Perhaps a parent’s most important contribution toward raising a trustful child is to develop a relationship founded on trust. A child of any age will feel proud and grown-up if parents frequently show their trust. In court a defendant(被告) is innocent until proved guilty. But in the family, a teenager “defendant” is too often assumed guilty.

Even when the child is caught in a complete lie, this should not be the end of trust. A parent can tell a child that a single lie is forgivable. Yet it should be clear that if lies continue, the child, like the boy who cried wolf, will suffer loss of trust.

When my wife and I discovered that our son Tom, then 13, had lied about throwing a party while we were away, we grounded him for a month. We also told Tom that we could no longer trust him, and we could not allow him to stay alone overnight again. This loss of freedom was an important lesson; he learned how hard it is to live with people when they don’t trust him. As a result, now more than three years later we can again trust Tom to stay alone overnight.

Parents must always remember there is no easy answer to this universal problem of lying. We can set a good example, allow for privacy, monitor friendship, develop trust and punish wrong doing, but still we discover our child has lied to us. Finally that’s why there is a need for trust on both sides of a parent-child relationship. Lying destroys closeness and friendship. For that reason, parents should always try to give a child the feeling that they can be trusted with the truth. Parents may start with a child’s trust, but as the child grows older, parents must earn it.

When the writer and his wife discovered that their son had lied, they _________.

A. took all his freedom from him

B. decided never to trust him again

C. forbade him to stay alone overnight

D. arranged him to stay at home.

We can infer from the passage that very often ________.

A. parents don’t trust their child as they should

B. defendants are usually proved not guilty in court

C. parents have too much trust in their child

D. some children are founded guilty in court

According to the passage, the writer believes that _____________.

A. parents shouldn’t punish their children even if they lie

B. it is not easy to deal with the problem of lying as parents

C. there are effective ways to prevent children from lying

D. children will stop telling lies as they grow up

 

第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后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涂黑。                 

Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as    36  . What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the   37   of her husband.

A few minutes later, I heard the truck   38   its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any   39  . Finally she put me down in a   40   place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag.

I   41   out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me.

It turned out that my owner meant to   42   me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther away. So I cast my head   43   the direction of the truck. The days we spent together were like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer, looked at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself   44   my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all   45  .

I ran as fast as I could. And the   46   I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame her for treating me like this for she was such a (an)   47   lady. She seemed even somewhat   48   at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to   49   the pains of losing him. She   50   his pictures and clothes, she redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only    51   thing to remind her of him.  52   later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this...

The truck finally stopped when I was almost   53  . She ran up to me and hugged me    54  . I heard her   55 : “I know you are a present he left to me.”

36. A. frightened                        B. excited                           C. delighted                       D. puzzled

37. A. death                                B. absence                         C. separation                             D. departure

38. A. run                                    B. begin                              C. start                               D. operate

39. A. sense                                B. difference                       C. effort                              D. trouble

40. A. usual                                 B. dark                                C. familiar                          D. strange

41. A. struggled                         B. walked                           C. ran                                 D. rushed

42. A. desert                              B. harm                                C. punish                            D. sell

43. A. into                                   B. at                                    C. in                                     D. to

44. A. guide                                  B. follow                             C. support                           D. bring

45. A. in peace                           B. in silence                       C. out of breath                D. in tears

46. A. time                                  B. way                                  C. direction                      D. moment

47. A. cruel                                 B. unfortunate                            C. unfavorable                  D. unfriendly

48. A. depressed                       B. sad                                   C. angry                              D. calm

49. A. prevent                             B. remove                          C. bear                                D. kill      

50. A. burned                                       B. kept                                C. sold                                 D. hid

51. A. walking                              B. moving                            C. existing                          D. blessing

52. A. But                                    B. And                                 C. Thus                               D. Then

53. A. made out                          B. knocked out                  C. left out                           D. worn out

54. A. tightly                               B. patiently                        C. desperately                   D. sadly

55. A. shout                B. whisper                C. speak                         D. talk               

 

Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest contained four  21  eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain,  22  one of the eggs to roll down the mountain  23  a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must  24  and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen   25  to hatch and raise the large egg.

    One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born.  26  , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n)  27  . Soon, the eagle believed he was 28  more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family,  29  his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and  30  a group of eagles soaring(翱翔) in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle  31  , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with32  , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.”

    The eagle  33  staring at his real family up above,  34  that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his  35  be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is  36  the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle  37  dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. 38  , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle  39  .

    You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle,  40  your dreams, not the words of a chicken.

1.

 A. large           B. curious          C. small                D. fortunate

2.

 A. guiding         B. blowing          C. causing          D. inviting

3.

 A. on              B. over             C. past             D. to

4.

 A. introduce       B. punish              C. protect      D. share

5.

 A. offered        B. regretted            C. managed          D. turned

6.

A. Carefully    B. Gently               C. Sadly                D. Luckily

7.

 A. chicken         B. eagle                C. hero             D. fool

8.

A. something        B. everything           C. anything         D. nothing

9.

 A. and         B. but                  C. so               D. however

10.

. A. noticed      B. recognized         C. respected            D. watched

11.

A. cried        B. smiled               C. argued               D. explained

12.

 A. excitement      B. anger                C. laughter         D. surprise

13.

 A. approached  B. avoided          C. continued            D. considered

14.

A. promising        B. proving          C. believing            D. dreaming

15.

 A. suggestion  B. advantage            C. dream                D. discovery

16.

. A. what           B. why              C. how              D. when

17.

. A. went           B. enjoyed          C. began                D. stopped

18.

. A. Happily            B. Finally          C. Quickly          D. Probably

19.

 A. gave away       B. broke down           C. passed away      D. died out

20.

 A. steal           B. follow               C. have             D. remember

 

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