阅读选择
阅读下列短文, 从下面每个小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
One day, Ben was
playing basketball in the living room, breaking a vase. To cover his terrible
action, the frightened boy glued the pieces together and put the vase back to
its place.
That evening her
mother noticed the cracks (裂纹). But to her surprise, the
repair work was actually very good. At dinner time, she asked her boy if he
broke the vase. Fearing punishment, the boy said that a neighbor's cat jumped
in from the window and knocked the vase off. His mother was quite clear that
her son was lying. However, she said nothing.
Before going to
bed, the boy was asked to go to the study. In the study, his mother didn't look
angry. On seeing her son carefully come in, she gave him one chocolate, saying
"This chocolate is a reward (奖励) for your imagination: a window-opening
cat!" At that moment, the boy felt the chocolate was a hot potato.
“Did mom find holes in my excuse?” he thought. “You know, all the windows were
closed.” Mother continued calmly and took out two chocolates into his hand, “An
award for the perfect repair.”
Now with the
chocolates in hand, the boy wished the ground to open up and bury him! He told
the truth. “So I have to punish you for your lie.” The mother said with a
serious voice and took back his chocolates. The boy bent down his head in shame.
“But your honesty should have the award—a box of chocolates.” The mother
suddenly bent to kiss his cheek, speaking gently to the crying boy, “My son,
honesty values more than anything.”
