I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The    1     on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“   2    one of you did this? ”
We all stared down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very  3   . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I   4    , “Not me, Dad. ”
The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us   5   have done it. But as the   6   and the smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the  7    .
To find out who had written on the  8   , father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to   9   exactly what you see on the step. ”
I tried my best to write the words  10  . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.
He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. “ Since  11  of you will
admit(承认) to have done it, then I will punish you all. ” I stood there and said  12  . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“ I  13  it. ” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was punished for a month.
We didn’t talk   14  that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry  15   it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me.

A．sound B．taste C．look D．feeling

A．What B．Which C．Who D．Where

A．unhappy B．surprised C．angry D．frightened

A．lied B．said C．talked D．told

A．can B．may C．must D．might

A．oldest B．kindest C．youngest D．healthiest

A．answer B．story C．truth D．thing

A．step B．ground C．floor D．door

A．write B．draw C．paint D．print

A．carefully B．differently C．heavily D．badly

A．all B．none C．neither D．both

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

A．did B．done C．do D．doing

A．on B．with C．to D．about

A．because B．because of C．though D．except