五、完形填空。(2025 · 江苏扬州江都区期中)
One day, my brother opened my father's new book and drew all over the first page with a pen. When my father
1 the room, my brother became nervous. He knew that he had done something wrong. He was
2 that my father would punish(惩罚)him.
My father
3 his much-loved book, looked at it carefully for quite a while and said
4. Books were important to him, but his next behaviour(行为)wasn't what we
5. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down and took the
6 from my brother's hand. He smiled at the little kid and
7 next to the drawings made by John: John's
8, 1959, age 3. “You have made the book valuable(宝贵的). I'm very thankful to you for drawing in my book,” my father said kindly.
9 and books came and went. We moved several times and
10 a lot: success and failure; happiness and sadness. During those years, we would from time to time open the book, look at the drawings, read my father's 1
1 of love, and fee
l excited.
Now I know my father taught us
12 we can make every bad event in life have a good result. If we are ready to look at it from another side, the
13 of others will touch us a lot. And he also made us
14 what is really important in life: people, not things;
15, not anger.
Each time I think about these things, I will smile and whisper, “Thank you, Dad. ”
(
B
)1. A. passed by
B. walked into
C. looked into
D. left for
(
A
)2. A. afraid
B. happy
C. amazed
D. excited
(
D
)3. A. mixed up
B. made up
C. cleaned up
D. picked up
(
B
)4. A. something
B. nothing
C. everything
D. anything
(
B
)5. A. stopped
B. expected
C. achieved
D. hoped
(
A
)6. A. pen
B. book
C. drawing
D. page
(
B
)7. A. drew
B. wrote
C. knocked
D. painted
(
B
)8. A. book
B. work
C. name
D. mistake
(
D
)9. A. Hours
B. Weeks
C. Months
D. Years
(
C
)10. A. forgot
B. lost
C. experienced
D. remembered
(
B
)11. A. sayings
B. words
C. voices
D. stories
(
C
)12. A. when
B. where
C. how
D. why
(
B
)13. A. happiness
B. kindness
C. knowledge
D. manners
(
C
)14. A. think
B. wonder
C. realize
D. risk
(
A
)15. A. love
B. life
C. family
D. children
