A young father was visiting an old man．They were standing in the old man's garden and  1   children．The young man said, How strict (严格) should parents be with  2  children?" The old man pointed to a line (绳子)  3  a big, strong tree and a thin,  4  one．"Please untie (解开) the line," he said．The young man untied it, and the young tree bent (弯曲) over to  5  side．

"Now tie it again．" said the old man．"But first pull the line tight (紧) so that the young tree is  6  again．"The young man  7  this．Then the old man said, "It is the same with children．You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the line to  8  how they are getting on．If they are not able to stand alone, you must tie the line tight  9 ．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the  10  away．

1．A．playing with            B．talking with          C．talking about        D．talking to

2．A．his                    B．their                C．her                D．one's

3．A．of                B．both                     C．among                D．between

4．A．tall                    B．old                   C．short                D．young

5．A．other                  B．another               C．the other             D．one

6．A．straight                 B．strong               C．tall                   D．young

7．A．pulled                  B．tied                 C．did                   D．made

8．A．bear                  B．see                   C．ask                 D．answer

9．A．again                    B．also                  C．too                  D．already

10．A．young tree             B．big tree                  C．old man              D．line

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　　A young father was visiting an old man. They were standing in the old man's garden and 1　　 children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with 2　　 children?” The old man pointed to a line 3　　 a big, strong tree and a thin, 4　　 one. “Please untie(解开) the line,” he said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent(弯曲) over to 5　　 side.

　　“Now tie it again,” said the old man, “but first pull the line tight(紧) so that the young tree is 6　　 again.” The young man 7　　 this. Then the old man said, “It is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the line 8　　 how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the line tight 9　　. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the 10　　 away.”

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　　A young father was visiting an old man. They were standing in the old man's garden and 1 children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with 2 children?” The old man pointed to a line 3 a big, strong tree and a thin, 4 one. “Please untie(解开) the line,” he said. The young man untied it and the young tree bent(弯曲) over to 5 side.

　　“Now tie it again,” said the old man. “But first pull the line tight(紧) so that the young tree is 6 again.” The young man 7 this. Then the old man said, “It is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the line 8 how they are getting on(生长). If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the line tight 9 . But when you find that they are ready to stand alone, you can take the 10 away.”

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　　A young father was visiting an old man. They were standing in the old man's garden and (1) children. The young man said，“How strict should parents be with (2) children?”The old man pointed a line (3) a big，strong tree and a thin， (4) one.“Please untie the line，”he said. The young man untied it，and the young tree bent over to (5) side.

“Now tie it again.”said the old man.“But first pull the line tight so that the young tree is (6) again.”The young man (7) this. Then the old man said，“It is the same with children. You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the line (8) how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the line tight (9) .But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the (10) away.”

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　　A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”

　　①The old man pointed to（指向）a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one.“Please untie（解开）that string.”He said. The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side.

　　“Now tie it again, please.”said the old man.“②But first pull（拉）the string tight（紧）so that the young tree is straight（直）again.”

　　The young man did so. Then the old man said, “There, it is the same with children.”③You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on.④If they are not yet able to stand alone, you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone you can take the string away.”

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A．how to take care of young trees

B．how strict parents should be with their children

C．how the young father should get on with his old neighbour

D．how to tie a tree

A．in order to throw it away

B．so that both of the trees would grow straight

C．in order to see how tall it is

D．only to find that the young tree bent over to one side

A．When the old man leaves.

B．When the young man unties it next time.

C．When the children are old enough.

D．When the young tree grows strong enough.

(7) My sister ________ speak English very well when she was five years old．