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My elder brother Steve gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult after our father died when I was six. For instance, Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, Steve took time to ask me what had happened. When I explained that my baseball had soared through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass with a crash, Steve encouraged me to confess to it. After all, I should have been playing in the park and not in the path between buildings. Although my knees trembled as I explained to Mrs. Holt, I offered to pay for the window from my pocket money if she would return my ball. I also learned from Steve that personal property（财产）is a sacred thing. After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else. I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. David, and she praised me. Yet of all the instructions Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve I killed an old brown sparrow in the yard with a BB gun. Excited with my accuracy, I screamed at Steve to come and take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is when it hurts you first, and then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment stands out as the most important lesson my brother taught me. 24. What does the underlined word “confess” in Paragraph 2 mean?        A. Cover.                            B. Admit               C. Deny               D. Agree 25. How did the author feel when he faced Mrs. Holt?        A. He was unwilling.                                B. He felt frightened.        C. He appeared challenging.                         D. He was light-hearted. 26. Which was the most important lesson the author learned from his brother?        A. Care for the property of others.                 B. The value of honesty.        C. Responsibility for one’s actions.         D. Respect for living things. 27. What technique does the author mainly use to organize the text?        A. Time order.                                                B. Cause and effect.        C. Examples.                                           D. Logical reasoning. 答案： BBDC

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