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“Which one of you did this?” our father asked the three of us with a sharp voice.
My elder brother, sister and I all stared down at the floor, on which was a child’s handwriting in chalk. I was frightened, and the only words that came from my mouth were, “Not me, Dad.” It wasn’t that I was a bad kid, but the look on my dad’s face made me feel cold.
Father had a way about him when I was a child that made me afraid of him, but it gave me my limits to what I could and could not do. He loved all of us and we respected him. I wanted to please him, of course. Maybe that’s why I held back the truth that day.
He disappeared for minutes and came back with a piece of paper and a pencil and said, “I want each of you to write exactly what you see on the floor.” I was not a foolish kid, though. So when my dad compared the handwriting, he still couldn’t tell which one of us did it.
“Since none of you seemed to have done it, you all get a spanking,” said my father angrily. What?! The last thing I wanted was a spanking!
“I did it,” someone said and I was sure it wasn’t me.
I looked around and saw my sister come forward. By that time, I had already figured out why my sister took the rap for it. She was my protector, though she was only three years older than me. And she would rather take the pain herself than see me suffer.
We all joke about it now, including my sister. When I think back to that day, I know I learned the value of a sister who would do anything for me. And I’m glad to say that I will do the same for her.
1. From the passage, we can learn that the writer _______.
A. had a bad habit of telling lies to escape being punished
B. didn’t get much love from his strict father
C. was the youngest of the three children in the family
D. was not encouraged to draw pictures at home
2. What effect did the feeling of being afraid of his father have on the writer?
A. It helped him learn how to please his father. B. It helped him tell right from wrong.
C. It made him lack self-confidence. D. It made him not dare to show his real feelings.
3. From the underlined sentence, we can learn that the writer ________.
A. refused to do as his father asked B. was not as foolish as his family thought
C. tried his best to write the words beautifully D. wrote the words differently on purpose
4. By taking about his childhood experience, the writer mainly wants to tell the readers______ .
A. about the bad results caused by telling lies
B. about the deep love that he had for his father
C. about the deep love that his sister had for him
D. about his feeling of being afraid of his father
