There was a little boy with a bad temper（脾氣）.His father gave him some nails（釘子）to drive into the fence (柵欄)when he lost his temper .The first day the boy drove 37 nails into the fence .Then it began to become less . He found it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence .
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all . He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail for each day that he held his temper .The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone .
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence .He said , “You have done well ,my son ,but you look at the fence . It will never be the same .When you say things in anger ,they leave a scar（痕跡）just like this one .You can put a knife in a man and draw it out . It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry ,the wound (傷口)is still there .A verbal （言語）wound is as bad as a physical(肉體)one.
小題1:Who was in a bad temper ?
the boy’s father B.the boy’s friend
C. the little boy D. a man
小題2: The word “it” in “it began to become less”refers to (指) ________ .
| A．the first day | B．the fence |
| C．the nails | D．the boy’s temper |
小題3:The way of pulling out nails is to _________.
make one’s temper less
make one hold one’s temper
leave a scar on somsone
hurt someone .
小題4: The boy thought that _______
it was easy for him to drive the nails into the fence .
driving nails into the fence is easier than holding his temper .
holding his temper is easier than driving nails into the fence .
it was easy for him to lose his temper after driving nails .
小題5:We learn from the reading that _______ .
A. the father was a man with bad temper .
it took a long time for the boy’s temper to become less.
the father was good at helping one who is easy to lose temper .
the boy was good at driving nails into the fence .
