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 sear (疤痕) that (5) nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to (6) why or how she got the sear.At the meeting, the people were (7) by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother (8) the sear, but the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬) 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 because the fire was (14) , 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 (15) but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us. " She (16) the burned side of her face. "This scar will be (17) , but to this day, I have never (18) what I did. "At this moment, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great (19) of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand (20) for the rest of the day.

第（15）空应选择（）

A．helpless      

B．hopeless    

C．senseless    

D．useless

对许多环境学家来说，植物的灭绝(随之而来的是各种农作物种类不断增加的基因一致性)是环境问题中最严重的一个问题。必须采取行动来阻止野生可食植物及不再耕种的可食植物的减少。否则，基因多样性的缺乏可能引起主要农作物的一大部分在一夜之间被毁掉。例如，在1970年，南方的叶菌病毁坏了大约20%的美国玉米作物，在该疾病所到之处只剩下很少的几种玉米未受影响。 从上段可推知下面哪一选项( )

A．某种植物疾病的易感染性是由基因决定的

B．美国种植的80%的玉米对南方叶菌病有抵抗力

C．野生可食植物的灭绝几乎总是可以追溯到毁灭性的植物疾病(这一原因)

D．植物培养者致力于研究可抵抗植物疾病的植物