2004年全国高考（重庆卷）英语
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent
meeting. To the little boy's 1 ,she said she would go. This 2
be the first time that his classmates and teacher 3 his mother
and he felt 4 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful
woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that 5 nearly the entire right
side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got
the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural
beauty of his mother
8 the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and 9
himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 10 of a conversation
between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked 11 ,"How did you get the scar on your
face?"
The mother replied," 12 my son was a baby, he was in a
room that caught fire. Everyone was 13 afraid to go in because
the fire was 14 ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed,
I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying
to protect him. I was knocked 15 but fortunately, a fireman came
in and saved both of us." She 16 the burned side of her
face. "This scar will be 17 ,but to this day, I have never
18 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 felt a great 19
of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand
20 for the rest of the day.