TheCreightonswereveryproudoftheirson,Frank.Afterhisgraduationfromuniversity,Frankwasdraftedintothearmyandsoonafterthat,hereceivedhiscalltogotothe1.

Atfirsttheparentsheardfromhimeveryweekandwere2forhiswell-beingbutthenatelegramcame,saying,"Weregrettoinformyouthatyoursonhasbeen3forthreeweeks

andmayhavebeenkilledin4."Theparentswereshockedandgrieved(伤心的).Theyfeltvery5withoutFrank.Aboutthreeweekslater,6,thephonerang.Avoiceontheother7said,"Mother,it'sFrank.They8me,andI'mgoingtobeallright.I'mintheUnitedStatesandI'mcominghomesoon."

Mrs.Creightonwasoverjoyed,9tearsrunningdownhercheeks,"Oh,that'sjustwonderful,Frank!"

Therewas10foramoment,andthenFranksaid,"Mother,Iwanttoaskyousomethingimportanttome.WhileI'vebeeninthe11,I'vemadesomereal12friends.ThereisonefellowIwouldliketobringhometomeetyouandDad.AndIwouldliketoknowifitwouldbeallrightifhecouldstaywithus.Hehas13elsetogo."

Hismotherassuredhimitwouldbeallright.

ThenFranksaid,"Yousee,hewas14inbattle.Hisfaceisalldisfigured.Helosthis15,andhisrighthandismissing.Soyousee,hefeels16abouthowotherswill17him."

Frank'smotherstoppedtothinkaminute.Thenshesaid,"SureFrank,youbringhimhome—fora18,that'sit.Abouthimstayingwithuspermanently(永久地),well,we'11havetothinkaboutthat."Franksaid,"Okay,Mother,"andhungup.

Aweekwentbywithoutany19fromFrank,andthenatelegramarrived,"Weregrettoinformyouthatyoursonhas20hislife.Wewouldlikeyoutocomeandidentifythebody."

"Whyhadhedonethis?"Whentheywalkedintotheroomtoidentifythebodyoftheirson,theyfoundayoungmanwithadisfiguredface,onelegmissing,andhisrighthandgone.

A.camp

B.front

C.airport

D.scene

A.pitiful

B.painful

C.hopeful

D.thankful

A.wounded

B.gone

C.missing

D.dead

A.action

B.crash

C.bomb

D.crime

A.crazy

B.scared

C.lonely

D.panic

A.otherwise