I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The
1 on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“
2 one of you did this? ”
We all stared down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very
3 . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I
4 , “Not me, Dad. ”
The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us
5 have done it. But as the
6 and the smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the
7 .
To find out who had written on the
8 , father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to
9 exactly what you see on the step. ”
I tried my best to write the words
10 . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. “ Since
11 of you will
admit(承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all. ” I stood there and said
12 . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“ I
13 it. ” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was punished for a month.
We didn’t talk
14 that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry
15 it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me.
| 小题1: |
| A．sound |
B．taste |
C．look |
D．feeling |
|
| 小题2: |
| A．What |
B．Which |
C．Who |
D．Where |
|
| 小题3: |
| A．unhappy |
B．surprised |
C．angry |
D．frightened |
|
| 小题4: |
| A．lied |
B．said |
C．talked |
D．told |
|
| 小题5: |
| A．can |
B．may |
C．must |
D．might |
|
| 小题6: |
| A．oldest |
B．kindest |
C．youngest |
D．healthiest |
|
| 小题7: |
| A．answer |
B．story |
C．truth |
D．thing |
|
| 小题8: |
| A．step |
B．ground |
C．floor |
D．door |
|
| 小题9: |
| A．write |
B．draw |
C．paint |
D．print |
|
| 小题10: |
| A．carefully |
B．differently |
C．heavily |
D．badly |
|
| 小题11: |
| A．all |
B．none |
C．neither |
D．both |
|
| 小题12: |
| A．something |
B．anything |
C．everything |
D．nothing |
|
| 小题13: |
| A．did |
B．done |
C．do |
D．doing |
|
| 小题15: |
| A．because |
B．because of |
C．though |
D．except |
|
