It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 36 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n) 37 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 38 . The doctor described the 39 , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they 40 the charcoal(木炭),it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames 41 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
42 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and 43 him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in 44 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).
After he 45 from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months 46 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very 47 scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not 48 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I 49 this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to 50 and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not 51 . So he made the 52 to give up any plastic surgery. We all have “scars” that we believe 53 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 54 standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value 55 yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
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解析：本文通过儿子被烧伤以后，不动手术的故事告诉我们每个人都有自己认为让别人远离自己的伤疤，我们不要使用外表等标准来衡量别人，而是要根据内在的品质来判断一个人。
【小题1】A 短语辨析。Bring in带来，引起；赚钱；指我的儿子因为重度烧伤被带进了医院。
【小题2】C 上下文串联。根据本空后的fly him说明需要飞机送他取礼物的医院，故C正确。
【小题3】A 形容词辨析。A严重B可怕C危险D重要；听到医生这样，我们都知道问题很严重。
【小题4】D 上下文串联。根据下文描述烧烤的情况，我们可知这是一起事故，故D正确、
【小题5】B 动词辨析。A得到B点燃C燃烧D移动；我的儿子和他的朋友点燃了木炭。
【小题6】C 动词辨析。Catch fire表示着火了。这里的catch是指火苗烧到了他的体恤衫。
【小题7】A 副词辨析。A幸运地B惊讶地C开心地D慢慢地；很幸运，有一个朋友反应很快。
【小题8】D 动词辨析。A推B扔C跌落D滚动；指这个朋友让他在草地上滚动来灭火。
【小题9】D 固定词组。In time及时；这不能及时让他没有伤疤。故D正确。
【小题10】B 动词辨析。A受益B恢复C遭受D放松；指儿子从烧伤中恢复过来。
【小题11】C 连词辨析。要等6个月以后才能手术因为要等皮肤不再起皱纹。上下文因果关系故C正确。
【小题12】C 形容词辨析。A正常B暴力C明显D流行；在他的手臂上留下了明显的伤疤。
【小题13】B 动词辨析。A提及B注意C嘲笑D躲藏；这并不意味着别人没有注意到你的伤疤。
【小题14】D 固定词组。Pass sth on to…把…传递给…；我把妈妈说的话告诉了我的儿子。
【小题15】A 固定词组。Take sth to heart用心记住sth；指儿子把我的话记在了心里。
【小题16】B 动词辨析。A成长B有关系C存在D吸引；他感觉这样的伤疤没有关系，所以他放弃手术。
【小题17】C 名词辨析。A错误B努力C决定D请求；我的儿子做出了放弃手术的决定。
【小题18】B 动词辨析。A邀请B导致C允许D提醒；我们都有我们认为能够导致别人远离我们的伤疤。
【小题19】A 形容词辨析。A错误的B严格的C道德上的D一般的；如果你用这些错误的标准衡量自己。
【小题20】D 上下文串联。上句提及很多人根据外表来判断一个人，实际上我们要根据一个人的内心的品质来判断一个人的情况。故D正确。