Question

Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a person．I have forgotten the name of an old lady who was a（n）   36   on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy．Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in   37 ．One afternoon, a friend and I were   38   rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house   39   her backyard．The object of our play was to observe how the rocks changed to missiles as they   40   to the roof’s edge and shot out into the   41  ．

         I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and sent it for a ride．The stone was too smooth, however, so it   42   from my hand as I let it go and headed   43   for a small window on the old lady’s back wall．

         I was too scared about getting   44   that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window．However, a few days later,   45   I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel   46   for her misfortune．

         I made up my mind that I would   47   my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I   48   would cover the cost of her window．I put the money in an envelope with a（n）   49   explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the   50   for repairing it．

         I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door．

         The next day, I   51   the old lady her paper and was able to   52   the warm smile that I was   53   her．She thanked me for the paper and said, “Here, I have something for you．” It was a bag of cookies．I thanked her and ate the cookies as I   54   my route．

         After several cookies, I   55   an envelope．When I opened the envelope, I was shocked．Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m proud of you．”

1.A．assistant        B．customer       C．adviser           D．neighbour

2.A．selfishness    B．cleverness      C．carefulness       D．forgiveness

3.A．picking         B．kicking            C．throwing        D．striking

4.A．from           B．under                  C．by                D．around

5.A．flowed       B．rolled        C．dropped         D．fell

6.A．yard           B．kitchen           C．room         D．sky

7.A．stepped          B．stopped         C．skipped          D．slipped

8.A．right           B．slow           C．straight           D．fast

9.A．caught       B．trapped        C．lost               D．hurt

10.A．but           B．when        C．before            D．though

11.A．guilty        B．nervous        C．anxious            D．safe

12.A．borrow    B．save                   C．transfer         D．move

13.A．used          B．earned          C．chose            D．calculated

14.A．book          B．notice            C．note                   D．article

15.A．period       B．distance       C．size             D．cost

16.A．handed    B．showed         C．left            D．sold

17.A．witness    B．bring        C．return             D．wear

18.A．comparing toB．receiving from C．learning about    D．playing with

19.A．continued   B．forgot          C．followed      D．chose

20.A．tore        B．felt         C．bought       D．marked

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.D

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.B

【解析】略