Itwas4o'clockinthemorningwhenIreceivedthephonecall．

“Thisistheemergencyroomcallingandyoursonwasjust 41 inwithsevereburnsonhisface，neckandarms．Wehavecalledfora（n） 42 andaregoingtoflyhimtotheburnunitinSeattle．”Seattlewas350milesfromhiscollege，soweknewimmediatelythiswas 43 ．

Thedoctordescribedthe 44 ，whichcausedtheburns．At6am，oursonandhisfriendsdecidedtobarbecuehamburgersinthecourtyardoftheirapartment．Whenthey 45 thecharcoal（木炭），itburstintoflamesbecausetheyhadsprayedtoomuchgasoline（petrol）．Theflames 46 myson’sshirttailandshotfromhiswaisttowelloverhishead．

47 ，oneoftheboyswasquick-minded，graspedmyson，and 48 himonthegrass．Whileitsavedhislife，itwasnotin 49 tosavehimfromsevereburnsandtheterriblescars（伤疤）．

Afterhe 50 fromthetreatments，thedoctorstoldhimtheywouldnotdoplasticsurgery（整容）for6months 51 ittakesthatlongfortheskintostopshrinkingandwrinkling．So，hehadtoreturntocollegewithscarstypicalofsevereburns．

WhenIwasachildmymothertoldmysister，whohada10-inchvery 52__scaronherarm，“Nancy，ifyouignorethescar，otherpeoplewillignoreit．Itdoesnotmeantheywillnot 53 it，butitmeansitwillnotmattertothemifitdoesn’tmattertoyou．’’

I 54 thiswisdomontomyson．Hetookmyadviceto 55 andreturnedtoschoolwithhisheadheldhigh--gladhewasalive．

Bytheendofthesix-monthwaitingperiod，hedecidedthatthescarsdidnot 56 sohemadethe 57 togiveupanyplasticsurgery．

Weallhave“scars”thatwebelieve 58 peopletokeepawayfromus．Andwespendalotoftimethinkingthatifonlywelookeddifferent，ordresseddifferently，peoplewouldlikeusbetter．

Butyousee，peoplewillonlyjudgeyoubyyourlooks，oryourclothes，ifyouarejudgingyourselfbythesesame 59 standards．Putyourimperfectionsoutofyourmindandconcentrateonwhatyouvalue 60 yourself，andyourbeautywillshinethrough．

【小题1】A．broughtB．givenC．turnedD．showed【小题2】A．doctor