A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent mee

A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s (31)     (happy), she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her (32)      (appear). Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (33)     covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people (34)      (impress) by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and (35)      (hide) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of a conversation (36)      his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in (37)     the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam ing down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious but (38)      (fortunate), a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing (39)     I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out (40)     (run) towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.31. unhappiness 32. appearance 33. that/which 34. were impressed 35. hid