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阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案.
Long ago, there was a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday,
____ they were always poor.
One day, her son stole his friend's
_____ "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised(表扬)her son
____ scolding(责骂)him. "It looks great!"
The next time, he stole an overcoat. She praised him again
____ he stole it.
A few years later, he
_____ to be a young man. He stole jewelry and
_____ them to his mother. "How
_____!" This time, she did not scold her son again.
Then, because he was
_____ scolded by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things. One day, the police
____ him. Before putting him in
____, he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother.
As soon as he saw his mother, he
_____ her earlobe(耳垂). "Ouch! What's the matter with you?"She finally scolded him. Her son answered, "
_____ you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief."
The mother’s
____ was broken as she looked at her son heading to prison. "If I only could ________ time, I would scold him strictly." She regretted(后悔) that she always praised him,
____ he did.
16. 17. 18. A.because of | B.instead of | C.because | D.instead |
19. A.before | B.since | C.after | D.until |
20. A.put up | B.looked up | C.got up | D.grew up |
21. A.brought | B.put | C.told | D.bought |
22. A.beautiful | B.terrible | C.useful | D.kind |
23. A.often | B.never | C.sometimes | D.always |
24. A.heard | B.looked | C.caught | D.searched |
25. A.hospital | B.school | C.hotel | D.prison |
26. 27. A.If | B.Unless | C.Though | D.Although |
28. 29. A.turn on | B.turn off | C.turn back | D.turn down |
30. A.wherever | B.whoever | C.whenever | D.whatever |