Hold your head up high
I was 15 months old，a happy carefree kid，until the day I fell．It was a bad fall．I landed on a piece of glass
that cut my eye badly．From then on，so my injured sightless，cloudy gray eye lived on with me．
Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions．When kids played games，I was always the
"monster"．I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me．
Yet Mom would say to me，"Hold your head up high and face the world．"I began to rely on that
saying．As a child，I thought mum meant，"Be careful or you will fall down or bump into something
because you are not looking．"
As a teenager，I usually looked down to hide my shame．But I found that when I held my head up high，people liked me．
In high school I even became the class president，but on the inside I still felt like a monster．
All I really wanted was to look like everyone else．When things got really bad，I would cry to my mom and
she would look at me with loving eyes and say，"Hold your head up high and face the world．Let them
see the beauty that is inside instead of your appearance．"
My mom's love was the spark that gave me confidence．I had faced hardships，and learned
not only to appreciate myself but to have deep compassion （同情）for others．
"Hold your head up high"has been heard many times in my home．I say it to my children．The gift my
Mom gave me lives on．
（1）The word carefree in the first line probably means"AA"in Chinese．
A．无忧无虑的
B．无拘无束的
C．小心翼翼的
D．与众不同的
（2）Why did the writer imagine that everyone looked down on her？AA
A．She felt bad about her appearance．
B．She found it hard to act as a monster．
C．Kids refused to play games with her．
D．People always asked her embarrassing questions．
（3）Why did the writer's mum say"Hold your head up high"to her？DD
A．To tell her to be careful．
B．To help her hide the shame．
C．To stop her from getting hurt．
D．To make her more confident．
（4）From the story，we can know thatCC．
A．the writer understood the saying very well as a child．
B．the writer felt like everyone else in high school．
C．the writer is living with a warm and brave heart now．
D．the writer has deep compassion for other all her life．
（5）The passage is mainly aboutCC．
A．what the writer experienced when she was 15．
B．what the writer did to show thanks for mum's gift．
C．how the writer changed herself with mum's love．
D．the writer has become confident with her great efforts．
【答案】A；A；D；C；C
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