There once was a little boy who often got angry for unknown reasons and ended up quarreling with his friends. His parents felt
36 but had no idea how to deal with the matter.
In order to help the son, his father gave him a bag of
37 and told him that every time he
38 his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the
39 .At first the boy felt puzzled at his father's words, but he did as he was told. The first day the little boy had
40 thirty nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks,
41 he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily
42 reduced. Three months later, the little boy discovered it was easier to
43 his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence. Finally the day came
44 the little boy did not lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the little boy now
45 one nail each day when he was
46 control his temper. The days passed and the little boy was
47 able to tell his father that all the nails were
48 .
The father took his little boy
49 the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the
50 in the fence. The fence will never be the
51 .When you say things in anger, they
52 a scar just like this one on the person to whom you lose your temper. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.
53 many times you say “I'm sorry”, the wound is still there. A mental wound is as bad as a
54 one. The hurt and pain caused by the
55 are deeper than those caused by the hand.
小题1: | A.patient | B.angry | C.desperate | D.worried |
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小题2: | A.books | B.tools | C.nails | D.suggestions |
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小题3: | A.kept | B.missed | C.lost | D.left |
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小题4: | A.hammer | B.shoes | C.fence | D.hands |
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小题5: | A.discovered | B.pulled | C.pushed | D.driven |
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小题6: | A.as | B.unless | C.till | D.although |
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小题7: | A.hardly | B.possibly | C.terribly | D.gradually |
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小题8: | A.catch | B.lose | C.break | D.hold |
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小题9: | A.before | B.when | C.after | D.until |
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小题10: | A.pulled out | B.pull out | C.pulled over | D.pull over |
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小题11: | A.able to | B.managed to | C.succeeded to | D.going to |
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小题12: | A.eagerly | B.fortunately | C.hardly | D.finally |
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小题13: | A.lost | B.returned | C.gone | D.spared |
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小题15: | A.nails | B.cuts | C.surface | D.holes |
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小题17: | A.run | B.leave | C.lead | D.remain |
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小题18: | A.No matter | B.No doubt | C.How | D.However |
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小题19: | A.serious | B.violent | C.terrible | D.physical |
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小题20: | A.knife | B.nail | C.tongue | D.hammer |
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