A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To th

e little boy's 【C1】______ she said she would go. This 【C2】______ be the first time that his classmates and teacher 【C3】______ his mother and he felt 【C4】______ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that 【C5】______ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 【C6】______ why or how she got the scar.

At the meeting, the people were 【C7】______ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 【C8】______ the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and 【C9】______ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 【C10】______ of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

The teacher asked 【C11】______ , "How did you get the scar on your face？"

The mother replied, " 【C12】______ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 【C13】______ afraid to go in because the fire was 【C14】______ , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 【C15】______ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us. " She 【C16】______ the burned side of her face. "This scar will be 【C17】______ , but to this day, I have never 【C18】______ what I did. "

At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great 【C19】______ of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 【C20】______ for the rest of the day.

【C1】______

A．enjoyment

B．disappointment

C．surprise

D．excitement