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1、out of control entire conference sacrifice appearanceA little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary schools first teacher-parent conference. To the little boys dismay, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed

2、by her （1）appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, she had a severe scar that covered nearly the （2）entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar. At the （3）conference, people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother （4）de

3、spite the scar, but the little boy was still （5）embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. He did, however, get （6）within earshot of a conversation between his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking. “How did you get that scar on your face?” the teacher asked. The mother replied, “When my s

4、on was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was （7）out of control, so I went in. As I was running toward his crib, I saw a beam coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked （8）unconscious but fortunately, a f

5、ireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. “This scar will be permanent, but to this day, I have never regretted doing what I did.” At this point, the little boy came out running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt an overwhelming sen

6、se of the （9）sacrifice that this had made for him. He held her hand （10）tightly for the rest of the day.Key:Appearance-entire-conference-despite-embarrassed-within earshot of-out of control-unconscious-sacrifice-tightlyPassage2If You Dont Make Mistakes, You Wont Learn!Address/gained/situations/hardl

7、y/experienced/awards/step/ fluent/rude/interviewedAt Sundays graduation, Su-Kyeong Kim will speak to the 385 members of her class. This might seem like a dream to a girl like her. Kim （1）hardly spoke a word of English when she first arrived in the USA four years ago. But now, her dream has become a

8、reality.Kim was only 15 years old when she first arrived. Within four years, though, she has managed to become so （2）fluent in English that she doesnt even have a foreign accent! She has won many （3）awards, and has even written a book about her experiences in learning English.Kim first saw the need

9、for the book when she began helping Korean students at her school after they had just arrived in the country. She knew they were having the same troubles that she had （4）experienced.“You think you are the only person feeling embarrassed when making mistakes,” she said when we （5）interviewed her, “bu

10、t everyone does it.” She calls her book Looking for Trouble. It means that the road to success in learning a second language can be difficult. “I want others to know that its OK to make mistakes,” she said, “that nothing can be （6）gained without risk. Lots of people think other people do not make mi

11、stakes. Its not true. Everyone makes mistakes. But you can turn those mistakes into a big （7）step toward your success.”In the book, Kim writes about her “trouble” （8）situations: a taxi driver left her and her mother in a dark parking lot at night because they had not been able to give the driver the

12、 right （9）address in English; she gave the wrong pronunciation of the word “sheet” in asking for a piece of paper, and her teacher thought that she had said a （10）rude word; she heard a girl say “Do you mind if I sit with you?” and she answered “Yes!” proudly.These experiences taught Kim an importan

13、t lesson about learning English well: You have to be brave. Never be afraid of making mistakes. You have to dare to learn the language-you cant just sit in your own room and only study grammar. You have to go and talk to people and listen to them speak. Take a leaf out of Kims book!Hardly-fluent-awa

14、rds-experienced-interviewed-gained-step-situations-address-rudePassage 3 The Firm Helen Kellerhanging, wrapped, remarkable, grabbing, vibration, depriving, overseas, eventually, recognize, combat In 1882, a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left

15、its mark-she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak. So how did this child, blinded and deafened at 19 months old, grow up to become a world-famous author and public speaker? The fever cut off from the outside world, （1）depriving剥夺 her of si

16、ght and sound. It was as if she had been thrown into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release. Luckily, Helen was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to explore the world by using her other senses. She followed her mother wherever she went, （2）hanging onto her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she