请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可...

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

I stood there listening to dad’s severe（严厉的） words. He gathered us into our yard and had the look on his face that told us one of us did something   1.

We stared down at the floor containing the art of a child’s   2in chalk. I suppose that was a no-no（不可接受的行为） for us, though I can’t say I quite   3the result when I was committing the crime. All the others denied. I stood there,   4inside. The only words that came from my mouth were, “Not me, dad.” I couldn’t find the   5to tell the truth. Lying was not    6for me. But the look on dad’s face scared me.

Without saying a word, dad   7for only a few minutes and came back with paper and a pencil. He was so   8to find the truth! “I want each of you to write   9what you see on the floor.” I was not a     10kid, though and when my turn came, I wrote the words   11. So when my dad compared the handwriting, he still   12tell the truth.

“ I will give you one more chance to confess (承认) ”, he said. Not   13, no one spoke up.

Should I say something? I guess he’ll be   14! So again, I held my   15. “Well, if someone came forward, there would be   16punishment.” he added. Oh, no! I’ve lost my last chance!

He took us into the house. “  17none of you confessed, then you all get a spanking (打屁股).” 

“I did it,” someone said. I looked around to see my sister come   18. My sister was going to get spanked. And I let it   19.

I didn’t tell the truth until years later. When I think back to that day, I know I learned the   20of family, of a sister who would do anything for me. And I would do the same for her now.

1.A. special                B. funny            C. wrong            D. useless

2.A. handwriting            B. map              C. calculation      D. playing

3.A. understood         B. remembered       C. forgot           D. expected

4.A. cheering           B. imagining        C. trembling        D. wondering

5.A. courage                B. time             C. way              D. chance

6.A. unusual                B. unfit            C. normal           D. difficult

7.A. walked                 B. disappeared      C. hid              D. escaped

8.A. afraid             B. determined       C. surprised        D. proud

9.A. similarly              B. carefully        C. particularly     D. exactly

10.A. smart                 B. stupid           C. naughty          D. lovely

11.A. differently       B. strangely        C. quickly          D. quietly

12.A. would not             B. might not        C. could not        D. need not

13.A. excitingly   B. disappointingly  C. interestingly    D. surprisingly

14.A. mad                   B. curious          C. delighted        D. amused

15.A. breath                B. face             C. hand             D. tongue

16.A. heavy                 B. much             C. new              D. no

17.A. Since                 B. Although         C. Unless           D. While

18.A. out                   B. forward          C. in               D. round

19.A. remain                B. exist            C. happen           D. do

20.A. knowledge             B. use              C. sense            D. value