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When Will was 7 years old, his father abandoned him and his mom. Will was1___, and he often shouted hurtful words at the others. He once told his mom, “I see why dad 2___ you!”
Don’t know what to do, his mother sent him to his grandparents’ for the summer. Every time he 3___ something mean(刻薄的), Will’s grandpa made him go into the garage and pound a nail into a 4___.
For such a small boy, this was a difficult task, but he couldn’t 5___ until the nail was all the way in. After about 10 trips to the garage, Will began to be more careful with his 6___. Eventually, he even apologized for all the bad things he’d said.
That’s when he nearly said nothing mean. Will’s grandmother told him to bring in the board filled with nails and to pull 7___ all out. To Will’s surprise, this was even 8___ than pounding them in. But after a great effort, he finally 9___.
His grandmother hugged him and said, “I accept your apology, and of course, I 10___ you because I love you, 11___ I want you to know an apology is like pulling out one of these nails. Look at the board. The 12___ are still there. The board will never be the same. Your 13___ may have put a hole in you, Will, but please don’t put holes in other people. You’re 14___ than that. That’s the end of my15___. I hope now you realize what it means to hurt someone.”
1. A. happy B. excited C. thankful D. angry
2. A. left B. loved C. married D. helped
3. A. did B. bought C. drew D. said
4. A. wall B. book C. board D. car
5. A. cry B. return C. laugh D. work
6. A. words B. clothes C. mother D. grade
7. A. her B. it C. them D. him
8. A. harder B. more easily C. more interesting D. more useful
9. A. give up B. succeed C. won D. past
10. A. punished B. excused C. beat D. lost
11. A. but B. and C. though D. even
12. A. nails B. holes C. words D. ants
13. A. mother B. father C. friend D. teacher
14. A. better B. worse C. more disappointed D. harder
15. A. life B. lesson C. holiday D. duty
【語篇解讀角】
懲罰是一種教育手段,也是一種微妙的家教藝術(shù)。只有智慧地懲罰孩子,才能真正達(dá)到教育孩子的目的。
【答案解析園】
1. D 由下文的“and he often shouted hurtful words”可知,他經(jīng)常會說出傷害人的話,由此推測是在他“生氣”的時候。
2. A 由前文可知,Will的父親舍棄了妻兒,于是Will用“我知道父親為什么離開你”來傷害他的母親。
3. D 根據(jù)前文可知Will會說刻薄的話,可推測該句句意為“每當(dāng)他說出刻薄的話的時候”。
4. C 由下文可判斷,爺爺是讓W(xué)ill把釘子釘?shù)健澳景濉崩铩?/p>
5. B 由前文可知爺爺讓W(xué)ill去車庫把釘子釘?shù)侥景謇?,可推測“在把釘子全部釘?shù)侥景謇镏?,Will是不能回去的”。
6. A 由下文可知,Will甚至為自己所說的壞話而道歉,可推測“他開始更加注意他的語言”。
7. C“them”指代前文Will釘?shù)桨遄永锏乃嗅斪印?/p>
8. A 由生活常識可知,把釘子取出來要比把它們釘進(jìn)去“更困難”。
9. B 由“but”可推測,Will最后成功地把釘子從木板里取了出來。
10. B 由“I accept your apology”可知,奶奶“原諒”了Will。
11. A 前后分句構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,故選擇轉(zhuǎn)折連詞“but”。
12. B 由常識可知,釘子被拔出之后是會留“洞”的。
13. B 由第一段可知,Will的父親的離開,給Will的心理留下了陰影,就如同釘子留下的洞一樣。
14. A 分析四個選項(xiàng)可知,此處奶奶在鼓勵Will從父親的陰影中走出來,鼓勵他可以做得更好。
15. B 由前文可知,奶奶給Will上了一堂很深刻的人生哲理“課”。