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I was nine years old, and my sister, Sally Kay, was only a six-year-old girl. For some reason, I decided to earn some 1. We visited the neighbours, offering to clean their houses for 15 cents. But 2 accepted and one neighbour even telephoned Mother, telling her what we were doing.
“Girls,” Mother asked us after hanging up the phone. “3 were you two telling neighbours you would clean their houses for 15 cents?” 4, we learned afterwards Mother wasn’t angry at that moment.
However, we both 5 to admit it. Mother was shocked and was greatly 6 by her dear little girls being such “boldfaced liars”. Then, she said Mrs Jones had just called and told her everything.
Faced with the truth, we finally admitted we had lied. Mother explained how much a lie would hurt us, 7 she didn’t feel we really understood.
Before long, Mother taught us a 8 we never forgot. It was Sunday. She asked, “Would you two like to go to see the movie, Matinee?”
“Oh, wonderful! Is that true?” We shouted with great excitement. Soon, we hurried 9 the apartment, not wanting to miss the bus that would take us to the cinema. 10, Mother stopped us, “Girls, we are not going to the movies today.”
“What? But you said that we were going to see Matinee,” we said. Mother gathered us in her arms. I couldn’t understand why her eyes were full of 11. She gently explained this was what a lie felt like. Mother said, “I lied to you just now and I felt very 12. The lie has hurt all of us. I don’t ever want to lie again and I’m sure neither will you. Or people won’t be able to 13 each other. Do you understand?” We said, “We understand. And since we had learned that, why not go to see Matinee?” But Mother 14 told us, “We would go another time.”
That is how my sister and I learned to be 15 over fifty years ago. We have never forgotten how much a lie can hurt.
()1. A. food B. money C. freedom D. pleasure
()2. A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody
()3. A. When B. Where C. Why D. How
()4. A. In fact B. After all C. For example D. In addition
()5. A. expected B. refused C. forgot D. learned
()6. A. understood B. punished C. hurt D. hated
()7. A. but B. and C. so D. or
()8. A. method B. custom C. manner D. lesson
()9. A. around B. outside C. past D. towards
()10. A. Actually B. Naturally C. Suddenly D. Finally
()11. A. sadness B. anger C. respect D. pride
()12. A. lonely B. strange C. bored D. awful
()13. A. encourage B. believe C. protect D. connect
()14. A. also B. even C. still D. once
()15. A. honest B. confident C. friendly D. patient
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1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C
11.A 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A

【分析】首先通读全文把握主旨：本文讲述作者9岁时和6岁的姐姐想通过帮邻居打扫房子赚钱，撒谎后被邻居告知妈妈，妈妈未直接批评，而是用“谎称带她们看电影”的亲身经历，让姐妹俩理解谎言的危害、学会诚实的故事。解题时需紧扣上下文语境，结合固定搭配、逻辑关系、词汇词义逐一分析：先明确每个空的语境，再匹配选项含义与用法，排除不符合语境的选项，最终确定答案。
【解析】1. 考查名词词义辨析：earn money是固定搭配，意为“赚钱”，结合前文“earn some”，此处选money，故选B。
2. 考查不定代词辨析：根据后文“one neighbour even telephoned Mother”可知，没人接受她们的提议，nobody意为“没人”，故选D。
3. 考查疑问词辨析：妈妈询问她们“为什么告诉邻居要打扫房子赚15美分”，表原因用Why，故选C。
4. 考查短语辨析：in fact意为“事实上”，此处指后来得知妈妈当时没生气，符合语境，故选A。
5. 考查动词词义辨析：根据后文“Faced with the truth, we finally admitted”可知，一开始她们拒绝承认，refused意为“拒绝”，故选B。
6. 考查动词词义辨析：妈妈被自己的小女儿们是“厚颜无耻的骗子”这件事伤害了，hurt意为“伤害”，故选C。
7. 考查连词辨析：前半句说妈妈解释谎言的伤害，后半句说觉得她们没理解，是转折关系，but表转折，故选A。
8. 考查名词词义辨析：teach a lesson是固定搭配，意为“教给一个教训”，此处指妈妈教了她们难忘的一课，故选D。
9. 考查副词词义辨析：hurry outside意为“匆忙出去”，结合后文“not wanting to miss the bus”，可知她们匆忙出公寓，故选B。
10. 考查副词词义辨析：她们正匆忙出门时，妈妈突然拦住，suddenly意为“突然”，符合语境，故选C。
11. 考查名词词义辨析：妈妈撒谎后内心悲伤，眼里充满sadness（悲伤），故选A。
12. 考查形容词词义辨析：妈妈撒谎后感觉awful（糟糕的），符合语境，故选D。
13. 考查动词词义辨析：人们之间需要信任，believe意为“信任”，此处指谎言会让人们无法信任彼此，故选B。
14. 考查副词词义辨析：妈妈仍然说要下次去，still意为“仍然”，故选C。
15. 考查形容词词义辨析：通过这件事，她们学会了honest（诚实），符合文章主旨，故选A。
【答案】1.B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.C 11.A 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.A
【知识点】完形填空解题技巧、名词词义辨析、连词用法
【点评】本文是一篇教育意义浓厚的完形填空，通过具体事例传递“诚实的重要性”核心主题，解题需紧密结合上下文语境，注重词汇固定搭配与逻辑关系，适合初中阶段学生练习，能有效提升语境分析与词汇运用能力。
【难度系数】0.3