Question

A mother returned home from the store very tiredly. As she put down all of the things on the kitchen table, her 8-year-old son ran up to her. He was waiting for her and wanted to tell her what his younger brother had done.

“While I was out playing and Dad was on a call, Tyler took his crayons and wrote on the wall! It’s on the new wallpaper you just hung up in the living room. I told him you would be mad at him for doing it again, but I couldn’t stop him.”She let out a long sound and asked,“He did it again? Where is your little brother now” “He is in his room,” the son answered quickly.

She walked to the younger son’s room. She called his full name as she entered. Then, she found Tyler who was trying to hide. He knew that the worst moment was coming!For the next 10 minutes, the room was full of her shouting about the expensive wallpaper. She scolded the little boy for his bad behavior. The more she scolded, the madder she got. Finally, she stopped.

Then, she walked to the living room to see what happened. As she saw the wall, her eyes were filled with tears at once. It said “I love Mommy”and a heart shape was around it.

Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found it, with an empty picture frame hung around it. A reminder(提示) to her and to all: Take time to read the handwriting on the wall.

So when you are sure that something goes wrong, have you ever had any doubt that there might be a misunderstanding? Take some time to give it a second thought.

1.What did Tyler do before his mother came back?

A. He wrote something on the new wallpaper with his crayons.

B. He broke all his crayons and threw them away.

C. He played games with his elder brother in their house.

D. He had a big fight with his elder brother.

2.What can we 1earn from the underlined sentence?

A. The mother began to realize her mistake.

B. The mother was quite angry with her little son.

C. The mother didn’t get along well with her little son.

D. The mother wanted to make her little son feel relaxed.

3.What does the underlined word “scolded” mean in Chinese?

A. 贊揚(yáng) B. 斥責(zé) C. 摧毀 D. 接受

4.How did the mother feel when she saw what her little son wrote on the wallpaper?

A. Calm. B. Surprised. C. Moved. D. Relaxed.

5.What is the main idea of the story?

A. It’s never too late to show love to our families.

B. Love from your mother often hides in small things.

C. It’s important to believe in your family members.

D. We’d better take time to learn from others’ mistakes.

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