Bad temper

     There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper,he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.__51___Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the munber of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled(缩小)down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

 ___52___He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now

pulled out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.___53___And the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

__54___ He said:”You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.___55__ It won’t matter how many times you say I ‘m sorry the wound is still there.A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one”.

A.  The first day , the boy had driven 37miles into the fence.

B.  The boy cried.

C.  You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.

D.  Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all.

E.  The father took his son by the hand and led him to fence.

F.  The days passed.

G.  The father looked sad。

完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
A little boy invited his mother to attend his school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s ___35___, she said she would go. This ___36___ be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he felt ___37___of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar(疤痕)that  ___38___nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to ___39___why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were ___40___by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother in spite of the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed(尴尬)and ___41___ himself from everyone. He did, however, get within ___42___of a conversation between his mother and his teacher.
The teacher asked___43___, “How did you get the scar on your face?”
The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was___44___afraid to go in because the fire was___45___, so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked___46___ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the burned side of her face. This scar will be___47___, but to this day, I have never ___48___what I did.
At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great___49___of the sacrifice(牺牲)that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

My son was badly hurt in a fire．After he__36__from a series of treatments，the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months__37__it took long for the skin to stop shrinking （收缩）. So, he had to return to college with a visible 10­inch__38__on his face.

I said to my son, “Keaston，__39__will pay any more attention to your scar__40__you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother__41__.” He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head__42__high—glad he was alive.

__43__, everyone has scars and shortcomings．Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, __44__you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer__45__.

But you see, like Keaston’s scar，people will only judge you by your looks，or your__46__, or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false__47__.

One of my friends in college was very__48__. At first, when people met him, they noticed his__49__for about 10 seconds. This man felt__50__about himself and spent most of his time__51__about other people’s comfort and welfare.__52__, people ignored his looks. What people__53__was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn’t act in an ugly way so people didn’t treat him as an ugly man.

Therefore, concentrate on what you value__54__yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same__55__.

There once was a little boy who often got angry for unknown reasons and ended up quarreling with his friends. His parents felt   36   but had no idea how to deal with the matter.

In order to help the son, his father gave him a bag of   37   and told him that every time he   38   his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the   39  .

At first the boy felt puzzled at his father's words, but he did as he was told. The first day the little boy had   40   thirty nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks,   41   he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily   42   reduced. Three months later, the little boy discovered it was easier to   43   his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence. Finally the day came   44   the little boy did not lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the little boy now   45   one nail each day when he was   46   control his temper. The days passed and the little boy was   47   able to tell his father that all the nails were       48  .

 The father took his little boy   49   the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the   50   in the fence. The fence will never be the   51  .When you say things in anger, they   52   a scar just like this one on the person to whom you lose your temper. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.   53   many times you say “I'm sorry”, the wound is still there. A mental wound is as bad as a   54   one. The hurt and pain caused by the   55   are deeper than those caused by the hand.

1.A. patient                          B. angry                       C. desperate                     D. worried

2.A. books                           B. tools                        C. nails                               D. suggestions

3.A. kept                            B. missed           C. lost                                    D. left

4.A. hammer                        B. shoes                       C. fence                                D. hands

5.A. discovered                   B. pulled            C. pushed                    D. driven

6.A. as                                   B. unless            C. till                             D. although

7.A. hardly                           B. possibly                   C. terribly                    D. gradually

8.A. catch                             B. lose                          C. break                                D. hold

9.A. before                          B. when                       C. after                                  D. until

10.A. pulled out                           B. pull out          C. pulled over            D. pull over

11.A. able to                        B. managed to   C. succeeded to                  D. going to

12.A. eagerly                       B. fortunately    C. hardly                      D. finally

13.A. lost                              B. returned                 C. gone                                 D. spared

14.A. in                                 B. of                    C. on                                      D. by

15.A. nails                                      B. cuts                          C. surface                    D. holes

16.A. one                             B. same                        C. best                                   D. fence

17.A. run                              B. leave                       C. lead                                   D. remain

18.A. No matter                            B. No doubt                C. How                                  D. However

19.A. serious                       B. violent           C. terrible                   D. physical

20.A. knife                                     B. nail                           C. tongue                    D. hammer

It was in the hospital that I first saw Tommy.
He must have been crying a lot __21_  his chest was still heaving（起伏）as I __22_  the bed. I knew he was trying to __23_  his tears. I felt helpless, unable to __24_  the pain from the little boy. Suddenly an idea hit me. I wanted to __25_  him the ancient Hawaiian wisdom. __26_  over, I whispered, “Tommy , did you know our Hawaiian Lizards（蜥蜴）grow their tails back and little boys can grow their  __27_  back too?” Tommy’s eyes grew wide with  __28_  .
“They can?” he asked, obviously  __29_  .
“Yes!” I answered with  __30_ . “Close your eyes,” I said. He nodded with his eyes closed  __31_  .
“Tell your finger every day how much you love it and you need it to  __32_  the phone and to write your homework in school.” I paused, __33_  his little face focused in deep __34_  . “Now say, grow for me, finger. I love you. I need you so much.” __35_  later, Tommy opened his eyes. I told him, “Your finger will be perfectly fine. Let’s __36_  until it completely recovers.”
A year later, Tommy came to say good-bye to me. His broken finger was just the same as any other finger should be. Only a(n) __37_   scar（伤疤）remained.
Tommy remains forever in my heart and  __38_   me of the possibility of miracle（奇迹）. From him, I have learnt to _39_  failure. He inspires me to improve myself and to remember the ancient __40_  : Everything is possible if you truly believe.
【小题1】

A．flow out

B．wipe out

C．hold up

D．hold back