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When I was six years old, my sister, Sally Kay, was a submissive three-year-old girl. For some
reasons, I thought we needed to 1 some money. So I decided we should 'hire out' as m. We
visited the neighbors,2 to clean houses for them for $1.3 our offer was reasonable, there were
no takers. One neighbor even4 my mom to tell her what we were doing.
Mother had just hung up the phone5 we came into the house. 'Girls,' mother asked, 'why were
you two6 the neighborhood telling people you would clean their houses?' We both denied. That her
dear little girls could be such 'boldfaced (厚颜无耻的) liars' made her feel shocked and terribly7 .
Mom then told us that Mrs. Jones had just called and told her everything.
Faced with the truth, we8 what we had done. Mom tried to explain how much a fib (小谎) hurt
9 she didn't feel that we really understood. Then Mom cheerfully asked, 'Would you two like to go
to see the movie The Matinee this afternoon?'
'Oh, wonderful!' After lunch, we got bathed and all10 up.It was like getting ready for a birthday party. We11 outside the apartment, not wanting to miss the12 that would take us downtown. At
the bus station, Mom stunned (使震惊) us by saying, 'Girls, we are not going to the13 today.'
'What?' we objected14 . 'What do you mean? Aren't we going to The Matinee?' She explained
this was how much a fib could hurt. 'It is important that what we say is15 ,' Mom said. 'I fibbed to
you just now and I felt16 . I don't want to fib again and I'm17 you don't want to fib again either.
People must be18 to others.'
That was19 my sister and I learned to be truthful. It was a(n)20 that we would never forget.
( )1. A. produce
( )2. A. offering
( )3. A. Although
( )4. A. met
( )5. A. until
( )6. A. going around
( )7. A. encouraged
( )8. A. recognized
( )9. A. after
( )10. A. looked
( )11. A. talked
( )12. A. ticket
( )13. A. cinema
( )14. A. sadly
( )15. A. humorous
( )16. A. happy
( )17. A. afraid
( )18. A. enthusiastic
( )19. A. how
( )20. A. lesson B. earn
B. telling
B. Since
B. found
B. when
B. searching for
B. challenged
B. admitted
B. but
B. stood
B. laughed
B. bus
B. house
B. quietly
B. valuable
B. awful
B. pleased
B. sympathetic
B. why
B. topicC. steal
C. asking
C. So
C. persuaded
C. before
C. shouting at
C. hurt
C. scolded
C. or
C. stayed
C. hurried
C. film
C. neighbor's
C. patiently
C. true
C. proud
C. sure
C. good
C. whether
C. subject D. loan
D. giving
D. If
D. telephoned
D. where
D. heading for
D. excited
D. discussed
D. as
D. dressed
D. reminded
D. call
D. barber's
D. weakly
D. worth
D. funny
D. curious
D. honest
D. there
D. idea