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(罚不准出门) 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.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】

试题分析：文章讲述的是一个家庭教育故事。看到自己的孩子Kevin与邻居家的小孩打成一片，作者和妻子感到很高兴。但是，作者和妻子想让Kevin学会对自己的行为负责，于是，他们给Kevin规定了回家的时间。因为Kevin没有按照约定的时间回家，作者和妻子罚Kevin一周不能出去和朋友们玩。

1.He has been __11__ with them after school.作者的儿子Kevin放学后和邻居家的孩子玩耍，play with sb和某人玩耍，根据第三行“play with his friends”可知答案，故选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，作者和妻子都很开心，故选A。

3. sb do sth，排除A；根据“encouraged”可知，作者和妻子允许并鼓励Kevin跟他的朋友们玩，故选B。

4.he's going and to come home at a specified time”可知，作者和妻子让Kevin告诉他们他即将去的地方，给他规定回家的时间是想培养Kevin的责任心，根据倒数第二段最后“be responsible for his ___.”可知答案，故选D。

5. sb sth告诉某人某事，根据“he's going”可知，这里指Kevin将要去的地方，故选C。

6.when Kevin didn't come home on time”可知，Kevin没有按时回家，所以问题就出现了，故选D。

7.I found him at a friend's house”可知，作者发现Kevin在朋友家，说明作者去寻找儿子Kevin，故选A。

8.he couldn't continue playing”可知，因为不能继续玩了，Kevin看上去有些失望，故选C。

9.the ____ of keeping his word作者告诉Kevin遵守诺言的重要性，故选B。

10.I was not worried about his arriving a few__ late作者认为晚回家几分钟没事，根据本段第二行可知，Kevin比预定的时间晚了30分钟还没回家，故选B。

11.my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ___ she said he should be back home at 6”可知，Kevin又没有按时回家，由此可见，Kevin虽然说他明白了，但是作者还是为他担心，故选D。

12.she said he should be back home at 6”与“get Kevin back”之间是因果关系，作者的妻子让作者去把Kevin找回来，因为他本该六点回家，故选C。

13.a look of ___appeared on Kevin's face作者的儿子Kevin又没有按时回家，当看到作者时，他知道自己错了，脸上露出了内疚的表情，故选A。

14.my wife and I spoke to Kevin about...”可知，作者和妻子与Kevin的交谈是在回家之后的事情，故选A。

15.He said he just wanted to ___ playing.作者的儿子Kevin说他只是想一直玩，keep doing sth一直做某事，故选B。

16.so we decided to ground(罚不准出门) him for a week”可知，作者和妻子决定罚Kevin一周不准出门，说明Kevin的解释让作者和妻子无法接受，即他们对Kevin的解释感到不满意，故选C。

17.This ___ no playing with his friends.这就意味着Kevin不能和朋友们玩了，mean doing sth意味着做某事，故选A。

18.we let him ___ to them that he was grounded作者和妻子让Kevin跟朋友们解释他正在关禁闭，explain to sb sth向某人解释某事，故选D。

19.We felt this would help him be responsible for his ___.作者和妻子认为这样做能够帮助Kevin学会对自己的行为负责，根据下一段最后“actions have consequences”可知答案，故选C。

20.we can teach our kids”可知，这里指的是父亲或母亲，作者是Kevin的父亲，故选B。

考点：教育类短文阅读