阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Saturday morning was bright and fresh．There was a song in every heart, cheer on every face, and a spring in every step．

　　Tom appeared with a bucket of white paint in one hand and a brush in the other．His Aunt Polly told him to paint the fence around the garden．It was thirty yards long and nine feet high．He felt very depressed．

　　Then he had a wonderful idea．He picked up his brush and started to work．

　　Soon Ben came along the road．He was happily eating an apple．He stopped to look at Tom．Tom went on painting and pretended(假装)not to see Ben．

　　“I'm going swimming,” said Ben．“Do you want to go swimming, Tom? But I guess you can't．You have to stay and work, don't you?”

　　“Work?” Tom said．“This isn't work．I'm enjoying myself．Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?”

　　Ben thought about this．Tom continued painting carefully．Sometimes he stopped, stood back to look at the fence like an artist, and then added a bit more paint in just the right place．Ben was watching Tom paint with great interest．He was getting more and more eager to have a try himself．

　　After a while, Ben asked Tom if he would let him paint a little．Tom thought about it, and said,

　　“No, Ben, I can't．You see．Aunt Polly wants it to be done well．Aunt Polly said that I must paint it with great care．”

　　“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben．“I can do it．I'll be really careful．Just let me try．I'll give you half of my apple．Well, I'll give you all of it!”

　　“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom．“You must be very careful．”

　　He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart．He sat down under the tree, and started to eat Ben's apple．All day, boys came to make fun of Tom, but they ended up staying to paint．When Ben got tired, Billy was waiting．He gave Tom a kite for a chance to paint．Then Johnny offered him twelve marbles, and so on．

　　By late afternoon Tom had gained all sorts of toys, and the fence had gained three coats of paint．Later Aunt Polly came to look at the painted fence．She was so pleased with Tom's work that she gave Tom a large cake!

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　　When you’re curious(好奇)about something, and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions．Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers．The steps below can guide you during the research(研究)．

　　Step 1　　On a note card or piece of paper, write down the subject that you are interested in．Just get the main idea down．For example, you might write：Discover more about dinosaurs．

　　Step 2　　Next, stop and think for a moment about what you already know about your subject．List what you already know like the sentences below：

　　(1)Dinosaurs lived long before human beings appeared．

　　(2)Dinosaurs lived on the earth for more than 150 million years．

　　(3)Some dinosaurs fed on plants, some on meat．

　　Step 3　　What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions．On your paper, start writing down questions about the dinosaurs as you think of them：

　　(1)What’s the best weather for dinosaurs to live in?

　　(2)How many kinds of dinosaurs are there?

　　(3)Have dinosaurs really disappeared?

　　Step 4　　Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research．As you learn more about your subject, you’ll probably discover some new questions．For example, you might discover that dinosaurs disappeared about 65 million years ago．Why? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely．

　　The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize(组织)your thinking by asking good questions．And remember－learning more always brings more questions．

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　　Some people do not like anything to be out of place．They are not late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people’s birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive．Mr．Hill is such a man．

　　Mr．Hill works in a bank, and lives alone．The only family he has is in the next town：his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Jack．Mr．Hill does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Jack’s seventeen birthdays．

　　Last week Mr．Hill had quite a surprise．He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast; he parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal．Just then, there was a knock at the door．He opened the door and found a policeman standing on the door-step．

　　“What have I done wrong?”Mr．Hill asked himself．“Have I driven on the wrong side of the road?Has there been some trouble at the bank?Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”

　　“Hello, Uncle,” said the policeman．“my name is Jack．”

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　　I stood there listening to my father shout at the top of his voice．The look on his face said that one of us had done something wrong．

　　“Which one of you did this?”

　　We all looked down at the step．There was child’s 　　1　　 in chalk there．I was very 　　2　　．I hoped no one could see it．Would he 　　3　　 it was me?I was so scared．When he asked me, I lied,“Not me, Dad．”

　　The others denied(否认)it as well．Of course, we all knew that one of us 　　4　　 have done it．But as the youngest and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage(勇气)to tell the 　　5　　．

　　To 　　6　　 out who had written on the step, Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil．“I want each of you to write exactly 　　7　　 you see on the step．”

　　I tried my best to write the words 　　8　　．I didn’t want dad to be able to tell it was me．

　　He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them,“Since 　　9　　 of you will admit(承认)to have done it, then I will punish you all．”I stood there and said nothing．

　　The last thing I 　　10　　 was for Dad to punish me!

　　“I did it．”My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t．She was grounded(受处罚)for a month．

　　We didn’t talk about that day for many years．Not until we were all older and I knew it was 　　11　　 to finally tell my dad it was really me．I always felt 　　12　　 because of it．That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me．

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