Question

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

The ____ 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 ____ him. I found him at a friend's house, and he looked ____ that he couldn't continue playing. After we came home, I sat Kevin down for a talk about the ____ of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about his arriving a few___ late, after a half hour, he told me he understood and I was ___.

The next day, I came home from work at about 6:30 pm and my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ___ she said he should be back home at 6. I walked to his friend's house and a look of ___appeared on Kevin's face when he came to the door.

At __, my wife and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn't come home on time again. He said he just wanted to ___ playing. This was ___ so we decided to ground(罰不準出門) him for a week. This ___ no playing with his friends.

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

As a ___ 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.communications 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

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】

試題分析：文章講述的是一個家庭教育故事。看到自己的孩子Kevin與鄰居家的小孩打成一片，作者和妻子感到很高興。但是，作者和妻子想讓Kevin學會對自己的行為負責，于是，他們給Kevin規定了回家的時間。因為Kevin沒有按照約定的時間回家，作者和妻子罰Kevin一周不能出去和朋友們玩。

1.He has been __11__ with them after school.作者的兒子Kevin放學后和鄰居家的孩子玩耍，play with sb和某人玩耍，根據第三行“play with his friends”可知答案，故選B。

2.My wife, and I are __12__ he has other kids to be with看到Kevin交到了一些朋友，作者和妻子都很開心，故選A。

3. sb do sth，排除A；根據“encouraged”可知，作者和妻子允許并鼓勵Kevin跟他的朋友們玩，故選B。

4.he's going and to come home at a specified time”可知，作者和妻子讓Kevin告訴他們他即將去的地方，給他規定回家的時間是想培養Kevin的責任心，根據倒數第二段最后“be responsible for his ___.”可知答案，故選D。

5. sb sth告訴某人某事，根據“he's going”可知，這里指Kevin將要去的地方，故選C。

6.when Kevin didn't come home on time”可知，Kevin沒有按時回家，所以問題就出現了，故選D。

7.I found him at a friend's house”可知，作者發現Kevin在朋友家，說明作者去尋找兒子Kevin，故選A。

8.he couldn't continue playing”可知，因為不能繼續玩了，Kevin看上去有些失望，故選C。

9.the ____ of keeping his word作者告訴Kevin遵守諾言的重要性，故選B。

10.I was not worried about his arriving a few__ late作者認為晚回家幾分鐘沒事，根據本段第二行可知，Kevin比預定的時間晚了30分鐘還沒回家，故選B。

11.my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ___ she said he should be back home at 6”可知，Kevin又沒有按時回家，由此可見，Kevin雖然說他明白了，但是作者還是為他擔心，故選D。

12.she said he should be back home at 6”與“get Kevin back”之間是因果關系，作者的妻子讓作者去把Kevin找回來，因為他本該六點回家，故選C。

13.a look of ___appeared on Kevin's face作者的兒子Kevin又沒有按時回家，當看到作者時，他知道自己錯了，臉上露出了內疚的表情，故選A。

14.my wife and I spoke to Kevin about...”可知，作者和妻子與Kevin的交談是在回家之后的事情，故選A。

15.He said he just wanted to ___ playing.作者的兒子Kevin說他只是想一直玩，keep doing sth一直做某事，故選B。

16.so we decided to ground(罰不準出門) him for a week”可知，作者和妻子決定罰Kevin一周不準出門，說明Kevin的解釋讓作者和妻子無法接受，即他們對Kevin的解釋感到不滿意，故選C。

17.This ___ no playing with his friends.這就意味著Kevin不能和朋友們玩了，mean doing sth意味著做某事，故選A。

18.we let him ___ to them that he was grounded作者和妻子讓Kevin跟朋友們解釋他正在關禁閉，explain to sb sth向某人解釋某事，故選D。

19.We felt this would help him be responsible for his ___.作者和妻子認為這樣做能夠幫助Kevin學會對自己的行為負責，根據下一段最后“actions have consequences”可知答案，故選C。

20.we can teach our kids”可知，這里指的是父親或母親，作者是Kevin的父親，故選B。

考點：教育類短文閱讀