请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的(A、B、C和D)四个选项中,选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
"Hey, Tahlia! How's the model?"
I had just taken a bite of my hot dog __36__ I heard a familiar voice yelling at me from across the crowded school yard. I saw a group of popular girls who were all __37__.
"What kind of __38__ are you going to do? An ad for a Frankenstein movie?" More laughter. My stomach twisted into a tight knot. How could they humiliate (羞辱) me like this, __39__ the entire school? As I walked into the cafeteria, I __40__ the dark scars on my right hand.
At 9 months old, I knocked over a tea pot and dumped boiling water allover my hands and stomach. My parents __41__ me to the hospital, but I had to have skin graft (移植) operation. I was in so much pain! But what __42__ me most were the cruel things people said about how I looked, __43__ that day at lunch.
The girls were being supermean to me because they'd heard I was considering doing some modeling. A close friend had suggested that I shouldn't let my scars limit me and that I might __44__ a good model.
