倦……）均與句意不符。

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