One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked  1  better than driving our truck,   2  this time I was not happy. My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit(赊账) at the store.

    Sixteen is a   3  age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly   4  of racial discrimination ()was   5  a fact of life. I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner   6  whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were  7  like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.

    My family was   8  . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner  9    us ?

    At Davis’s store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded  10 I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my  11  to the cash desk, I said  12  , “I need to put this on credit.”

    The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful 13  . But Buck’s face didn’t change. “Sure,” he said   14  . “Your daddy is   15  good for it.” He   16  to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams’s sons.”

    The farmer nodded in a neighborly   17  . I was filled with pride. James William’s son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust.

    That day I discovered that the good name my parents had   18  brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew what to   19  from a Williams: a decent(正派) person who kept his word and respected himself   20   much to do wrong.

1. A. something           B. nothing            C. anything          D. everything

2. A. and                   B. so           C. but           D. for

3. A. prideful        B. wonderful         C. respectful        D. colorful

4. A. intention       B. shadow              C. habit                D. faith                

5. A. thus           B. just          C. still          D. ever

6. A. guessed               B. suspected           C. questioned     D. realized

7. A. watched         B. caught              C. dismissed       D. accused

8. A. generous        B. honest              C. friendly        D. modest

9. A. blame           B. excuse        C. charge      D. trust

10. A. until           B. as            C. once                D. since

11. A. goods                B. sales          C. orders         D. favorites

12. A. casually        B. confidently         C. cheerfully            D. carefully

13. A. look           B. stare          C. response         D. comment

14. A. patiently              B. eagerly              C. easily         D. proudly

15. A. generally       B. never             C. sometimes     D. always

16. A. pointed              B. replied        C. turned             D. introduced

17. A. sense                B. way           C. degree             D. mood

18. A. earned              B. deserved              C. given                D. used

19. A. receive         B. expect            C. collect               D. require

20. A. very                 B. so           C. how           D. too

_ _21___ .Being angry doesn’t really solve much, but what people do when they feel angry is important. The goal is to calm down and try to solve what is bothering you. This is hard for some kids and adults, too. Instead of calming down, some kids might keep getting more and more upset until they explode like a volcano!

__ 22___ .Their anger might be so strong that they lose control of their temper. They may act in ways unacceptable and hurtful. People may say that someone has trouble controlling their temper._  23___

Some kids might get so angry that they scream at their parents, break something , or even worse , hit their brothers or sisters._  24___ .However, it’s not OK for a kid to do any of those things .Kids don’t want to act in this way , but sometimes angry feelings can be hard to manage. So what to do?

Well, the good news is that kids don’t just have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again.__ 25___ .Imagine your temper as a puppy inside you that needs some training. The puppy is not bad ---- it will probably turn out a great dog. It just needs to learn some rules because, right now, that puppy is causing some problems to you.

A. In fact, they usually mean that a kid behaves badly when feeling angry.

B. You don’t want to cause trouble.

C. Kids should be allowed to express their feelings, even angry ones.

D. Some kids get angry more often or more easily than some other kids.

E. You can train you temper.

F. Instead of thinking of the person you’re angry with, think of something else.

G. Everybody gets angry sometimes.