Mr. Smith had three brothers. When his mother’s birthday was coming, he and his brothers wanted to send her some gifts. Mr. Smith thought the gifts of his brothers were not good enough. He wanted to buy a better one. He heard about an interesting bird. The bird could talk in twelve languages and sing twenty famous songs. He bought the bird and had it sent to his mother. He bought the bird for $50,000. The day after his mother’s birthday, he called his mother. "what do you think of the bird" he asked. His mother said, "Delicious". |
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s (1) she said she would go. This (2) be the first time that his classmates and teacher (3) his mother and he felt (4) of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that (5) nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to (6) why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were (7) by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother (8) the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and (9) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within (10) of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked (11) , "How did you get the scar on your face"
The mother replied, " (12) my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was (13) afraid to go in becau
A. in sight of
B. by means of
C. by way of
D. in spite of
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