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.”

If you lose 12 times in a row(连续地)，will you give up ? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development., kept trying , And he showed people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born into a poor family in the United States. The boy didn't see a train until he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 3 a.m. every day to milk cows for his family;

When Carnegie first entered college, he felt upset because of his worn-out clothes and common looks. His mother encourage him, "Why not try to be better in other thing instead of just dress and good looks?"

Carnegie tried to be more active in college, He joined the debate(辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 competitions. The young man was very disappointed with himself. He said later that he thought to killing himself after falling so many times. But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work paid off at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became famous. " Believe that you will succeed, and you will," he said.

In order to share his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers include How to winFriends , Influence people, How to stop worrying.More than 50 million copies of his books have been translated into 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.

Mrs. Brown will go to see her daughter in New York. She wants to take some of her favorite books. She finds an old-book in her bookcase. It's a book about art. Mrs. Brown finds a library card in it. "Oh, it's from the library," says Mrs. Brown. She finds the due date on the library card. The due date is November 20th, 1985, but it's 2023 now! "Oh, I must pay a fine (交付罚款) for it," thinks Mrs. Brown. She doesn't know what to do. She thinks about it. "I can just throw the book out (扔掉). No one will know," thinks Mrs. Brown. So she throws the book into the trash can (垃圾桶). "No, that's not the right thing to do," says Mrs. Brown. Then she takes the book out of the trash can.

Tomorrow I'll be one of the first students to travel into space. I'm so1 ! The spaceship will2 the earth at 9 a. m. It'll take us to the moon. I can't wait!

The moon is about 380,000 kilometers3 the earth. It'll take us about four days to4 there. There's no gravity(重力) in space, so we can5 around in the spaceship. We'll have to tie(绑) ourselves to our6 so that we won't float (飘浮) away in our sleep! Without gravity, our bodies may get7 , so we'll have to do exercise every day.

When we arrive, I'm going to walk on the moon. I'll have to8 a spacesuit(太空服) to help me breathe(呼吸)9 there's no air on the moon. I'm going to take many photos if my10 still works there. I'm looking forward to it.

To be honest, I didn't like my dad. My favourite {#blank#}1{#/blank#} instrument is the guitar. I used to play it for two hours after school. However, Dad asked me to finish homework and study for my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} as soon as I came home. I wanted to do {#blank#}3{#/blank#} work for the people in need. But Dad said, "It's not important for a student to do that. You shouldconsider how to improve your marks{#blank#}4{#/blank#} of paying attention to other things. " That was his thought, and also his {#blank#}5{#/blank#}   word. I really disagree with him but I don't know what should I do. 

Penelope Towney is a primary school student from Australia. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}In July, 2021, she made her first short film—The Land We're On,with Penelope Towney. 

Penelope is a First Nations(原住民) girl. Learning about her family tree is one of her favorite things to do. "{#blank#}2{#/blank#}From them, I learn a lot about where I come from, " said Penelope. She wishes that people can know a little more about First Nations by watching the short film. 

Making the short film was not easy, and Penelope put much effort(努力)into it. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}She also learned about First Nations writers and listened to their stories. And she looked at First Nations artworks. All of these helped Penelope to make her film better. "My favorite First Nations writer is Kirli Saunders. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}At the end of the talk, I got to stand up and spoke to her about making such a short film. She also encouraged(鼓励)me, " said Penelope. 

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Her grandpa was the first First Nations person to travel down to the Antarctic Circle(南极圈), studying animals and plants there.