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 |
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| 小题2: | | A．What | B．Which | C．Who | D．Where |
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| 小题3: | | A．unhappy | B．surprised | C．angry | D．frightened |
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| 小题4: | | A．lied | B．said | C．talked | D．told |
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| 小题6: | | A．oldest | B．kindest | C．youngest | D．healthiest |
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| 小题7: | | A．answer | B．story | C．truth | D．thing |
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| 小题8: | | A．step | B．ground | C．floor | D．door |
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| 小题9: | | A．write | B．draw | C．paint | D．print |
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| 小题10: | | A．carefully | B．differently | C．heavily | D．badly |
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| 小题11: | | A．all | B．none | C．neither | D．both |
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| 小题12: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题15: | | A．because | B．because of | C．though | D．except |
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