题目内容：

One day when I was 5, my mother criticized me for not finishing my rice and I got angry. I wanted to play outside and not to be made to finish eating my old rice. In my angry motion to open the screen door (纱门) with my foot, I kicked back about a 12-inch part of the lower left hand corner of the new screen door. But I had no regret, for I was happy to be playing in the backyard with my toys.

Today, I know if my child had done what I did, I would have criticized my child, and told him about how expensive this new screen door was, and I would have delivered a spanking (打屁股) for it. But my parents never said a word. They left the corner of the screen door pushed out, creating an opening, a crack in the defense against unwanted insects.

For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would remind me of my mistake from time to time. For years, I knew that everyone in my family would see that hole and remember who did it. For years, every time I saw a fly buzzing in the kitchen, I would wonder if it came in through the hole that I had created with my angry foot. I would wonder if my family members were thinking the same thing, silently blaming me every time a flying insect entered our home, making life more terrible for us all. My parents taught me a valuable lesson, one that a spanking or stern (严厉的) words perhaps could not deliver. Their silent punishment for what I had done delivered a hundred stern messages to me. Above all, it has helped me become a more patient person and not burst out so easily.

1.When the author damaged the door, his parents _______.

A. scolded him for what he had done    B. left the door unrepaired

C. told him how expensive it was    D. gave him a spanking

2.How did the author feel every time he saw the damaged door?

A. He felt ashamed of his uncontrolled anger at that time.

B. He found that his family members no longer liked him.

C. He found it destroyed the happy atmosphere at his home.

D. He felt he had to work hard to make up for (弥补) the damage.

3.The experience may cause the author _______.

A. to hide his anger away from others

B. not to go against his parents’ will

C. to have a better control of himself

D. not to make mistakes in the future

4.What of the following is the main idea of this passage?

A. Adults should ignore their children’s bad behavior.

B. Parents shouldn’t educate their children.

C. What is the best way to become a more patient person?

D. Silent punishment may have a better effect on educating people.