Question

My 8-year-old son, Kevin, has made friends with some boys in the neighborhood. He has been  36  with them after school. My wife，Qugen, and I are __37__ he has other kids to be with and we have __38__ and encouraged him to play with his friends. We also want Kevin to learn __39__，so we have asked him to tell us __40__ he's going and to come home at a specified time.

The __41__ started when Kevin didn't come home on time. On one occasion，I asked Kevin to be back at 6 pm. By 6：30，I needed to go __42__ him. I found him at a friend's house，and he looked __43__ that he couldn't continue playing. After we came home，I sat Kevin down for a talk about the __44__ of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about him arriving a few __45__ late，but after half an hour，I’m going to be  46  . He told me he understood.

The next day，I came home from work at about 6:30 p.m. and Qugen asked me to go and get Kevin  __47__ she said he should be back home at 6. I walked to his friend's house and a look of __48__ appeared on Kevin's face when he came to the door.

At __49__，Qugen and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn't come home on time again. He said he just wanted to _ 50__ playing. This was __51__，so Qugen and I decided to ground(罚不准出门)him for a week. This __52_ no playing with his friends.

For the next week，whenever his friends came to ask for Kevin，we let him _53__ to them that he was grounded. We felt this would help him be responsible for his __54__.

As a __55__，I believe one of the most important things we can teach our kids is self-responsibility and that actions have consequences.

1.A. studying           B．playing          C．chatting         D．quarreling

2.A. glad               B．lucky            C．worried          D．sure

3.A. made               B．allowed          C．trained          D．forced

4.A. amusements  B．communication           C．honesty          D．responsibility

5.A. when               B．why              C．where            D．whenever

6.A. changes            B．conflicts        C．worries          D．problems

7.A. looking for  B．picking up             C．waiting for      D．calling up

8.A. angry              B．nervous          C．disappointed     D．ashamed

9.A. quality            B．importance       C．stories          D．ways

10.A. hours             B．minutes          C．days             D．times

11.A. satisfied  B．shocked                 C．surprised        D．concerned

12.A. if                B．unless           C．because          D．so

13.A. guilt             B．disappointment  C．excitement       D．hatred

14.A. home              B．school           C．work             D．office

15.A. finish            B．keep             C．learn            D．stop

16.A. impossible  B．impolite               C．unacceptable     D．unbelievable

17.A. meant             B．suggested        C．showed           D．implied

18.A. reply             B．apologize        C．tell             D．explain

19.A. decisions  B．words                   C．actions          D．friends

20.A. teacher           B．parent           C．writer           D．professor

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】文章讲述的是作者鼓励他的孩子出去和朋友一起玩，但是一定要准时回家，后来儿子没有准时回来，作者给予了不准出门的惩罚。

1.上下文，根据后面的 after school可知，他们课后在一起玩耍

2.上下文，根据后面的encouraged him to play with his friends可知，作者父亲两人对此很满意

3.上下文，该空应当和encourage意思相近，因此选择allow，意为，我们允许并鼓励他和朋友们一起玩耍

4.上下文，根据下文so we have asked him to tell us __40__ he's going and to come home at a specified time可知，作者想让儿子有责任感，在出去的时候告诉我们他的去向，并在特定的时间回家

5.同上

6.句意理解，问题出现了，当kevin没有按时回家

7.上下文，上文讲到kevin没有回来，因此作者要出去找她，look for寻找 pick up接，捡起，接受，偶然学到 wait for等 call up让某人想起

8.上下文，根据后面的 he couldn't continue playing可知，他感到失望，不能继续玩下去了。

9.句意，我跟他谈谈关于遵守承诺的重要性，

10.句意为，我告诉他我并不担心他晚回来几分钟，但是半小时之后，我要开始担心了

11.同上 concerned意为担心的

12.句意理解，Qugen让我去把kevin带回来，因为他应当在六点就回来了

13.上下文，根据上文可知他同意了作者要在六点回来，可是这次又没有按时回来，所以他感到愧疚

14.上下文，根据后文可知，此时他们已经回到家里，Qugen和作者问kevin为什么没有按时回来

15.他说他就是想继续玩下去

16.上下文，根据后文作者惩罚他不准出门可知，kevin的这种想法是完全无法接受的，因此就罚他不能出门

17.句意理解，罚他一个星期不准出门，这意为这不能和朋友出去一起玩了

18.句意理解，朋友来找他出去玩，可是他不能出去，因此要向朋友们解释，

19.我们感觉这会有助于帮助他对他自己的行为负责

20.上下文，作者是kevin的父亲，所以此处是作为父母，家长