题目内容
I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, Ramanda, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work done while Ramanda appeared to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too quiet and I yelled out. “What are you doing. Raxiianda?” No response. I repeated my question and heard her say, “Oh ... nothing.” Nothing? What does “nothing” mean?
I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room, and then I saw her take off down the hall. I chased her up the stairs and watched her as her little behind made a hard left into the bedroom. I was gaining on her! She took off for the bathroom. Bad move. I had her cornered. I told her to turn around. She refused. I pulled out my big, mean authoritative(命令式的)Daddy voiced Young lady, I said turn around!”
Slowly, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife's new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was covered with bright red (except her lips of course)!
As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, lips trembling. I heard every voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you...You should know better than that...How many times have you been told …What a bad thing to do...” It was just a matter of my picking out which old message I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But before I could let loose, I looked down at the sweatshirt my wife had put on her only an hour before. In big letters it said, “I'M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, instead of seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a child of God …a perfect little angel full of worth, value and a wonderful spontaneity(自发行为) that I had come dangerously close to shaming out of her.
“Sweetheart, you look beautiful! let's take a picture so Mommy can see how special you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the opportunity to reaffirm（再肯定）what a perfect little angel he had given me.
1.When the author found the house was abnormally quiet, ________.
A. he went on with his work
B. he went to check on his daughter
C. he called his daughter to come over
D. he knew his daughter must be behaving well
2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. How the father made his daughter admit her fault.
B. The naughty girl trying to get the father's attention.
C. The run and chase between the father and daughter
D. A funny game the father and daughter played with each other.
3.When he saw his daughter's face, the author ________.
A. thought she was so beautiful and lovely a girl
B. no longer saw her as an angel
C. flew into an uncomfortable disappointment
D. remembered the words he was scolded with
4.What does the underlined sentence ''I had her cornered'' mean?
A. She had been in the comer of the room.
B. She had screamed out of fear.
C. I had forced her into a position from which she couldn't escape.
D. She had escaped from one comer to another.
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A. They own the largest reef systems.
B. They are good diving spots in winter.
C. They all provide you with shipwrecks.
D. They are all difficult to reach.
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A. If you want to go to Plunge the Depths of Palau, you can take a flight from Vietnam.
B. Snorkel the Philippines is disliked by the world because of its location.
C. Buddy Dive Resort Bonaire is the only place where you can see corals.
D. Greg Deaver is the coolest one among the four places.
3.It can be learned from the passage that ______________.
A. Cozumel is a small country in the Atlantic
B. Cozumel is famous for the town San Miguel
C. Cozumel is a close neighbor to Mexico
D. Cozumel is located in North America