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2023年浙江省金华四中中考英语模拟试卷(5月份)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The little girl went to school each day feeling frightened.She had been used to it,but it still hurt each time her classmates(1) ______ her.
When she was younger,she used to(2) ______ when the laughing began.But as she grew older,she no longer hid in shame.Still,it hurt.She had no(3) ______ .The laughing turned her into a girl who kept to herself.But friends were what she wanted most.
"Your mother is so(4) ______ , " the kids would say, "Your mother's (5) ______ is like a monster's one," they said."Sheena has a monster for a mother!"
Sometimes,Sheena wanted to(6) ______ that her mother was not her mother.She wanted to tell the others that the woman was not her mother at all.When this happened,she was filled with guilt and(7) ______ , for her mother was the(8) ______ and most generous of all the mothers in the world.She did so many great things and helped lots of people.
Sheena's mother did in fact have a scary face.It has long purple ugly scars (伤疤) on it.One day,when Sheena came home(9) ______ , her grandmother took her aside. "Why are you crying?" asked her grandmother.Sheena explained how difficult it was to stand the laughing from her classmates.She told her how(10) ______ she felt each day at school with no friends around her.
Her grandmother said, "It's time to tell you the story of (11) ______ your mother came to have such a face.One day,you were sleeping in your bed and your mother was across the street talking with a neighbor.(12) ______ , she noticed smoke coming from your house.Everyone rushed to the door,but it was too dangerous to go inside.Your mother ran into the fire without thinking twice,not thinking of(13) ______ , only of you,her dear child.She brought you out safely,( 14) ______ her own body was burned from top to bottom,especially her face.That's the story of the ugly scars."
Sheena was (15) ______ again embarrassed of her mother.From that day on,she walked with her