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完形填空

阅读下列短文，从短文后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。

James Baldwin, an author, once said, “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” Looking back, I have found this was _________ . As a child, I was not the best _________ , but I did learn valuable lessons by _________ my elders.

While in elementary school, I was caught in a _________. A classmate had a quarrel with me because of some _________ and he even threatened to beat me. I didn’t know how to   _________ him and I was even_________ to go to school.

Then my father _________ my trouble and decided to go to school _________ me. I wasn’t sure what he was planning to do, but I felt _________ around him. When at school, he talked _________ to me and the boy I had issues with. He explained that we needed to solve our differences and learn to_________our friendship. He told us a _________in which he had resolved（化解） the differences by an earnest talk and made friends with another man. Then he _________ and we had to solve the problem ourselves. There we stood, face to face without a word. I broke the _________  first and a heated discussion followed. Gradually, both of us _________ we had a lot in common apart from the differences. At last, as my father _________ , we extended our hands and put our differences   _________ . It was at that moment that a lifetime friendship formed.

What my father said did not impress me much but he set a good example of  _________  this kind of problem. This is a reminder that it is more effective to teach children by our _________  .

1.A. true        B. hard        C. happy       D. rich

2.A. boy          B. reporter  C. friend     D. listener

3.A. respecting   B. observing   C. imitating   D. helping

4.A. test        B. dilemma    C. subject   D. classroom

5.A. cases       B. differences C. qualities   D. conditions

6.A. turn to     B. turn down   C. get used to D. get rid of

7.A. unwilling    B. eager       C. curious    D. unsatisfied

8.A. avoided     B. shared     C. knew        D. considered

9.A. to          B. with        C. towards     D. by

10.A. nervous    B. bored      C. safe        D. proud

11.A. heatedly    B. sadly       C. cautiously D. sincerely

12.A. destroy   B. bring       C. find        D. cherish

13.A. story      B. secret     C. task       D. lie

14.A. annoyed   B. appeared  C. left       D. predicted

15.A. silence    B. glass       C. word        D. relationship

16.A. realized    B. imagined   C. heard      D. confused

17.A. wondered  B. described   C. knew        D. expected

18.A. up          B. forward     C. aside      D. out

19.A. studying    B. handling  C. ignoring  D. supporting

20.A. prizes      B. bodies      C. gestures   D. Actions