My 8-year-old son, Kevin, has made friends with some boys in the neighborhood. He has been ____ with them after school. My wife, and I are ____ he has other kids to be with and we have ____ and encouraged him to play with his friends. We also want Kevin to learn ____, so we have asked him to tell us ___ he's going and to come home at a specified time. The ____ started when Kevin didn't come home on time. On one occasion, I asked Kevin to be back at 6 pm. By 6:30, I needed to go ____ him. I found him at a friend's house, and he looked ____ that he couldn't continue playing. After we came home, I sat Kevin down for a talk about the ____ of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about his arriving a few___ late, after a half hour, he told me he understood and I was ___. The next day, I came home from work at about 6:30 pm and my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ___ she said he should be back home at 6. I walked to his friend's house and a look of ___appeared on Kevin's face when he came to the door. At __, my wife and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn't come home on time again. He said he just wanted to ___ playing. This was ___ so we decided to ground(罚不准出门) him for a week. This ___ no playing with his friends. For the next week,whenever his friends came to ask for Kevin, we let him ___ to them that he was grounded. We felt this would help him be responsible for his ___. As a ___ I believe one of the most important things we can teach our kids is self-responsibility and that actions have consequences.
试题分析：文章讲述的是一个家庭教育故事。看到自己的孩子Kevin与邻居家的小孩打成一片，作者和妻子感到很高兴。但是，作者和妻子想让Kevin学会对自己的行为负责，于是，他们给Kevin规定了回家的时间。因为Kevin没有按照约定的时间回家，作者和妻子罚Kevin一周不能出去和朋友们玩。 【小题1】考查动词辨析。A学习，研究；B玩，打，弹奏；C聊天；D争吵。He has been __11__ with them after school.作者的儿子Kevin放学后和邻居家的孩子玩耍，play with sb和某人玩耍，根据第三行“play with his friends”可知答案，故选B。 【小题2】考查形容词辨析。A高兴的；B幸运的；C担心的；D确定的。My wife, and I are __12__ he has other kids to be with看到Kevin交到了一些朋友，作者和妻子都很开心，故选A。 【小题3】考查动词辨析。A做，制作，使；B允许；C训练；D迫使。and表并列，make后跟动词原形作宾补，即make sb do sth，排除A；根据“encouraged”可知，作者和妻子允许并鼓励Kevin跟他的朋友们玩，故选B。 【小题4】考查名词辨析。A娱乐，娱乐活动；B交流；C诚实；D责任。根据“he's going and to come home at a specified time”可知，作者和妻子让Kevin告诉他们他即将去的地方，给他规定回家的时间是想培养Kevin的责任心，根据倒数第二段最后“be responsible for his ___.”可知答案，故选D。 【小题5】考查宾语从句。A何时；B为什么；C哪里；D无论何时。tell sb sth告诉某人某事，根据“he's going”可知，这里指Kevin将要去的地方，故选C。 【小题6】考查名词辨析。A变化；B冲突；C担忧，令人担忧的事；D问题。根据“when Kevin didn't come home on time”可知，Kevin没有按时回家，所以问题就出现了，故选D。 【小题7】考查动词短语。A寻找；B捡起，车接，学会；C等待；D打电话，召集。根据“I found him at a friend's house”可知，作者发现Kevin在朋友家，说明作者去寻找儿子Kevin，故选A。 【小题8】考查形容词辨析。A生气的；B紧张的；C失望的；D惭愧的，羞耻的。根据“he couldn't continue playing”可知，因为不能继续玩了，Kevin看上去有些失望，故选C。 【小题9】考查名词辨析。A质量，品质；B重要性；C故事；D方法，道路。the ____ of keeping his word作者告诉Kevin遵守诺言的重要性，故选B。 【小题10】考查名词辨析。A小时；B分钟；C天；D次数，倍数。I was not worried about his arriving a few__ late作者认为晚回家几分钟没事，根据本段第二行可知，Kevin比预定的时间晚了30分钟还没回家，故选B。 【小题11】考查形容词辨析。A满意的；B震惊的；C惊讶的；D关心的，担心的。根据下一段“my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ___ she said he should be back home at 6”可知，Kevin又没有按时回家，由此可见，Kevin虽然说他明白了，但是作者还是为他担心，故选D。 【小题12】考查状语从句。A如果；B除非；C因为；D因此。“she said he should be back home at 6”与“get Kevin back”之间是因果关系，作者的妻子让作者去把Kevin找回来，因为他本该六点回家，故选C。 【小题13】考查名词辨析。A有罪，责任，内疚；B失望；C兴奋；D仇恨。a look of ___appeared on Kevin's face作者的儿子Kevin又没有按时回家，当看到作者时，他知道自己错了，脸上露出了内疚的表情，故选A。 【小题14】考查名词辨析。A家；B学校；C工作；D办公室。因为当时去找Kevin的是作者，妻子留在了家里，根据“my wife and I spoke to Kevin about...”可知，作者和妻子与Kevin的交谈是在回家之后的事情，故选A。 【小题15】考查动词辨析。A结束，完成；B保持，阻止，继续；C学会；D停止。He said he just wanted to ___ playing.作者的儿子Kevin说他只是想一直玩，keep doing sth一直做某事，故选B。 【小题16】考查形容词辨析。A不可能的；B没有礼貌的；C无法接受的；D难以置信的。根据“so we decided to ground(罚不准出门) him for a week”可知，作者和妻子决定罚Kevin一周不准出门，说明Kevin的解释让作者和妻子无法接受，即他们对Kevin的解释感到不满意，故选C。 【小题17】考查动词辨析。A意味着，打算；B建议，表明；C展示，表明；D暗含。This ___ no playing with his friends.这就意味着Kevin不能和朋友们玩了，mean doing sth意味着做某事，故选A。 【小题18】考查动词辨析。A回答，答复；B道歉；C告诉；D解释。we let him ___ to them that he was grounded作者和妻子让Kevin跟朋友们解释他正在关禁闭，explain to sb sth向某人解释某事，故选D。 【小题19】考查名词辨析。A决定；B话语；C行为，行动；D朋友。We felt this would help him be responsible for his ___.作者和妻子认为这样做能够帮助Kevin学会对自己的行为负责，根据下一段最后“actions have consequences”可知答案，故选C。 【小题20】考查名词辨析。A教师；B父母；C作者，作家；D教授。根据“we can teach our kids”可知，这里指的是父亲或母亲，作者是Kevin的父亲，故选B。 考点：教育类短文阅读