题目内容：

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My 8-year-old son, Kevin, has made friends with some boys in the neighborhood. He has been ________with them after school. My wife, and I are ________  he has other kids to be with and we have ________ and encouraged him to play with his friends. We also want Kevin to learn ________ , so we have asked him to tell us  ________  he’s going and to come home at a specified（规定的）time.

The   ________ started when Kevin didn’t come home on time. On one occasion, I asked Kevin to be back at 6 pm. By 6:30, I needed to go ________ him. I found him at a friend’s house, and he looked   ________  that he couldn’t continue playing. After we came home, I sat Kevin down for a talk about the ________  of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about his arriving a few ________  late, after a half hour, he told me he understood and I was________ .

The next day, I came home from work at about 6:30 pm and my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ________ she said he should be back home at 6. I walked to his friend’s house and a look of ________appeared on Kevin’ face when he came to the door.

At ________, my wife and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn’t come home on time again. He said he just wanted to ________  playing. This was ________  , so we decided to ground（罚不准出门）him for a week. This ________  no playing with his friends.

For the next week, whenever his friends came to ask for Kevin, we let him________  to them that he was grounded. We felt this would help him be responsible for his ________  .

As a ________ , I believe one of the most important things we can teach our kids is self-responsibility and that actions have results.

1.A. studying       B. playing        C. chatting          D. quarreling

2.A. glad            B. lucky          C. worried           D. sure

3.A. made           B. allowed         C. trained           D. forced

4.A. amusements     B. communication    C. honesty           D. responsibility

5.A. when           B. why              C. where             D. whenever

6.A. changes         B. conflicts        C. worries        D. problems

7.A. looking for  B. picking up       C. waiting for      D. calling up

8.A. angry          B. nervous          C. disappointed     D. ashamed

9.A. quality         B. importance      C. stories           D. ways

10.A. hours          B. minutes          C. days             D. times

11.A. satisfied     B. shocked        C. surprised        D. concerned

12.A. if             B. unless          C. because          D. so

13.A. guilt          B. disappointment  C. excitement       D. hatred

14.A. home           B. school          C. work             D. office

15.A. finish        B. keep             C. learn             D. stop

16.A. impossible     B. impolite        C. unacceptable     D. unbelievable

17.A. meant        B. suggested       C. showed            D. implied

18.A. reply         B. apologize        C. tell             D. explain

19.A. decisions      B. words           C. actions           D. friends

20.A. teacher        B. parent           C. writer            D. professor