Long ago, there was a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday,
they were always poor.
One day, her son stole his friend's
. "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised（表扬）her son
scolding（责骂）him. "It looks great!"
The next time, he stole an overcoat. She praised him again
he stole it.
A few years later, he
to be a young man. He stole jewelry and
them to his mother. "How
!" This time, she did not scold her son again.
Then, because he was
scolded by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things. One day, the police
him. Before putting him in
, he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother.
As soon as he saw his mother, he
her earlobe（耳垂）. "Ouch! What's the matter with you?" She finally scolded him. Her son answered, "
you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief."
The mother’s
was broken as she looked at her son heading to prison. "If I only could _
time, I would scold him strictly." She regretted（后悔） that she always praised him,
he did.
| 小题3: | | A．because of | B．instead of | C．because | D．instead |
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| 小题4: | | A．before | B．since | C．when | D．until |
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| 小题5: | | A．put up | B．looked up | C．got up | D．grew up |
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| 小题6: | | A．brought | B．put | C．told | D．bought |
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| 小题7: | | A．beautiful | B．terrible | C．useful | D．kind |
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| 小题8: | | A．often | B．never | C．sometimes | D．always |
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| 小题9: | | A．heard | B．looked | C．caught | D．searched |
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| 小题10: | | A．hospital | B．school | C．hotel | D．prison |
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| 小题12: | | A．If | B．Unless | C．Though | D．Although |
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| 小题14: | | A．turn on | B．turn off | C．turn back | D．turn down |
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| 小题15: | | A．wherever | B．whoever | C．whenever | D．whatever |
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