I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“ one of you did this?”
We all stared down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk (粉笔) there. I was very . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I : “Not me, Dad.”
The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us have done it. But as the and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage (勇气) to tell the
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To find out who had written on the , Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to exactly what you see on the step.”
I tried my best to write the words . 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 of you will admit to have done it, then I will punish you all.” I stood there and said . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“I ____ it.” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was grounded (受处罚) for a month.
We didn’t talk 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 __it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame (责任) for me.
1.A. sound B. taste C. look D. feeling
2.A. What B. Which C. Who D. Where
3.A. unhappy B. surprised C. angry D. frightened
4.A. lied B. said C. talked D. told
5.A. can B. may C. must D. might
6.A. oldest B. kindest C. youngest D. healthiest
7.A. answer B. story C. truth D. thing
8.A. step B. ground C. floor D. door
9.A. write B. draw C. paint D. print
10.A. carefully B. differently C. heavily D. badly
11.A. all B. none C. neither D. both
12.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
13.A. did B. done C. do D. doing
14.A. on B. with C. to D. about
15.A. because B. because of C. though D. except
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A. too much, healthy B. much too, heath C. too much, health D. much too, healthy
More colleges next year for more students to get a good education.
A. will be set up B. will set up C. are setting up D. were set up
Nobody knows ______ in 100 years.
A. what will life be like B. what life will be like
C. how will life be like D. how life will be like
Yesterday, I visited a middle school in Taiyuan. There are about students in it.
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