请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。
I stood there listening to dad’s severe（严厉的） words. He gathered us into our yard and had the look on his face that told us one of us did something 1.
We stared down at the floor containing the art of a child’s 2in chalk. I suppose that was a no-no（不可接受的行为） for us, though I can’t say I quite 3the result when I was committing the crime. All the others denied. I stood there, 4inside. The only words that came from my mouth were, “Not me, dad.” I couldn’t find the 5to tell the truth. Lying was not 6for me. But the look on dad’s face scared me.
Without saying a word, dad 7for only a few minutes and came back with paper and a pencil. He was so 8to find the truth! “I want each of you to write 9what you see on the floor.” I was not a 10kid, though and when my turn came, I wrote the words 11. So when my dad compared the handwriting, he still 12tell the truth.
“ I will give you one more chance to confess (承认) ”, he said. Not 13, no one spoke up.
Should I say something? I guess he’ll be 14! So again, I held my 15. “Well, if someone came forward, there would be 16punishment.” he added. Oh, no! I’ve lost my last chance!
He took us into the house. “ 17none of you confessed, then you all get a spanking (打屁股).”
“I did it,” someone said. I looked around to see my sister come 18. My sister was going to get spanked. And I let it 19.
I didn’t tell the truth until years later. When I think back to that day, I know I learned the 20of family, of a sister who would do anything for me. And I would do the same for her now.
1.A. special B. funny C. wrong D. useless
2.A. handwriting B. map C. calculation D. playing
3.A. understood B. remembered C. forgot D. expected
4.A. cheering B. imagining C. trembling D. wondering
5.A. courage B. time C. way D. chance
6.A. unusual B. unfit C. normal D. difficult
7.A. walked B. disappeared C. hid D. escaped
8.A. afraid B. determined C. surprised D. proud
9.A. similarly B. carefully C. particularly D. exactly
10.A. smart B. stupid C. naughty D. lovely
11.A. differently B. strangely C. quickly D. quietly
12.A. would not B. might not C. could not D. need not
13.A. excitingly B. disappointingly C. interestingly D. surprisingly
14.A. mad B. curious C. delighted D. amused
15.A. breath B. face C. hand D. tongue
16.A. heavy B. much C. new D. no
17.A. Since B. Although C. Unless D. While
18.A. out B. forward C. in D. round
19.A. remain B. exist C. happen D. do
20.A. knowledge B. use C. sense D. value
Have you got a free evening next week? _______, let’s have dinner.
A. While so B. Since so C. When so D. If so
The teacher, together with his students, visiting the museum when the earthquake struck.
A. was B. were C. had been D. would be
______ washing machine’s out of order, so I have to wash all our clothes by ______ hand.
A. The … / B. A … the C. The … the D. A … /
Juliet Roberts, ______ predicted, won the award for the Oscar Best Female Actress.
A. if B. once C. as D. when
Partly ______ about his lost love, he buried himself in office work.
A. forgetting B. to have forgot C. to forget D. having forgot
