I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The         on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.
“      one of you did this?”
We all stared down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk (粉笔) there. I was very          . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I        : “Not me, Dad.”
The others denied (否认) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us         have done it. But as the         and smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage (勇气) to tell the
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To find out who had written on the        , Father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to         exactly what you see on the step.”
I tried my best to write the words         . 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         of you will admit to have done it, then I will punish you all.” I stood there and said        . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!
“I ____ it.” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was grounded (受处罚) for a month.
We didn’t talk         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      __it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame (责任) 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