1. (2022九上·青秀月考) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Mike was reading a book in the garden. Later, his old father sat beside him. Suddenly he pointed at1and asked Mike what it was. Mike looked in the direction his father pointed in and said that it was a sparrow (麻雀). He was surprised at the simple2.

Mike went on reading. A few minutes later his father asked him about something and he found it was the same bird. After a little while, the old man3asked about the sparrow. This time Mike was4, so he shouted at his father.

The old man silently5. Mike settled down with his book once again. A few minutes later, his father appeared in the garden again. He opened an old diary and put it in front of Mike. Mike6the diary and began reading it.

It said, "Today, while I was gardening, little Mike came out. Looking at a sparrow on a tree, my7asked me what it was. I smiled at him, said that it was a sparrow and kissed him. After a while Mike asked the question again, pointing at the sparrow. This went on until he went back to the house with me8I finished my gardening. Little Mike asked me twenty times and I kept on9him and kissing him."

Tears (眼泪) came to Mike's eyes. He was10for what he had done. He realised that he should treat his father the way his father had treated him.