Nails in the Fence篱笆上的钉子
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper(脾气). His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer(用锤子锤) a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day he had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control (控制)his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into 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 now pull out(拔出) one nail for each day that he was able to hold 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 look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say thing in anger, they have a scar(伤疤) just like these holes. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say 'I am sorry ', the wound is still there. A verbal(言语上的) wound is as bad as physical one."
The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked at his father and said “ I hope you can forgive(原谅) me ,father, for the holes I put in you.”
“of course I can,” said the father.
When the boy lost his temper, he must _________ as his father told him.

A．break some plates and glasses

B．pull out one nail of the back of the fence

C．hammer a nail into the back of the fence

D．tell his anger to others.

The father let his son to hammer the nails into the back of the fence and draw out in order to _____________.

A．punish him for his losing his temper

B．reward him for his controlling his temper

C．educate him in this way

D．tell him how to control his temper

The underlined(划线) expression dwindled down means ____________.

A．become gradually smaller

B．become gradually larger

C．get more and more happy

D．get more and more sad

When the boy finally told his father that all the nails were gone, his father______.

A．took him to the fence and look at the holes

B．asked him to pull out one nail of the back of the fence

C．asked him to focus his time on study

D．told him to have a rest

When you say something with anger, they will leave a scar just as you put a nail in and then draw it out. It means ______________.

A．you shouldn’t put a nail in the fence

B．if you put a nail into the fence, you shouldn’t draw it out

C．it will leave a scar when you draw a nail out

D．you will hurt somebody when you lose your temper.

From this article, we can learn that _______________.

A．when we hurt somebody, only a sorry is enough

B．when we lose temper to someone, we should say sorry to him in time

C．the way we educate our children is of no importance

D．we should try our best not to hurt others in our daily life once done, it is hard to make up for (弥补).

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