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【題目】One day when I was 5, my mother criticized me for not finishing my rice and I got angry. I wanted to play outside and not to be made to finish eating my old rice. In my angry motion to open the screen door (紗門) with my foot, I kicked back about a 12-inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door. But I had no regret, for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.

Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have criticized my child, and told him about how expensive this new screen door was, and I would have delivered a spanking (打屁股) for it. But my parents never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door pushed out, creating an opening, a crack in the defense against unwanted insects.

For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would remind me of my mistake from time to time. For years, I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and remember who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot. I would wonder if my family members were thinking the same thing, silently blaming me every time a flying insect entered our home, making life more terrible for us all. My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stern (嚴(yán)厲的) words perhaps could not deliver. Their silent punishment for what I had done delivered a hundred stern messages to me. Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.

【1】When the author damaged the door, his parents _______.

A. scolded him for what he had done B. left the door unrepaired

C. told him how expensive it was D. gave him a spanking

【2】How did the author feel every time he saw the damaged door?

A. He felt ashamed of his uncontrolled anger at that time.

B. He found that his family members no longer liked him.

C. He found it destroyed the happy atmosphere at his home.

D. He felt he had to work hard to make up for (彌補(bǔ)) the damage.

【3】The experience may cause the author _______.

A. to hide his anger away from others

B. not to go against his parents’ will

C. to have a better control of himself

D. not to make mistakes in the future

【4】What of the following is the main idea of this passage?

A. Adults should ignore their children’s bad behavior.

B. Parents shouldn’t educate their children.

C. What is the best way to become a more patient person?

D. Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.

Answer 1

【答案】Their silent punishment for what I had done delivered a hundred stern messages to me. D選項(xiàng) Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.

【解析】試題分析：本文講述了作者小時(shí)候，因?yàn)椴环�母親的管教，踢壞了家里的紗門，父母沒有修理，紗門上留下來一個(gè)洞，接下來的一年，這個(gè)洞一直提醒著作者的錯(cuò)誤，默默地懲罰著作者。這件事給了作者深刻的印象，幫助他最終成為了一個(gè)非常有耐心，不隨便發(fā)脾氣的人。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段句子But my parents never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door pushed out, creating an opening, a crack in the defense against unwanted insects.可知，當(dāng)作者把門弄壞的時(shí)候，他的父母什么也沒說，但是沒有修理門。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段句子For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would remind me of my mistake from time to time.以及下文內(nèi)容可推斷，每次作者看到這個(gè)被毀壞的門，都會(huì)想起自己的錯(cuò)誤，為自己那個(gè)時(shí)候失去控制感到恥辱。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.可推斷，這次經(jīng)歷幫助作者成為了一個(gè)更加有耐心的人，不再隨便發(fā)脾氣，能夠更好的控制自己。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第三段最后三句My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stern (嚴(yán)厲的) words perhaps could not deliver. Their silent punishment for what I had done delivered a hundred stern messages to me. Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.可知，本文主要講述作者的父母給作者上了寶貴的一課，他們對(duì)作者所做的無聲的懲罰向作者發(fā)出了一百條嚴(yán)厲的信息。最重要的是，它幫助作者成為一個(gè)更有耐心的人，不輕易爆發(fā)出來的人。因此推斷，無聲的懲罰教育效果更好。故選D。