Question

One day, Jim played basketball in the living room in high spirits. Then his ______ hit a vase (花瓶) off the shelf by accident. The vase dropped on the floor, and the mouth of it was ______ off a large piece. To cover the great trouble he caused, he stuck the pieces together and put the vase ______ to its place.

His mother ______ the change on it that evening. She asked the boy if he broke the vase. Being afraid of punishment, he said a wild ______ jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that he was lying, ______ all the windows were closed by her each day. However, his mother just kept ______ and said it was her carelessness not to have the window closed.

Before going to bed, the boy's mother asked him to go to the study. He felt he couldn't avoid the punishment. As soon as he entered the study ______, she took chocolate box out of the drawer and gave one piece to him. "Jim, this chocolate is a reward for you, because you ______ a cat with your imagination." Then, she put another chocolate in his hand. "This chocolate is a prize for your ability to ______ the vase. After that, his mother took the third chocolate, "The last chocolate stands for my ______ to you. I shouldn't have put a vase in a place where it could so ______ fall down, I wish you hadn't been ______, my sweetheart."

The following days were the same as before. The only ______ was that Jim never told a lie since then. Because once he meant to lie, the three chocolate would remind him to be ______. Sometimes, no punishment itself is a kind of punishment.

1.A.spirits B.mother C.basketball D.pet

2.A.knocked B.taken C.kicked D.cut

3.A.down B.back C.away D.up

4.A.forgot B.searched C.accepted D.noticed

5.A.mouse B.cat C.bird D.duck

6.A.though B.unless C.until D.for

7.A.shocked B.calm C.angry D.excited

8.A.in person B.for fun C.with peace D.in fear

9.A.created B.caught C.drew D.chose

10.A.repair B.repeat C.divide D.discover

11.A.hello B.goodbye C.yes D.sorry

12.A.easily B.completely C.exactly D.quickly

13.A.moved B.hurt C.beaten D.broken

14.A.change B.power C.report D.hope

15.A.careful B.hopeful C.honest D.patient

Answer 1