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David, my neighbor, has two young kids who are five and seven. One day he was1his
seven-year-old son Kelly how to push the lawn mower(割草机) around the yard. As he was
telling him how to turn the mower2 , his wife, Jan, called to him to ask a question. As David
answered the question, Kelly pushed the lawn mower3 through the flower bed at the edge
of the lawn -4 a two-foot wide path leveled to the ground!
When David turned back and saw what had happened, he began to lose5. David had
put a lot of time and 6into those flower beds the7of the neighbourhood. As he
began to8 his voice to his son, Jan walked quickly over to him, put her hand on his shoulder
and said, 'David, please remember we are raising children, not9 !'
Jan10 me how important11 is as a parent to remember our priorities (things that need
attention before others). The window shattered(打碎) by a12 , a lamp knocked over by a
careless child, or a plate dropped in the kitchen are already13. The flowers are already
dead. We must remember not to14to the destruction by breaking a child's spirit and
deadening his15 .
A few weeks ago Mark Michaels, the owner of a store, and I were together16parenting.
He told me while his family were out for dinner, his daughter knocked over her water glass.
17the water was cleaned up without any blaming remarks from her parents, she looked up
and said, 'I 18want to thank you for not being like other parents. Most of my friends' parents
19 have shouted at them and given them a lecture about paying more attention. Thanks for not
20that!'
( )1.A. teaching
( )2.A. up
( )3.A. nearly
( )4.A. leaving
( )5.A. hope
( )6.A. strength
( )7.A. pride
( )8.A. rise
( )9.A. flowers
( )10.A. called
( )11.A. this
( )12.A. mower
( )13.A.broken
( )14.A. attend
( )15.A. happiness
( )16.A. talking
( )17.A. Before
( )18.A. really
( )19.A. should
( )20.A. sayingB. helping
B. around
B. even
B. staying
B. control
B. effort
B. respect
B. expand
B. trees
B. reminded
B. that
B. baseball
B. shabby
B. tend
B. liveliness
B. speaking
B. After
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B. need
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C. down
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C. remaining
C. mind
C. power
C. envy
C. improve
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D. over
D. right
D. finding
D. heart
D. courage
D. honor
D. raise
D. vegetables
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D. book
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D. humor
D. discussing
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