CHAPTER ONE
The Fight
John did not love his mother or his sisters, and he hated me.
He was always cruel to me. Sometimes he hit me, and sometimes
he just [-----1-----] me. But I was always afraid when he was
near. I did not know how to make him treat me well. The
servants did not want to make him angry, so they did whatever
he wanted. Mrs. Reed, his mother, loved him too much and
thought he never did anything wrong.
While I walked over to John I thought about how ugly he was. I
think he knew what I was thinking, because he suddenly hit me
hard on the face.
"That is for your rudeness to Mamma just now," he said,"and
for hiding, and for looking at me like that, you dirty little
rat!" I was too afraid of John to hit him back.
"Now, what were you doing behind that curtain?" he asked.
"I was reading," I answered softly.
"Give me the book." I have it to him.
"You can't touch these books!" he said."You have no money,
because your father gave you nothing when he died. You're
nothing but a poor [-----2-----]. You ought to beg in the
city, not live here with a [-----3-----] family. Anyway, all
these books are mine, and so is the whole house! I'll teach
you not to touch my things again!" Before I could run away, he
lifted the heavy book and threw it hard at me.
Vocabulary Focus
too……to太……以至于不能，例如：I was too happy to say a
word.(我太高兴了，以至于说不出话了)
答案：
1.threatened
2.street rat
3.gentleman's
